best dvd/cd-rw combo drive

[athalus]

looking for a good dvd/cd-rw combo drive. however, the drive cannot be a lite-on.

 

[elzt]

Why not Liteon? Anyway, the following companies all make good combo drives:

Plextor
Ricoh
LG
Philips
Samsung

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Why not? LiteOn is the best.

If you really don't want to buy LiteOn, then buy Samsung SM-348B

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[athalus]

i've owned 1 lite-on cd-rw. at 1st it wouldn't work. i then tried a staples brand cd and it worked a few times so i thought that was the problem. i didn't didn't use my computer for about 2 months after that because of a medical problem and when i started to use my computer again the problem was back. so i finally tossed it out. it only burned 2 or 3 cd's out of about 25 or 30 i tried. since then i don't really trust lite-on at all. i'd rather pay more for a tdk or plextor than go thru that fustration again.

i finally moved my tdk burner out of my back-up machine. what i'm looking to do is replace the cd in my other machine w/a combo drive and then selling the machine.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

It's impossible to make every product perfect. Almost everybody here has no problem with LiteOn CD-RW/DVD-ROM's and like them. We can blame only your bad luck.

BTW, TDK uses technology from LiteOn in their CD-RW's

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[xxsk8er101xx]

i have the sony dru500ax. It's great!!! never had a problem.

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[Spitfire_x86]

He wants a combo drive, not a DVD±RW drive

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[athalus]

your probably right. i simply got a lemon. i'll start looking around and see what i can find. thanks for the help.