I'm in desprite need of a CD Burner, so I'm after the best, but I'm not sure what this it. I've been recommened several makes, a few more popular than others, but what do you guys here at WHT consider the best make out of the following:

AOpen
Asustek
BenQ
Compaq
Dabsvalue
Formac Ltd
Freecom
Iomega
Lacie
LG Electronics I.T
Lite-ON
Mitsumi
NEC
Panasonic
Philips IT products
Plextor
Samsung
Sony
TDK
Teac
Toshiba IT Products
Yamaha

Please only recommend your choice from the list above. :) I'd apreciate all quick replies.

Plextor is definately teh best.

We have all Plextor I dont think it has ever made a Bad CD, 2nd choice would be Yahama .. Hope this helps...

I would go with TDK and VeloCD technology.

There cheap and good.

Get one for about 109 + $40 mail in rebate.

Joe

I've been using an LG 16x10xsomething and it works great.
I think you can pick it up for around $100 Canadian now! I can't believe how cheap CDRW drives are now, I bought an old Iomega Internal burner 4x a few years ago for $350 LOL :D

Whatever you get make sure it has burnproof and at least 2 mb of memory and you'll smoke! :cool:

oh my . i need a CD burner too.. should i buy now or wait for the thanksgiving holidays? i might as well buy a dvd burner ? watcha guys say?

I'm not worried about the price right now, I just want to know the best make from the above choices!

Is Samsung any good?

I just bought one Plextor cdrw/dvd combo . hopefully its good

Go with Yamaha or Plextor. I've got an older Yamaha (CRW4416, external SCSI) that hasn't made a coaster yet. Never had another CD player -- PC or Mac -- fail to read a CD made on it and I send them all over with graphic design stuff. It's slow and ugly but sure gets the job done.
Plextors have an excellent reputation, too.

I jst bought a BusLink 40x CDR, which is really just a re-badged LiteOn. And of course the 40x can be upgraded to a 48x by a firmware swap.

So I have a $30 48x LiteOn that is often rebadged as a LG, BusLink, Iomega, or Sony.

Ive had Plextor drives, back in the day (4x and so) they were good SCSI models, but now the difference is neglidgable. And even if my drive does crap out, I can still buy a second for less than it would have cost to get the Plextor in the first place.

Lite-ON

Lite-On. Period.

Not only are they often rebadged at a cheaper price, but they can easily be hacked and upgraded. ;)

Originally posted by Axel Teflon
Is Samsung any good?

as a cd burner? I hear they're pretty good. My dvd-rom is a Samsung (Model SD-616) and the reviews classed it as one of the best on the market. Oddly it was far from the most expensive either.

For a cd burner I have a Sony 24x10x40 coupled with Nero. As long as you're away of the 'speed' of the blanks it's an excellent combination. Whether it's cd-r or cd-rw I've *never* burnt a bad disk with it, and that's even burning on the fly from one cd to another while checking e-mail. :)

For blanks I use Sony for RW and TDK for CD-R.

Greg Moore

I prefer CyberDrive, but you do not have them listed. They aim towards the budget minded users, however I have built several computers utilizing a CyberDrive CDRW, and have never had problems on my end, or friends end.

I'm using a sony cd burner and haven't had even a single problem with it so far. Been about 1 1/2 year.

LiteOn LTR-48125W (48x12x48)

Nothing beats this one. Excellent price and quality/speed. Check it out on NewEgg.com

I've got a Plextor, but Lite-on makes a very good, cost effective unit. I would probably buy a Lite-On if I needed one today.
BTW, prices on DVD-RW's are coming down and you might want to consider that in the near future.

Im currently looking at a Plextor PlexWriter 40r 40w 12rw Int IDE Retail. (Model PX-W4012TA)

All these numbers are confusing me, but I've been told its good. I've got some info on it:

The PlexWriter 40/12/40 E-IDE (ATAPI) drive is the leader in its class with blazing recording and rewrite speed. Recording at 40X speed, the new drive is capable of burning a CD in just over three minutes. Features like BURN-Proof and PoweRec-II ensure maximum quality and data integrity. Mean Time Before Failure is 60,000 hour(s).

Anybody got any last comments or suggestions?

i have a lite-on and a samsung.both excellent

I got my benQ 32X writer recently for $70 dollars canadian.
Pretty good deal and no problems still.

Nice and cheap CDRW.

but then again, I really dont know where the schmoo BenQ is made in.

Plextor :)

I prefer a bunsen model 20, burns cds up in 1 minute