MCT Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 im building a new pc, & im debating between these 2 DVD-RW'sPioneer DVR-108 16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer (Black) $111LG GSA-4160B 16x DVD+/-RW, Dual Layer (Black) $109i also have a LG 52x32x52 cdrw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoffeeFiend Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 I hesitated on picking the 4th option in the poll I just bought that pioneer (btw, the first 2 sites I checked were cheaper: 99$ cdn at oemexpress, 103$ at ncix... most places will price match too) and it's working just as well as my last pioneer worked. No complaints whatsoever.I haven't really checked this LG model. LG's quality/reliability seems to vary a lot on a per model basis, and since the pioneer drive was cheaper and that I already know and trust the brand...If speed isn't a great issue, then the liteon 812s makes for a cheap 75$ rpc1 832s too (after reflashing firmware). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomcaT Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 Pioneer DVR-108 16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer (Black) $111I have had one of these for about a month now, very good, mine cost £65 GBP.Not brought any dual layer discs just yet as they are quite expensive in the UK compared to the cost of single layer ones.....It has not failed any burning discs, both CD and DVD-R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weed Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 of course the Pioneer but i dont recomment burning at 16x...cuz it is slower then 12x and i have seen bad reports when buring at 16x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 wow great I hesitated on picking the 4th option in the polli know i think i maybe hit [Enter] so it made a blank option , & i didnt see an option 2 edit the poll, so maybe if i mod stops by they can edit it but yes, plz dont vote for the "null" option Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aresgodofwar Posted October 18, 2004 Share Posted October 18, 2004 hahaha! too late i voted for the null option! lol. i have used both pioneer and lg drives before. as with any optical drive i have purchased, they all seem to perform the same. i haven't had any major malfunctions. i would only purchase the pioneer if you are swayed by brand name manufacturers. lg makes a lot of products, but they don't have the reputation that pioneer has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCT Posted October 18, 2004 Author Share Posted October 18, 2004 i agree, LG is a good brand, & atm, i have like 6 of there cd/cdrw/dvdr drives in my 4 pcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Sigafus Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Just bought Pioneer 108 Black from newegg for $81.00. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astalavista Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I have a liteon 16x 81 dollars also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMaC Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 I had pioneer a04 -104 back when it was first released. it was 2x and i was happy with it.Now I've lite-on 811s (8x) and i'm more than happy with it most ppl won't really care about this but the ability for backing up my games is an important option for me. I think pioneers still cannot do it but lite-on is pretty good at it. lite-on's are cheap and very very good. if u want to pay more get plextor. but before doing anything else go look at www.tomshardware.com and check for the reviews. they should have a page with most popular dvd+/-rw 's compared in 1 page.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT64 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 My NEC-2500 hasn't let me down yet, I'm upgrading to the Dual Layer version soon (NEC-3500). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrowder32 Posted October 19, 2004 Share Posted October 19, 2004 Agreed...me and a few friends all have NEC2500A and very happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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