[01010]

Originally posted by venom2506
I have a HP (cd writer plus 8100 ), it's old but works fine.
And about philips... I buy an intel CPU, it burns up as soon as I run my PC. Should I tell everybody not to buy intel CPU goz they burn up? no, **** happens, your parents just bought a defective cdburner, 01010

Not a single one. In the space of one year we had to replace the cd writer (same model everytime) 6 times. I think that's reasonable to assume that it's a problem with the Phillips.

The fact that their customer support is almost non-existent and despite numerous complaints (seriously, look it up) from literally thousands of people with the same problems across all of the Phillips brand and other re-branded (Hewlett Packard etc) burners, I'd assume that Phillips = bag o' wank.

[Nico]

Ah, ok.
but i never had any pb with my hewlett packard.

[01010]

Originally posted by venom2506
Ah, ok.
but i never had any pb with my hewlett packard.

It depends on how old it is I guess. I know that one of the main problems with the entire range about three years ago was that Phillips had only just implemented the (then) new CD/RW standard, but they never really cared to resolve the issues the burners had through firmware or even acknowledged the problem.

[Hudzy]

Ok, this seems like the right place to ask. I've been considering getting this cd re-writer .

Is it a good buy for the price?

[Admiral LSD]

I've heard good things about the Lite-Ons. That and the fact that they're cheap are whats making me consider them for my ongoing upgrade project

[HotSnoJ]

A friend of mine who is really good with computer told me that the Lite-ons are the best http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1948

[diamondgeezer]

Mines A Ricoh... cannae quite remember the model, but I've had two year's flawless performance...

Oh, and

Originally posted by Admiral LSD
Not sure about what that is in British Pounds though...

Click!

[Admiral LSD]

I know about UCC but I just couldn't be bothered using it

edit: Up until fairly recently, I've had a currency converter built into my browser (Opera) but the site that provided it (Lycos eKit) recently took it down. Hopefully Opera will provide an alternative in the next version.

[Stealth]

if you've got a SCSI system, then get a SCSI drive, otherwise i dont' know which drives are good or bad (IDE drives i mean)... i know which ones worked for me, but i don't know what makes it 'good' or 'bad'...

EDIT: Oh, i've used Panasonic my whole life, never had too many problems with it

[The Blazer]

You might want to check this page:
CD Writer List

While it doesn't show all the models it usually shows most good ones.

[Hudzy]

What exactly do the numbers mean? For example, if a writer wrote at 24x, how fast is that in minutes?

[The Blazer]

1x = between 74 and 80 minutes per CD
2x = between 37 and 40 minutes per CD
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