DVD-RW drive buying time - which one?

[SitFlyer]

Another vote for LG

[Elie]

Buy the Pioneer 110, it supports everything even DVD -R DL, I happened to buy 4 blank discs for $3.50 Canadian each, don't think many other burners will burn -R DL yet

I personally have the 109, bought it for $65 Canadian and I'm extremely happy with it, I too have LG and NEC but due to -R DL I can't do without my Pioneer

Regards,
Elie

[schmosef]

Buy the Pioneer 110, it supports everything even DVD -R DL, I happened to buy 4 blank discs for $3.50 Canadian each, don't think many other burners will burn -R DL yet

I personally have the 109, bought it for $65 Canadian and I'm extremely happy with it, I too have LG and NEC but due to -R DL I can't do without my Pioneer

Regards,
Elie

Hey Elie,

Where can you find the Pioneer drives? I can't seem to get them through my normal distribution sources.

If I knew which stores carried then I'd be able to figure out the distribution channel.

One of my distributors that used to carry Pioneer told me it was always a pain to get stock because Pioneer Canada was always second fiddle to Pioneer USA and would only get new stock if the American division didn't gobble up the North American allotment.

[Nuno]

And do what you do, don´t buy Sony. I have a Sony DL burner and I got the LG for 60€ or so when they got cheaper, because the Sony is really picky about the media you burn. Tired of getting bad disks.

[Marshmallowman]

I bought a Pioneer 110 as well, its been problem free but I have not used it that much to tell.

[agallag]

Hey Elie,

Where can you find the Pioneer drives? I can't seem to get them through my normal distribution sources.

If I knew which stores carried then I'd be able to figure out the distribution channel.

One of my distributors that used to carry Pioneer told me it was always a pain to get stock because Pioneer Canada was always second fiddle to Pioneer USA and would only get new stock if the American division didn't gobble up the North American allotment.

http://www.canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProdList&cmd=pl&id=CR.184&mfg=PIONEER

http://www.infonec.com/site/main.php?module=detail&id=8560

[Mehen]

well i dont know if this counts, but me and my brother both have LG cdrw that have been nothing but perfect so far

[Tom]

Personally, I like my Plextor 716A.
If you want the Pioneer, NCIX.COM has the 110 on sale.

[Nowhere]

Ended up with BenQ. Other forum almost unanimously convinced me it is probably the best, proven ,"normal priced" DVD-RW now (didn't say Pioneer was bad; also good, just BenQ a bit better).
And BTW, it is the same drive as Plextor 740. So one might say that MURC also voted for my BenQ

[Elie]

Hey Elie,

Where can you find the Pioneer drives? I can't seem to get them through my normal distribution sources.

If I knew which stores carried then I'd be able to figure out the distribution channel.

One of my distributors that used to carry Pioneer told me it was always a pain to get stock because Pioneer Canada was always second fiddle to Pioneer USA and would only get new stock if the American division didn't gobble up the North American allotment.

I bought it from Logic Computer House, Steels and Woodbine.

Cheers,
Elie

[Elie]

Another vote to Logic Computer House

There service and their support is great.

Canada computers... the price used to be great but now not as competitive, and their service is horrible. When I tried speaking Chinese to them, they knew what I said but replied in English, which I found a bit rude. And I heard them speak Chinese themselves. But then CC is everywhere these days... theres even a store in Waterloo, so its convinent.

On a side note, I vote for LG. Pioneer is OK, but theres no hacked firmware... so I won't buy one again myself.

Yeah LCH are great, the prices are amazing and I always find what I need

Anyway why do you need to hack the firmware on the Pioneer??????????????
It bunrs every format that exists today, +R -R +RDL -RDL -RW +RW and all the CD formats. The LG doesn't burn -R DL (I think)

[Nowhere]

What about DVD-RAM?

[Sasq]

CW: the joys of being multi national
same issue for myself if i get movies in early.
fortunatly i have a hacked drive for the purpose, or failing that anydvd works well
edit linky for anydvd

[Paddy]

Sorry to hijack the thread...

What do you think of this. I need to read 80mm DVD-RAM disks for camcorders. It doesn't support DL+R though

On the other hand, who would buy the above Plextor, when you can get this for half the price. Has anyone used 80mm discs before?