Which 1? I'm confused
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 9:58 pm
Hi,
Although the reviews are good i'm still baffled about what to get. Nothing to do with you guys its just that as technical minded as I am, I still rely on other ppls reviews and experiences in these things to help me decide and like today it doesn't do me favours especialy when I hear/ read contradictory reviews or experiences from others.
Anyway I decided only to go for the most recent reviews on here to help narrow things down and compared it what was available and came up with Sony Sony DRU-830A, Samsung SH-S182D/BEBN and LG GSA-H22N although I was a little keen on the Benq 1655 but I couldn't find one.
In terms of price I'd rather stay around the £20-£25 i.e. the prices for the samsung and LG r ok but I also don't mind stretching the budget a little to accomodate for better spec/features/usability etc (ie if that applies to the sony). I'm mainly looking at an all rounder less hassle drive, although I don't ming tweeking it up with firmwares etc as long as things don't get too time consuming and over tech.
Apart from whats mentioned I am open to any other suggestions.
Sorry for the long post just one more thing- I built My PC in Oct 2005 and its been sitting doing nothing all this time and now I'm kicking myself up the a**e for leaving it but I found out too late that the reason it keeps crashing and displaying Machine_Check_Exception could be because my DVDROM probably isn't compatible with my settings as it is from a system bought in 1998. I came to this conclution as it only happens when I insert a disc. Which is why I'm forcfully upgrading (bearing in mind I have two systems already both with DVD RW drives). What do you guys think, is my thinking correct?
Thnx (and once again sorry for the long post guys)
Although the reviews are good i'm still baffled about what to get. Nothing to do with you guys its just that as technical minded as I am, I still rely on other ppls reviews and experiences in these things to help me decide and like today it doesn't do me favours especialy when I hear/ read contradictory reviews or experiences from others.
Anyway I decided only to go for the most recent reviews on here to help narrow things down and compared it what was available and came up with Sony Sony DRU-830A, Samsung SH-S182D/BEBN and LG GSA-H22N although I was a little keen on the Benq 1655 but I couldn't find one.
In terms of price I'd rather stay around the £20-£25 i.e. the prices for the samsung and LG r ok but I also don't mind stretching the budget a little to accomodate for better spec/features/usability etc (ie if that applies to the sony). I'm mainly looking at an all rounder less hassle drive, although I don't ming tweeking it up with firmwares etc as long as things don't get too time consuming and over tech.
Apart from whats mentioned I am open to any other suggestions.
Sorry for the long post just one more thing- I built My PC in Oct 2005 and its been sitting doing nothing all this time and now I'm kicking myself up the a**e for leaving it but I found out too late that the reason it keeps crashing and displaying Machine_Check_Exception could be because my DVDROM probably isn't compatible with my settings as it is from a system bought in 1998. I came to this conclution as it only happens when I insert a disc. Which is why I'm forcfully upgrading (bearing in mind I have two systems already both with DVD RW drives). What do you guys think, is my thinking correct?
Thnx (and once again sorry for the long post guys)