Buying Optical drives

[Cool Buddy]

if u r buying lite on make sure the service centre is closeby and plz buy a 2nd drive of another company bcoz once ur liteon stops working and u give it to the service centre it will come back only after u have exhausted ur warranty, till then it will stay in Singapore or Germany or wherever there company is locted. The fact is its the worst drive and the service is PATHETIC. I hate digit for recommending these to everyone.Speaking from personal experience. I made the mistake of suggesting liteon to my friends and they r no longer my friends.

 

[BBThumbHealer]

i m scared of the sony dru-1xx range...did you buy it?
which asus model..is it drw-1814BLTor drw-2014L1T? anyone have real life experience using them?

yeah ... i got it and found it better than Samsung !

for asus ... drw-2014L1T

 

[acewin]

how can I get sony DRU-8xx series writer, here in locals, I see only DRU-190A, but 810A seems to be much better than 190A.

 

[realdan]

it seems different people have recommended different model..lets have a poll to decide

 

[techtronic]

Did you consider the option of buying a USB DVD Writer ?

 

[praka123]

samsung and problems-it is not relevant now.it is just FUD.dont compare old samsung drives.now samsung has changed quiet a bit

 

[csczero]

Dude ....try LG .....its reliable

 

[dheeraj_kumar]

Dont get any Optiarc drives from Sony. They suck. They cant read DVD-Rs after some time. You need to reflash firmware, which might work in some cases, but most ppl prefer an exchange.

 

[confused]

AFAIK sony is just a re badged benq.
and been using benq for 2 yrs now. no probs yet.

 

[spindoc]

bought a new sony 18x dvd drive,

can anyone tell me how it works?