This a decent DVD burner?

[ArcticFox]

I find myself without a CD burner as my Lite-On in all it's cheapness broke, around the same time it snapped my freind's D2: LoD CD half. Anyways I told myself earlier I wouldn't get a DVD burner until they got faster/cheaper, but I guess I'm falling into the trap like everyone else. My (dual-format) drive of choice would be a Plextor, but they are too expensive even for the high-quality. Second choice is a Sony, then I noticed this one:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProduc...152-012&depa=0

Is it any good? I'm not looking for extreme speed, and I won't really be making videos to play on my DVD players, but something that's manufactured well and doesn't attach the top disk to the drive by way of a sticker, aka Lite-On.

Or, if there is another good drive in the same pricerange, please point it out. But it can't be a Lite-On.

[jlh007]

Excellent product. It works exceptionally well and I have burn many DVDs with it. I use DVD Shrink to burn my backups and I have use 4x and 8x DVD -R / DVD +r both take about 45 minutes to burn a DVD.

I have the buslink drive that is a rebadged NEC1300A. i had to update the firmware but after that the dvd burner has been nothing but great to me

NEC makes great stuff

[S.D.Willie]

if youre not going to make/burn videos why even bother with a dvd burner? just buy another cd-rw. or, are you thinking in the long run you might want to................or maybe you just want to back up alot of data .

[ArcticFox]

Well when you have an 80GB drive, no CD burner, and the biggest drive your freind has is a 40GB with 10GB free and you desperately need to reformat, a DVD burner would be great. I won't be buying one soon, I need to replace my case (with an Antec SuperLANBoy) and get a 36.7GB Raptor, but after that I probably will get one. If I can't wait, I guess a CD burner it is.

[dr_roberts49]

I bought it from Newegg a couple of months ago. My 1st DVD burner. Great product. I've burned a lot of disks. Backed up my DVD library using DVD Shrink and NERO 6. I'm also getting all my home videos from 8mm tape to DVD. The only coasters were the result of poor quality media, not the burner itself. I've been able to burn quality 4X media at 6X with no problems. 8X media is still priced on the high side, but I saw some on Newegg for a reasonable price. I say go for it.

Robert

PS

If you have collection of DVD movies, and kids who have trouble putting disks back in their cases, then I would get one ASAP

[rrcn]

I'd say go for it. I've only heard good things about NEC burners. $85 for an 8x burner is not a bad price.

[paul9]

just bought one (not the black one, though ) for £70 + £8 for nero 6
haven't tried it yet, but i've got it plugged up now and am about to test it after some techimo.

[ArcticFox]

Well first-hand user experience is best, looks like it deserves consideration.

Unless, however, that someone bought me a Plextor.

[paul9]

MY MONSTER IS ALIVE! MUHAHAHA.
seems ok so far. only tried on a minus rewritable that burned at 1x. think i got a case of the ceveat emptors when i bought that disc, assuming it would be a faster disc, but it was a white top with no speed markings. well, i may try a 4x minus write once, later.
and to think, i almost convinced myself i didn't need a dvd burner when i only had a 52x cd burner.