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what's the best DVD burner for the money?
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I just ask this same question last week and I got several alternatives. From those, I felt that based on feedback from actual users, and given that there are great rebates for it on Best Buy (until today, I think) that the LiteON 411 for $79.99 (after rebates) was the best dual-format, 4x drive to buy.
I got mine last Tuesday
William
I got mine last Tuesday
William
wquiles said:I just ask this same question last week and I got several alternatives. From those, I felt that based on feedback from actual users, and given that there are great rebates for it on Best Buy (until today, I think) that the LiteON 411 for $79.99 (after rebates) was the best dual-format, 4x drive to buy.
I got mine last Tuesday
William
130 bucks is a decent price, and with 50 back in rebates, i almost want to get one for myself...bummer that i have black drives, and this deal is white.
i wonder if i can find a deal like this in a black drive......obviously i also want a decent drive as well...but in black..
nice tip, for those who use white drives though.
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Unless you're in a rush I wouldn't get one right now. 4x is slow as garbage, especially considering a dvd is WAY bigger than a tiny little 700meg cd. I'd wait until they at least start hitting 24x....
I just bought a Plextor708a 8X burner retail from Newegg- it also burns cds at 40X, something I found no other burner could do. Bundled with a very good software package and a $50 rebate. Burns great. I even have burned backups on 4X media at 8X. It costs more than the others but, "you get what you pay for".
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tom10167 said:
4X on a DVD-RW is not the same as 4X on a CD-RW.
4X on a DVD-RW is 5.4MB/S, while 32X on a CD-RW is only 4.8MB/S. A 52X CD-R will give you about 7.8MB/S while a 8X DVD-R will offer 10.8MB/S. DVD-RW's won't be making it much past 8X, and most likely not 24X.
A 24X DVD-R would have a writing speed of 32.4MB/S.
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Speed_Mechanic2 said:
Could you go a little bit more in-depth on that? That just doesn't seem to make sense to me.
tom10167 said:
In other words 4x DVD burning takes 15 minutes for an entire disc. That is not slow as garbage as you like to call it. 15 Minutes to burn 4.7 GB of data is impressive.
As far as the best DVD burner for the money I would have to say the LiteOn 411s and Pioneer DVR-106d are right on with each other. The LiteOn features faster CDR burning but the Pioneers are notorious for being able to burn even the absolutely cheapest media. I myself went for the Pioneer because I got a sweet deal on it, and I really liked by DVR-104 I had before it.
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There has been talk about the LiteOn 401 being flashed to become a 411s & some work about the 811s
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i got an 8x dvd burner , memorex, which along with the plextor burn a dvd in 8 minutes (only dvd+r) media though. the rest is 4x. i think a few other companies have 8x out that also only do the 8x for dvd+r media, which, most say is a superior format to dvd-r.
dvd-r is a bit cheaper to buy discs for and i think that they are compatible with about 5% more older dvd players; however the dvd forums seem to favour dvd+r as a superior format for the way it handles itself overall.
dvd-r is a bit cheaper to buy discs for and i think that they are compatible with about 5% more older dvd players; however the dvd forums seem to favour dvd+r as a superior format for the way it handles itself overall.
There are talks about the LiteOn 811s being able to be flashed to the new dual 8x burners that are coming out in January. That would be pretty cool to be able to burn both + and - at 8x. By next December we should be seeing the first generation of dual layered burners as well.
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I was all ready to get the LDW-411S from best buy and I went down there today and they stoped the sale ($20 off) and the mail in rebates ($20 and $30) now im debateing on just getting the LDW-811S from new egg for $145.. unless anyone knows where I can get the LDW-411S for a good price.
now im debateing on just getting the LDW-811S from new egg for $145.. unless anyone knows where I can get the LDW-411S for a good price.
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check ur local ads, there have been some good christmas deals and i've seen em as low as 80
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Buy the Liteon 401 and do a firmware upgrade.. to the 411 .. it will allow you to save $ and burn boty +r & -r
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Liteon 401 firmware flashing
http://www.dvdrbase.com/archive/index.php/t-33168
this is a site that supports this claim .. enjoy
http://www.dvdrbase.com/archive/index.php/t-33168
this is a site that supports this claim .. enjoy
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