CD burners

Teodor Iliescu tiliescu-ZdyLq7YhDA8hunQcOVOuvCwD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Tue Oct 28 05:27:56 UTC 2003


On Mon, 27 Oct 2003, benny k. wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 10:02:31PM -0500, Madison Kelly wrote:
> > Plextor, bar none. They are more expensive but they are worth it.
> 
> what makes them "worth it"?
> 
> ben

Plextor is the kind of quality, when it comes to burners.
What makes it worth it is their quality, plus their reliability.
Remeber, most of these companies will put new technology as it arises, 
while Plextor will steadily wait until technology stabilizes.

My first burner was a Mitsumi 2801TE (2x ide), and yes it still works, 
although I can't say I was happy with the service at the time. It came 
with Adaptec Easy Cd Creator 3.5 (yes, Windows ware), which it didn't even 
work! I had to update the firmware, download new software, and so forth...

Speaking of el-cheapo LG drives, I even bought a 52x for one of my other
desktops, and it didn't even allow me to record at the advertised rate
(52x - don't know how recommended this is either). Hmm, now would I want
to buy an LG drive again? No, thanks.

I actually have a USB 2.0 plextor 24x10x40, which costed me about $350 
dollars, roughly 10 months ago. I settled for the Plextor, as opposed to 
an Yamaha which had even faster advertised burning rates (40x), and it 
came with fancy technology which allowed me to burn images on a unused 
region of a cd. Whoopty-doo! :p

Was it worth, to get back to your question? Yes, if you have the money to 
lay down. It's the same with non-x86 hardware such as Macs, or even a 
Sparc, if any of you are lucky enough to have one of those. Pricy, but 
well worth it.

And for another thing, if you get a Plextor, you probably will not have 
any problems with Distros hosing your drives. :)

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