Buying a SATA DVD burner tommorrow

[camel lips]

Anyone point me to a good one at Newegg?

 

[The_Other_One]

I don't know of any specifics right off... I'd just look for the best rated ones, then the best priced ones... My previous brand of choice was NEC, but I think they've gone out of the burner business.

And is there any reason to get SATA? If you can find an IDE drive for less, there will be no performance difference.

 

[ThatGuy16]

I'd get sata, no bulky ide cable or jumpers to mess with

I have this one, its great
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151153

or if you need or want lightscribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151154

 

[daisymtc]

Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7190S /AD-7191S
LG GSA-H62NK

 

[dznutz]

depends on what you're going to do with the burner....
labelflash or lightscribe or regular
for regular nowadays all burners will do the job well. although i'm partial to pioneers just get the cheapest one you can find

 

[sho95]

As stated by ThatGuy16 those are the best out. Check out CDFREAKS test.

 

[camel lips]

What is light scribe?I will be using this mostly to copy some DVD's and to burn family photos and such.

 

[ThatGuy16]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe

I only bought one drive with lightscribe, and i never use it..

As stated by ThatGuy16 those are the best out. Check out CDFREAKS test.

haha yeah, i saw that after i bought the drive , my other one is a S183L (they look exactly the same, execpt it has lightscribe)

 

[markallen]

Whatever you do DON'T buy LG.I bought one and it was junk from day one.I have had no problems with my Lite-On.

 

[Vizy]

ok lightscribe, i dont use it. i thot i would....but i don't

 

[INTELCRAZY]

Lightscribe is a toy.... I've used it a little...

I love my Samsung drives, I have the same as ThatGuy16, but both of mine are Lightscribe..

 

[oregon]

Are lightscribe dvd's expensive? I've never seen them. And can you just find a picture on the internet and scribe it on? That would be awesome.

 

[camel lips]

Are lightscribe dvd's expensive? I've never seen them. And can you just find a picture on the internet and scribe it on? That would be awesome.

A hear a lot of the albums (and some singles) you download come with the graphics from the Cd,s that you can burn onto the disks.

Never done it though.

 

[sho95]

Yes they cost more and take long to make one. In my opinion not worth it to have.