Need suggestion for new DVD ROM drive

Guys my five year old LITE ON DVD ROM DRIVE has gone bad. Need to buy a new one.
Which one to go for?
Samsung
LG
Sonyany other brand

Go for HP dvd1260i or Asus DRW-24B3ST. These are the two models ruling the optical drive market currently. Forget all others.

Get the Asus DRW-24B3ST, its best out there. I am using it currently.

My cousin had suggested LG but I think in TDF most of them are suggesting Asus.

Also I was thinking should I consider Blu Ray Drive?

Nah, consider Blu Ray Drive i you really use Blu Ray Discs, else thats waste of money. Blu Ray drives are quite expensive now. Wait for their prices to come down.

And for ODD, get any of the models suggested by RiGOD.

RiGOD said:
Go for or Asus DRW-24B3ST These are the two models ruling the optical drive market currently. Forget all others.

Tenida said:
Get the Asus DRW-24B3ST, its best out there. I am using it currently.

Lots of people also suggest LG which will cost around Rs 800 whereas the Asus one would cost around Rs 1200. Is it worth the difference? Some people telling that there isn't much difference across the various brands available.

^^We recommended the best you can get for the money spent. Asus @ 1110 & HP @ 1030 are the best and has excellent reviews. But after all you're the buyer and its you who must choose. If I were you I would have surely gone for either of these.

EDIT : Coincidence at its best. My LG drive has stopped writing CD's and DVD's. Found out that couple of minutes ago. Its my second LG drive that's failing.

RiGOD said:
^^We recommended the best you can get for the money spent. Asus @ 1110 & HP @ 1030 are the best and has excellent reviews. But after all you're the buyer and its you who must choose. If I were you I would have surely gone for either of these.

EDIT : Coincidence at its best. My LG drive has stopped writing CD's and DVD's. Found out that couple of minutes ago. Its my second LG drive that's failing.

Thanks dude! Now only thing I need to decide is should I go for online purchase and risk some damage to the product or get it from a store nearby.

Flipkart does have a 30 Day Replacement Guarantee.

All products sold at Flipkart.com are covered under our 30 Day Replacement Guarantee. Notify us of any problems, damages or defects within 30 days from the date of delivery, and we will issue a brand new replacement to you at no extra cost.

But if you can get a lower price from your local dealer, go for it.

RiGOD said:
Flipkart does have a 30 Day Replacement Guarantee.
But if you can get a lower price from your local dealer, go for it.

Well I think getting Asus maybe little difficult here. But I will check on that.

If not Asus then go with HP.

Tough luck guys unable to find either Asus or HP at the computer stores. Should I take chance getting it shipped online with flipkart? I mean in terms of the product getting damaged in transit?

These guys mostly have Samsung LG Sony Liteon

Hey don't worry man., i would recommend ASUS + Flipkart

because i have done lot of purchases from flipkart., and no problem at all., AND even i ordered the ASUS DRW-24B3ST on past Thursday and i received today itself.,

The current price is 1,109. :-D

T

Buy any one of known brands. I really doubt you will feel the difference.

ajayritik said:
Tough luck guys unable to find either Asus or HP at the computer stores. Should I take chance getting it shipped online with flipkart? I mean in terms of the product getting damaged in transit?

These guys mostly have Samsung LG Sony Liteon

Buy that Asus from flipkart. Locally you can't get that drive bellow 1090/-

Tech_Wiz said:
Buy any one of known brands. I really doubt you will feel the difference.

There is small difference which affects in the lifetime of the drives.

devx said:
Hey don't worry man., i would recommend ASUS + Flipkart because i have done lot of purchases from flipkart., and no problem at all., AND even i ordered the ASUS DRW-24B3ST on past Thursday and i received today itself.,

The current price is 1,109.

I bought couple of times from Flipkart and happy with the service. But since this is an optical drive I'm worried that in transit due to rough handling it may go bad!

S

^^ Don't worry the packaging is really good nothing will happen and even if it does, one e-mail gets you a brand new replacement - no questions asked!!

Finally bought Asus DRW-24B3ST.
Thanks to all for your suggestions!

^^Congratz buddy. Post some pics if possible.

RiGOD said:
^^Congratz buddy. Post some pics if possible.

Sure buddy! Will do.

Guys Tough luck! Yesterday I received the new DVD Rom Drive and when I was about to intall it today morning I found that my Previous DVD Rom Drive (Liteon) didn't have cables connected properly and hence it was not reading the disks. Now when I connected the cables properly the Lite-on Drive is able to ready. Though I didn't check if it's still able to burn disks.

Actually it's my fault when my cousin suggested that the Drive may have gone bad I should have double checked before making the purchase.

What do you all guys suggest? Should I try to sell of this new DVD Rom drive or should I keep it for future use?

S

^^ If your old drive works just fine then e-mail flipkart that you are not satisfied with the product(give some lame excuse that the box does not contain sata cable and you cannot connect it to your PC). They will simply refund your money in the flipkart wallet. With that money you can buy something else for yourself or maybe even the same product when the time comes. If you try to sell it surely no one will give you the full amount(unless your selling it to a good friend or something like that).

R

i'm using dell studio 1537, my dvd writer is not working i was asked to replace the writer is that the only option i've????

just read a number of reviews and found that Liteon, Asus and LG are good writer, i'm completely confused whether to use a internal or external optical drive and if in case i use a internal writer from the above mentioned brand will it work fine with my Dell studio