Need advice on shortlisting a DVD writer
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:31 am
Hi,
This is my first post here. I found this forum to be very informative and have learnt quite a bit about DVD writers from here while trying to decide which one to buy.
I have a liteon combo which has been funtioning quite nicely and which I plan to replace with a DVD writer while it goes to my other PC. So this DVD writer would have to be a workhorse for all my optical storage tasks.
I would be using the drive for
1. Reading CDs/DVDs - Most of the time.
2. Burning CDs - More often then DVDs.
3. Burning DVDs - Occasionaly. Have a bunch of DVD movie titles that I want to write which is the reason for this purchase.
Even though its not advisable to have a single drive for all the above tasks, I'll have to make do with only a single one right now.
I would like a writer that is
1. Good (if not the best) in reading, writing and scanning.
2. Not too picky about the quality of the media.
The options available here locally are
1. LG H42N --- Latest model available. 12x RAM-good to have for future though will not be using it soon.
2. LiteOn LH 16A1P 487C --- Seems old what with 18A1 and 20A1 already
in the market. 5x RAm compared to 12x RAM in LG. But has scanning
facility which if I am correct LG doesn't have.
3. LiteOn SOHW 1633S --- Pretty old model
4. BenQ DW 1650 --- Good reviews. But lower specs compared to
LG and doesn't support DVD RAM.
Which writer do you think I should go for?
This is my first post here. I found this forum to be very informative and have learnt quite a bit about DVD writers from here while trying to decide which one to buy.
I have a liteon combo which has been funtioning quite nicely and which I plan to replace with a DVD writer while it goes to my other PC. So this DVD writer would have to be a workhorse for all my optical storage tasks.
I would be using the drive for
1. Reading CDs/DVDs - Most of the time.
2. Burning CDs - More often then DVDs.
3. Burning DVDs - Occasionaly. Have a bunch of DVD movie titles that I want to write which is the reason for this purchase.
Even though its not advisable to have a single drive for all the above tasks, I'll have to make do with only a single one right now.
I would like a writer that is
1. Good (if not the best) in reading, writing and scanning.
2. Not too picky about the quality of the media.
The options available here locally are
1. LG H42N --- Latest model available. 12x RAM-good to have for future though will not be using it soon.
2. LiteOn LH 16A1P 487C --- Seems old what with 18A1 and 20A1 already
in the market. 5x RAm compared to 12x RAM in LG. But has scanning
facility which if I am correct LG doesn't have.
3. LiteOn SOHW 1633S --- Pretty old model
4. BenQ DW 1650 --- Good reviews. But lower specs compared to
LG and doesn't support DVD RAM.
Which writer do you think I should go for?