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Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 5:40 am**

i'm going to buy a dvdrw. need your advice which one to buy?
thanks

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:37 am**

I don't know which one is best now, but look for dual compatibility, DVD+RW & DVD-RW.

Also, i think dual layer dvd are becoming pretty cheap (9gigs instead of 4.7gigs afaik).

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 6:42 am**

Thanks marcuspocus,
Plextor px-716A/sw is duel dvdrw.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:18 am**

I recently got a Plextor DVD+-R/RW 12x Int IDE from dabs, it is excellent.

Royston

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 8:46 am**

I'm pretty pleased with my NEC 3500 which supposedly supports dual-layer although I haven't tried it yet.

Watch out if you want to connect it externally though.

But I don't think this problem is specific to this model.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 1:46 pm**

Just got a Plextor 716A burner. Not sure how it compares to other brands but it is full featured and fast.

The only issue is you're not supposed to push the tray in by hand to close it which I find kind of annoying. I'm used to pushing the tray in by hand to close it. Done it for years on my old TDK burner. The disc drawer on the Plextor seems kind of weak compared to my old TDK unit. But this is just a nitpick.

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 2:19 pm**

arent the internals of plextor writers made by nec ? eg they're just rebranded ?

I got a nec writer, had no problems with it so far

Posted: **Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:14 pm**

Yes, go for the Plextor PX-716A or alternative the TDK 1616N it is as good as the Plextor but maybe a bit cheaper.
Based on tests in a magazine of my trust.

Oooops, I am a Guru. Nice feel.

Posted: **Thu Jan 27, 2005 4:37 am**

Congrats Chris!

Posted: **Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:31 am**

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Ok, beer for all.

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Posted: **Thu Jan 27, 2005 5:50 am**

I had a Plextor burner once and it died something like one week out of the 1-year warranty. Generally they are great drives but they're overpriced and occasionally qualitatively not very different from the other drives on the market. The NEC should be about HALF as expensive and just as fast as the Plextor. And who knows - it might last longer too

...just my two cents.

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Posted: **Thu Feb 03, 2005 10:31 am**

atlast i'd bought Lite_On dvdrw. non brand but 16x.