The Taiwan Connection: 4 DVD Burners From Asus, Gigabyte and MSI

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Burning Hot Competition: DVD Writers From Taiwan

For several years now, the growing Chinese market has encompassed the market for optical drives as well, so it's no wonder that more and more manufacturers are having their DVD-ROMs and DVD burners produced in China at lower cost. Taiwanese producers are in an especially good position, since many of the big names already have large-scale factories set up to make motherboards, graphics cards and other components.

We pitted the latest burners from Asus, Gigabyte and MSI against the big-name competition.

Production of optical drives at Asus' plant in Suzhou near Shanghai.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.