CDR burner - whats best in your opinion?

[Professoras]

Well.... If you want to be sure what you are getting, then get a Plextor. If you want something quite as good, but cheaper then get a Yamaha. I currently have a Plextor 4x2x20 SCSI and I'm going to get a Yamaha 20x10x40 SCSI for $195 (140pounds)

 

[dsmlaser]

Neither... I'd say go with the VeloCD TDK 24x40, or the Plextor 24x40...

-Mike

 

[phatphunky]

I highly recommend Plextor. I had a ricoh burner originally with no end to problems - 8 out 10 would turn into coasters. Since I got my Plextor 12X burn-proof, 2 years ago, I haven't made one coaster yet. Also, just in case you're wondering, the unit did die (my fault, I upgraded the Firmware with a CD in the unit), but Plextor replaced the burner free of charge even though the warranty for the unit was one year. This also tells you they are a very dependable and reliable company, giving 100% to customer service.

I use Roxio for Audio CD's and Nero for Data.

PhatPhunky

 

[ZipTriX]

I have a scream (yahama 2ox)...best CDR burner I ever owned. I went with it over the TDK cause of the buffer size. Yahama has 8 MB buffers, which in my opinion was a better buy.

Go here
http://pcworld.com/reviews/article/...550,pg,2,00.asp



You can read about the top 5 burners and how they compare

 

[MUSTANGPC]

DON'T BUY IOMEGA CDRW

I recently purchased an Iomega CDRW 24x10x40 (Liteon version) not even on their website - it refuses to read some of my CDs. I found the clone ones have problem being detected by this CDRW. Whats the problems here, anybody know? Someone said that I need to install some kind of a firmware!! By the way, this one only reads NERO and does not work with ROXIO.

I would certainly recommend YAMAHA or PLEXTOR, no problem with these.

 

[Pfieffdog]

I am currently using the Sony CRX1611(16x10x40) and i love it. I had a phillips before this, but i think the sony is nicer.

-Pfieff

 

[slipvayne]

well I got the sony burner and it rocks. an 80 min CD in 3 mins.

 

[MeanGene]

I hope the Yamaha's are better now. Their 4x burners would slowly go bad in about a year. I had one at work and one at home and a friend had the same results. After sending it back to Yamaha they fixed it and it's been running OK. Don't think that I would ever buy another Yamaha though. Great bikes, computer stuff so-so.

 

[DNA of FLASH]

I was one of the few on the street to get Creative 8x4x32x CD-RWs (two years ago ) had no problems with it.

 

[slipvayne]

first burner i got was an Acer 32x4x4. the audio cds it burnt don't work in all cd players, it wouldn't do PSX CD's and it had errors alll the time.