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  1. 17-10-2005, 07:59 AM #1
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    DVD burners all round

    In the Taiwanese Market, sales of DVD burners has surpassed those of DVD-ROM/CDRW combo drives.
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  2. 17-10-2005, 09:18 AM #2
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    With the price difference between combo and DVD writer drives now, it just isn't worth getting a combo drive. Even all the budget PCs I've seen have DVD writers in now.
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  3. 17-10-2005, 09:33 AM #3
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    I couldn't believe it - I picked up 2 drives last week, they cost me a shocking amount (35!) so cheap..
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  4. 17-10-2005, 09:37 AM #4
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    What is the best choice for a second optical drive? Are DVD-ROMs any more reliable than the writers? Or does the low cost mean that you may as well have two writers these days....?

    (Please feel free to move this into the hardware forum if you think that is more appropriate!)
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  5. 17-10-2005, 01:42 PM #5
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    You can get all round drives that will do everything, well that's what I would do anyway.
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  6. 17-10-2005, 02:10 PM #6
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    I would get one which does all round - I have the NEC Units here now - I have had Plextors.

    I would have bought Pioneer but they were out of stock
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  7. 17-10-2005, 02:17 PM #7
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    I like my NEC drives... except a better model came out just after i bought mine

    Never mind - one of those things
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  8. 17-10-2005, 02:41 PM #8
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    I agree - they are a lot better and often cheaper than combo drives - I just bought one off Scan, the Samsung 'Writemaster' for £24.99 im my eyes a bargain!
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  9. 17-10-2005, 02:42 PM #9
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    Samsung is supposed to be quite a nice drive...
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  10. 17-10-2005, 05:03 PM #10
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    i like the sony and samsung models they seem to like most branded dvds
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  11. 18-10-2005, 12:59 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidM
    I like my NEC drives... except a better model came out just after i bought mine

    Never mind - one of those things
    Aint that always the case....

    We happily build systems with NEC ND-3540s here at the moment. Used to use ND-3520s and 3500s (i think) when they were about as well. My ND-2500 had compatibility issues with some G04 dye discs, but NEC sorted that issue out with the later models.
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