HPDVD840e or LG GSA-2166
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:56 pm
I have read alot of reviews and am trying to decide upon a DVD burner for my laptop... Of course, since it is a laptop I'll need an external, because I want to have a super-multi as well as lightscribe...
Do you recommend the HP DVD840e or the LG GSA-2166D
I have read on many sites that both tend to have some writing quality problems, so I was wondering what I should do...
Also, is buying something like an LG GSA-4166B and putting it into an external enclosure an option, and would you recommend that?
Some other general questions:
Can you use the 1.02 firmware for the 4166B on the 2166D? The only available firmware for the 2166D is the 1.01 version...
Also, in a review of the DVD840e it says that since the drive has a panasonic chipset, it doesn't support something to do with regions... What does this mean exactly? Here is the review I got this from: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews ... 4&PageId=0
If the same drives are in teh 2166D and the HP840e, this would be the case for the 2166D
and are the writing problems associated with the 2166D and DVD+R mentionable? http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.ph ... erformance
Sorry about the long post, and thanks if you can shed some light on this...
Do you recommend the HP DVD840e or the LG GSA-2166D
I have read on many sites that both tend to have some writing quality problems, so I was wondering what I should do...
Also, is buying something like an LG GSA-4166B and putting it into an external enclosure an option, and would you recommend that?
Some other general questions:
Can you use the 1.02 firmware for the 4166B on the 2166D? The only available firmware for the 2166D is the 1.01 version...
Also, in a review of the DVD840e it says that since the drive has a panasonic chipset, it doesn't support something to do with regions... What does this mean exactly? Here is the review I got this from: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews ... 4&PageId=0
If the same drives are in teh 2166D and the HP840e, this would be the case for the 2166D
and are the writing problems associated with the 2166D and DVD+R mentionable? http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.ph ... erformance
Sorry about the long post, and thanks if you can shed some light on this...