Why Plextor ??

ok, first of all you should read thg review of 11 dvd burners. however, one of the biggest complaints about the review was that the pextor and lite-on were mia. they finally did a review of the plextor but the lite-on is still mia. you should also look at other web sites like anandtech.com or sharkyextreme.com for reiviews. sharky's also builds 3 machines each month <$1000, <$2500 & <$4000. they usually include a dvd burner in the top 2 budget ones. they also give a reason for thier choices, the same for other places that build thier annual 'dream machines'. computer shopper also reviews burners.

i'm also looking for a dvd burner and i've got it down to 2 models the plextor 708a($234@newegg) and the other is the pioneer A06 ($168@newegg). i know someone who has a pioneer A05 and to the best of my knowledge they don't have any problems w/it. (it's my nephew and lives in CA and i'm in NH).

finally remember some times drives are rated high but the software isn't. if this happens check out other software and thier web site and see if they support the drive you want and simply use the other. (fyi: i'm looking at nero ultra)

good luck and post what you finally do it could help others.

Check the forums/reviews at dvdrhelp.com. While I don't personally have one - I've heard lots of good stuff about the lite-on drives.

I just ordered the 811s LiteON any of you guys have it? I hope this drive is good, my cousin says he's extemely happy with his 411s, so i got the 811s, you can't go wrong for that price on newegg!. 150$


Asus A7N8X Deluxe
80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
Lite-On 52X
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GeForce 4 Ti4200 w/vivo 128mb 8x
Hitachi CML174
1 GB Corsair XMS PC3200 Cas2

I chose the Pioneer A06 for the same reason that lancerevolution7 stated i.e. least compatability issues.

I will post again when I am in a better position to quantify this i.e. made many more DVD's than so far!


marcustandy,

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