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Which DVD burner is the best ?

By hotchile ·
I am in the market for a dual layer DVD burner. Not sure which one is best value & best features. The PC Mags seem to regard the NEC ND-2510A very highly but 2.4x burn in dual layer seems a bit prehistoric. Doe's anyone out there use this burner & how would you rate it ? Is there a better dual layer burner ? Thanks for your reply.

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by glyall In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

check out WWW.dvd-dave.com
it is one of the best web site about dvds and cds

there is a lot of info on this site

good luck

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by glyall In reply to

I work at a place that only buys from IBM
we only use IBM Multi-burner (DVD)
They work great have not had a problem with them.
Been using them for over two years.

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by hotchile In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

Thanks Glen for your input, I will take a look at this site.

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by wlbowers In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

Sony had some problems with their units. Not sure if they fixed that yet.

I like the Pioneer. DVR-A08/DVR-A08XL

They will burn at 4x/2.4x

Lee

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by danag42 In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

My Sony unit is workin flawlessly, it's the current dual-layer burner. Main thing is it reads and writes to pretty much anything you throw at it.

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by hotchile In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

Thanks for everyone's input, all much appreciated and of help but has no one tried the NEC burner or something else that burns faster than 2.4 in DL.
Kind Regards to All.

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by Etoile In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

I had one of the first Sony Dual-layer burners and I had a 1 in 5 success rate, making lots of drink-coasters. Suspect it was the individual drive, not Sony in general, but I replaced with Pioneer DVR-A08/DVR-A08XL - EXCELLENT! Not one Coaster! Burns 8x DVD-R media at 12x

I see the Pioneer DVR-109 is out now ...

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by nerd32768 In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

I have always had good luck with Plextor drives, whether they are IDE, SCSI, or SATA. Plextor has recently come out with three different SATA DVD+-RW dual layer drives.

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by hotchile In reply to Which DVD burner is the b ...

More thanks to all who have replied, good & bad views all help in making the final choice. I won't be rushing out to the shops just yet.
TC

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