dvd-rw questions

[Pie_uk]

which in you opinion is a better DVD-RW the NEC 3540a or the HP HP 840i Lightscribe dvd-rw ?

i am wanting to know because i may be selling my NEC and keeping the HP

thanks

[MSIC]

I've always liked my NEC DVD RW's, although found their CD reading and writing to be a little slow at times (purely subjective, but compared to my other drive, a Lite-on CD-RW).
Never tried the HP lightscribes, but i suppose it comes down to if you'd use that particular function or not.
Generally DVD-RW's these days are much of a muchness and very cheap (ie £20 for a brand new one).

[shaithis]

LightScribe is actually a POS (IMO)

Great idea but you need to buy special disks and it generally takes 10 times longer to write the label, then it does to burn the disc!

[Pie_uk]

lol very true, but i actually have both drives on me, and i was trying to decide which one to keep. i may aswell just keep the HP cause its spec is good, then if i ever want the NEC ill buy a better version such as the 3550 or the 4750