Help me buy a DVD burner

[Games Goblin]

Hi all !

My previous DVD burner - Samsung SH-W162Z Died out (laser died out or something)

You can read that story here - *www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=71761&goto=newpost

^^^Oh yeah and Moderators, if you are reading this you can close the above thread ^^^

The guy at the service center told me to buy a new one as repairing this would set me back by about Rs.1200.... So what's the best DVD Burner at this price range? I am willing to shell out a maximum of Rs.1500

Now, I searched through e-bay and found a few burners

1) LiteOn

2)Samsung (SATA)

Which is better SATA or IDE interface?

Also, Is LiteON a good burner (when I went through the forums, it seems to have a good reputation.

I would like to try something different than samsung...

 

[Pathik]

Get a Sony or LiteOn Sata burner..

 

[codename_romeo]

SONY or ASUS or LITE ON

 

[a_tif]

The only advantage of sata is that it has a smaller cable

no performance difference exists because
maximum transfer rates of optical drives is less than maximum supported by IDE

I recommend LiteOn

 

[Games Goblin]

I'm not interested in Sony as my friend bought one and it failed to read certain Discs. Samsung dosen't have that problem but it's not excatly reliable (I have a one and a half year old brick in the shape of a Samsung SH-W162Z in my home to prove that ). Pity, because my old PC had a Samsung CD writer and i'm pretty sure that it must have written at least 3000+ CDs and even after 5 years, the drive still works! Of course, the tray pops back out sometimes after you have sent it in, but that's a fault I lived with..

So whats the difference between a LiteON and ASUS?? Can you guys give me model no.s and price before I head down to the shops? Much Obliged!

 

[Net007]

I am using Sony DRU-820A model DVD writer without any problems. I recommend this one.

 

[azzu]

I recommend lite-ON

 

[smile]

Majority of people go for Sony or Lite-on

 

[janitha]

Despite all the earlier notoriety, Samsung's new SH-S203B has very good reviews and is becoming popular. It is cheap, SATA and reads and writes well. Have been using it for about 3 months.

 

[Cool G5]

plz search before posting.
All ready 1000 of threads running on the same topic.

 

[Games Goblin]

Lite ON it is then, I have made up my mind. Could you please reccomend a model no.? Much Obliged.

 

[Cool G5]

Ask for Liteon LH-20A1P.

 

[utsav]

Hey games my sh-w162z died and i bought asus 1814blt sata lightscribe for 1500bucks.i suggest u asus if u havnt bought lite on yet