Best DVD-ROM...

[Elessar_VPR]

BenQ also make some pretty nice drives

[MadduckUK]

thumbs down to both sony and LG. sony for being slightly odd and iffy, although 99% of the time its pretty quick. LG because i had to deal with one at work that would jam up and require the good old bent paperclip A LOT

and my Goldstar 2x CD-ROM was so good aswell. what happened?!

[alsenior]

1.44MB? Luxury!
I remember when floppies were 8 inch and stored 100K.

i remember when we used magnetic drums and they stored only 6k's

[shamus21]

avoid LG and Sony`s both have had problems in the past.

[ash_rm]

Go for BenQ or NEC.

[elapse]

Pioneer always for me, tbh there isnt alot of diffence anymore. Just stay clear of Sony my bro had lots of prob with them

[Golden Dragoon]

I've got the Sony DRU-810A and it has been perfect - had it about a year, cost me around £60 when I got it tho.... (edit- that is a dvd-rw tho)

Otherwise Plextor are second to none, so if you want to go for a good quality drive, they are the ones to buy

I have a Sony DW-D26A and it has been nothing but trouble, it no longer reads any disc reliably (or at all in most cases), but will for some reason still produce perfect copys of iso's, cd's and dvd's so long as they are read from my other dvd drive or hard disc.

[amjedm]

Another vote for NEC.

I had a look at a thread on CDFreaks and also the reviews of the Pioneer and NEC drives before opting for the NEC.

[dave87]

I have a Sony DW-D26A and it has been nothing but trouble, it no longer reads any disc reliably (or at all in most cases), but will for some reason still produce perfect copys of iso's, cd's and dvd's so long as they are read from my other dvd drive or hard disc.

how strange - I had an ASUS DVD-ROM (e616 i think) which was perfect up until the day it switched machines, and is now as picky as hell

[sawyen]

how strange - I had an ASUS DVD-ROM (e616 i think) which was perfect up until the day it switched machines, and is now as picky as hell

well my ASUS has been super ever since its first night off with me.. ..

But yea, its been nagging all day whenever I ask her to do something.. sad, but her mood is taking a strain on our relationship..

[shaithis]

I really don't like the NECs......I purchased 2 different models for HTPCs recently, based on their 'quietness', yet both models were noisey as hell!

Currently runnning a LiteOn with LightScribe but about to go back to Plextor....

[Pie_uk]

my girlfriend just bought a HP lite scribe and its awesome only 27 pounds over at scan (dvd rw)

edit for the guy above, i am running a NEC its very good very fast , yes it does make noise like when you watch a DVD , however get yourself onto google and type in cd bremse (its german) this can turn down the rpm of the drive and will play your dvd's without making one db of noise

[XA04]

I always find LG cheap, but very good.

[Pie_uk]

very true but i just dont like the korean make

there all pretty much cheap as chips nowdays anyway

[ExceededGoku]

any good SATA models?

[shaithis]

I think the best SATA DVD-RW is the Plextor 755SA

The next model (760SA) leaves a lot to be desired in comparison I beleive. You can currently count the number of SATA DVD-RWs using the fingers on 1 hand......