My memorex dvd burner has started acting up on me..this is the 2nd 1 i have got i'm looking for a new..the store here sells lite-on...I/O..Pacific Digital...& Sony.Which of these would be a better choice than the memorex?Thanks in advance.
Thats really a matter of personal preferance and I'm sure you will get a lot of different answers. If your memorex was a 16x dvdrw then it was a rebadged lite-on. The new pacific digital's and sony's are also rebadged lite-ons. Although I have a litey I don't consider it the best burner. Liteys are very fast rippers and work well for scanning your burns, but are a bit finicky about what media they like. I would put plextor and benq up front. It really boils down to what you want to do with your burner. You can booktype dvd+r media to dvd-rom with liteys, rebadged liteys, benq, plextors (I read they were going to discontinue this feature) and nec's (with some modified f/w). I've read pioneer's perform well with dvd-r. Newegg has the best prices for dvdrw's that I know of and is where I've gotten all my drives. http://www.newegg.com/index.asp?DEPA=0 You might look here for some more preferances, pros and cons. http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61 Hope this helps. Mort
movies27 I have a Lite on and a Pioneer - I wouldn't hestitate to buy either one again. Just my 2 cents. Check out this link on dvd burners - it should help with your decision: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters
Thanks Mort i did purchase a extended warranty when i got my burner so i may just get another one & give memorex one last try.Then I may go with a lite-on
Of my two drives, I prefer the benq over the litey for burning but like I stated previously, the litey is a faster ripper and works better for scans. If I was buying another one it would be a benq or plextor. If buying from a local store, you could open and look at the I/O as some are made by phillips/benq. Either lite-on or I/O should be a good drive. I've read good things about the lite-on SOHW-1673S and SOHW-1693S. Stay away from the SOHW-1633S since they were the first of the 16xx series and had a few bugs. I am not a pioneer fan primarily because I bitset all my +r media and pioneer is not capable of doing this. I read a review where the new memorex 16x burner got top mention (PC Magazine I think). Mort
Mort this is crazy but i thought i'd try it anyway ...i went to the memorex website & downloaded the firmware upgrade & use it ...my drive was already upgraded to the latest firmware but i did it anyway & now my drive is working just fine....go figure!!!
http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/search/B Try the above link. They give very good review of the latest DVD Burners. Myself, I bought the new Memorex DVD16+/-DL4RWlD2 which is a rebaged Liteon 1673S. So far, I am happy with the drive.
Here is the link to the burner i have... http://www.memorex.com/html/products_detail.php?section=3&CID=11&SID=15&PID=872&FID=115&opento=11
That is the same drive I read about that got top mention in that review. One nice thing, since it's a rebadged litey you should be able to use the tools used with litey drives such as kprobe and booktype utility.
Booktype works nicely. Have not tried Kprobe. So far, I am entirely satisfied with the drive. I just wish memorex would post a firmware update. The firmware that shipped w/ mine is not the latest (based on the CDfreaks review) and the lates is not posted for DL yet.
