Alternative to Plextor PX-708A

[appsdba]

What is a cheaper and comparable alternative to Plextor PX-708A?

 

[jlauer]

The new TDK 8x burner IS a Plextor, that is rebadged.

I picked on up from Staples with a $40 rebate and a $30 off coupon. Check sites like bensbargains.net or fatwallet.com

 

[Rob423]

bro, LITEON!!!!!! lol LiteOn 811s, 411s ROCKS! mad cheap @ Newegg ... and performance is mint... i own 811s and burnt rediculous amounts of movies and no coaster yet... RITEK 4X dvd-r's and liteon 811s no problems yet

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

 

[Spitfire_x86]

Another vote for LiteOn

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[lpc]

rob, when you say you burned a lot of movies can you play them on any dvd players that are hooked up to your tv,plus I'm into foreign movies which have micro vision can one copy these ones too.

 

[davemar14]

It depends on your DVD player on your TV. Look at the manual. My Toshiba DVD player will only read DVD-R.

 

[metatrophia]

if you dont buy a liteon, then you just bought a CHEAP piece of CRAP and you should be immediately EXECUTED!!!!!!@!!!

//another vote for liteon

 

[littleberry]

Where did I go wrong? I am getting ready to send back
my new Plextor 708a (with f/w 1.04, latest) because it
will NOT read back the very same cheap discs it burns
just fine (OPTODISC R004, 4x -R). I also have a LITEON
451s that will read these discs just fine (the very
ones that the 708a burned). Plextor tech support only
says use "approved" discs. !!???!!
I wanted 8x, so, first I purchased the NEC 2500, but it
wouldn't burn my cheap discs, so I sent it back
(NEWEGG). I decided to get the very best (read, MOST
EXPENSIVE and MOST bragged about, the 708a). So, now
I am thinking about getting either the 811 or the 411.
Dangit. I'm getting tired of sending units back (15%
restocking fee). What about it, you DVD guru's -
forgetting about speed, which unit will be more likely
to handle these cheap discs better? the 411 or the 811?
I hear that you can "bookmark" (whatever that is) with
both the 411 and 811, but not my current 451s. Does
that mean I could convert my cheap -R's to ROM-like
and then be able to burn them AND READ THEM BACK?
Which would you guys choose, 411, or 811, if your
criteria was the reliability for burning and reading
back cheap discs?

Frustrated,

Littleberry

 

[Ssseth]

Cheap media is cheap media. Before blaming any burner I would blame the media. Invest in decent media and you should be fine just about any burner really.
The 411S/811S definatly do not like cheap media.

The booktype a.k.a. bit setting tool changes the booktype from +R to -ROM making the discs WAY more comaptible with more set top DVD players.