Hey...Im new to burning and im just curious which of these would be the better deal for me?? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101642 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827140009 im kinda skeptical about the benq cause of the reviews that they were given on newegg...Any info would be appreciated, Thanks
Hi there, I would go with the BenQ before the HP one. My answer is NOT based on facts, just that I prefer BenQ to HP brand name period. For about the same price, or even cheaper, you might want to look into: Plextor 716A Pioneer 109 NEC-3540a (I think this is their latest one) All the above ones seems to please several of the readers here... I am quite happy with the NEC-3450a (Dell OEM of the NEC-3500)...
The Plextor product is always the best....they are always more but if budget wise you can go with it do it. Some of these plextors are serial ata that have 8 meg buffers...amazing for a dvd burner...check that model out. A cheap solution is any lite on product. They have suited me well for years and always work great.
hi also to take onboard is bitsetting/booktype some drives can and some cant! so if you are useing +R and want to make make it to a more compatible format like -R then booktype needs changing! i think benQ does it??? and yes BenQ over HP for me too! but i would like a plextor!!!
I own a HP640c which is based off of the BenQ technology, if you are looking at buying the lightscribe then get the BenQ over the HP. Also, the BenQ will booktype, if you are planning on spending a little more money I then recommend the Plextor, may not do lightscribe but is a superb drive.
I agree I am not popping for the lightscribe media till it comes down in price, sharpie works great and they have all kinds of colors to choose from.
On a different subject...any one know where I can get pretty cheap those folders everyone has to store media? They zip up and have sleeves that are see through to hold the disks...i have all my dvd's in cases and with almost a thousand I am going to run out of space...just a different topic but i was curious if anyone know a place?
Newegg has the plextor 716 for 109.00. Not a bad deal, and superior hardware. If you have serial capability, consider going that rout.
hi also to note is many drives now are RIPLOCKED to 1.5x / 2.0x for ripping dvds! so before buying a drive i make sure i can get a hacked firmware from here! http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_all.php both my dvd drives have hacked firmware / region free / 2x on 1x discs etc....
WOW Rotary I did not know that! When did that start??? Do you have any idea what drives are affected? How long has that been going on for???
hi an easy way it to buy el cheapo dvdrom and plonk a hack firmware in they are cheap these days for ripping! but its been in awhile few months now, i think plextor and pioneer have it? but dont quote me! go to that link above but check out the forums its great there for drives!
It has actually been like that for a while. Almost all DVDRW's are affected by that rip speed. Better to just use a decent DVD Rom drive to rip with anyway.. I am a little puzzled as to why everyone loves the Plextor so much? I have the PX716A and a NEC 3520A. For $60-$70 less the Nec performs just as good as the Plextor in fact I mostly just use the NEC I guess just because I spent $120 for the Plextor so I am saving it The only difference I can tell between the two drives is that the Plextor is bettter at ripping a DVD, but I don't use my burners for that anyway. I leave that to my trusty LiteOn SOHD-16P9S.. Cheers
hi yes doesnt that NEC 3520A have a hacked firmware that sets all +R to -R automatically? on booktype. but yes those plextors i would never buy one the price tag sucks, if i had to plum for a drive these days it would be very very difficult to choose for me... price + hack firmware is top of my list for staters... bbmayo is your plextor riplocked? and howyou get over it?
I don't really like using hacked firmware so I couldn't tell you if that is true with the NEC, but it does do booktyping without a hacked firmware.. Cheers m8
Yes the plex is rip locked but as I stated above I don't use my burners to rip DVD's anyway.. The Nec is locked also.. In fact I don't think there are to many out there that will rip above 2x without a hacked firmware
I do have seperate lite on dvd rom for ripping. So it would seem its just dvd burners are affected by this? For example on my laptop all i have is one internal dvd burner...its a sempron 2800 with 512 ram 8x dvd burner. Well that explains why it won't rip over 2x lol
I also use a Liteon for 95% of my decrypting to the hd. But the Pioneer seems to always read the occasional disc I have a problem with.
