Suggest me a DVD Burner

Hello everyone,

I want to buy a DVD Burner that can also burn multi-layer DVD.

Some people told me most of the writers can last as long as maximum 1 year only. Is this true?

Which is most stable?

Sony, LG, Asus, Samsung.... which is really worth?

Please also specify the current prices in Indian market.

M

And what does that have to do with Open Source?

i have been using SONY DVD WRITER Dual Layer for the past one year. absolutely no probs

C

Benq 1650 or LG H10A. Try and stay away from sony whatever people say.

A

Lite on SHM-165p6s best of all

tech_your_future said:
And what does that have to do with Open Source?

i don get u at al.. wher has he said open source??? :S

well m8 go for sony or lite on.. plssss don get LG man it sux big time.. n there is nothin like it wil work for one year only n al..

M

bharathbala2003 said:
i don get u at al.. wher has he said open source??? :S

It was posted in Open Source Section. I moved it here.
Coming to the question, I have Benq 1650 which many people suggested me. It seems to be going good for me.

tech_your_future said:
It was posted in Open Source Section. I moved it here.
Coming to the question, I have Benq 1650 which many people suggested me. It seems to be going good for me.

ok

how r v supposed 2 know tat.. n man benq is gud but sony is da best i can tell.. n if u can somehow get a HP one it wld b gud too..cos i haven seen a hp one in market as of now..

M

From what I have heard, sony DRU 820A is rebadged benq DW 1655. If that's so, then what is the advantage of going for sony?

i aint no nothin bout wat u tellin.. nyway i haven used benq stuffs much prefr samung somehw but tis time got da lg n got screwed up.. its such a sick drive will read cd,vcd etc but not dvd.. gave it for repairin once n got it dne free also worked for a day then again.. changed to another one he gave again same prob.. so id suggest u go for sony or benq

All Sony drives are rebaged LiteON/BenQ drives. I'd recommend BenQ DW1650.

SAMSUNG--No probs using since 2 yrs

M

I wouldn't even touch Samsung. For reasons just search the forum, you will find plenty of posts on that.

J

tech_your_future said:
From what I have heard, sony DRU 820A is rebadged benq DW 1655. If that's so, then what is the advantage of going for sony?

Wider tech support and proboably more firmware updates.

hmm... thanks guys...

Go for a LiteOn or a Sony! Sony delegates his DVD burner production to Liteon!
There you go!

N

hello sagardani i'm buying a dvd writer too and want to know which one you r buying.

buy liteon

N

ok lite-on but which model (i donot need a litescribe drive). it wud be a lot helpful if you could please mention the latest lite-on drive available here along with its price. my bugdet is 2800. thanks a lot in advance.

hey Neyo, im thinkin of LG.. my cousin jus bought it & he said its good.. lil expensive than others @ 3.5k

but he said, it writes & reads all formats.. i think i'll go for it..

C

Liteon Allwrite series. Model I forgot. Available below 3k

just got LG GSM H10N - 2000 rs .. very good drive .. fast and reliable ..

I also got benq dw 1640 and lite on shm 165p6s ... get any of these three .

P

Sony DVD+RW DL 820A is the best writer for its price (Rs 2400).

J

Prince Stephen Ranji said:
Sony DVD+RW DL 820A is the best writer for its price (Rs 2400).

When quoting price it will be nice to specify whether it is that of a boxed one or OEM.

check out this months CHIP. They have a comparison of the major DVD burners

Acc. to them LITEON is the BAAP of all DVD burners ... BENQ-1650 is the worst performer

any comments, BENQ owners ?

Hehe.. we ALL know whats the best place for CD/DVD related comparisions. CD Freaks.

To be really frank , if u visit sites like cdfreaks or cdrlabs .. people say that benq is king .. i got benq 1640 , lite on 165p6s and lg h10n ..

out of these three .. lite on rocks .. benq is excellent on + r media but poor on -r media .. tried 8 different firmware .. still the problem exists ..

and i just recently got lg .. hence can't comment on it ..