|
|
|
What was your first burner?
|
|
Senior Member
|
18. December 2005 @ 19:26 |
Link to this message
|
The very first burner I had was the HP 9100 Series CD Writer. LOL It didn't even burn DVDs and only burned up to 8x on a CD-R. It's so prehistoric.
Now I have a Plextor PX-740A DVD±R/RW drive, which can burn CDs and DVDs, with speeds up to 16x for a DVD-R or DVD+R, up to 8x for a DVD+RW, up to 4x for a DVD-RW, up to 16x for a DVD-ROM, up to 48x for a CD-R and up to 32x for a CD-RW. It's also capable of booktyping DVD+R to DVD-ROM, which is really nice.
I never burn DVDs faster than 4x and I usually burn CDs at half of what their speed is, so if I have a 48x CD-R, I burn at 24x.
My DVD Arsenal: BenQ DW1650 Drive, Plextor DVDRW PX-740A Drive, Nero 6.6.0.13, AnyDVD 6.1.8.4, CloneDVD2 2.9.1.2, DVD Shrink 3.2, DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0, DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.2.1.0, VobBlanker 2.1.3.0, RipIt4Me 1.7.1.0, FixVTS 1.6.0.3
Proud PS3 owner! PS3 games currently owned: Fight Night Round 3, Heavenly Sword, Madden 07, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Motorstorm, NHL 07, Resistance: Fall Of Man, Tony Hawk's Project 8This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 18. December 2005 @ 19:29
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
|
rooster33
Suspended due to non-functional email address
|
19. December 2005 @ 06:07 |
Link to this message
|
|
wow, dakota, that picture just brought me back to like 1999. i actually have that exact same cd burner. i remember buying it a circuit city and thinking i was so state of the art. if i remember correctly, i think it stopped burning cds a couple months after i got it, but its still being used as a cd-rom drive in one of my computers today.
i remember it being very expensive also.
|
Senior Member
|
19. December 2005 @ 13:55 |
Link to this message
|
|
You're close about the year, it actually came out in February of 2000. It was very expensive, but I bought one anyway because I wanted a CD burner really bad at the time. It was $249.99. It used to take about 15-20 minutes just to burn a CD. lol
My DVD Arsenal: BenQ DW1650 Drive, Plextor DVDRW PX-740A Drive, Nero 6.6.0.13, AnyDVD 6.1.8.4, CloneDVD2 2.9.1.2, DVD Shrink 3.2, DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0, DVDFab HD Decrypter 3.2.1.0, VobBlanker 2.1.3.0, RipIt4Me 1.7.1.0, FixVTS 1.6.0.3
Proud PS3 owner! PS3 games currently owned: Fight Night Round 3, Heavenly Sword, Madden 07, Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Motorstorm, NHL 07, Resistance: Fall Of Man, Tony Hawk's Project 8
|
Member
|
21. December 2005 @ 10:47 |
Link to this message
|
That was my very first burner too. I got it when it first came out for like $300.As a matter of fact I think I still have it in storage somewhere. Ive used it probably over 1000 times making all sorts of cds. data,music, VCD you name it. It is a really good burner. I also have a Plextor 740 now that thing is great kind of expensive though but worth it. I just got a Lite-On 16935 too its OK.
|
|
Diaboli
Member
|
22. December 2005 @ 05:16 |
Link to this message
|
|
Ah, sweet memories, although mostly off-topic... Here's my little story: My first experience with a cd-writer was more than 10 years ago in our university, where they had bought a brand-new Yamaha SCSI-burner, the first burner I ever saw. It could read CD's at 4x and write at outrageous speed of 4x, too, and here comes the best part, the price: It cost 30000 FIM (Finnish Mark's, now we are using euros), which was about 6000USD!. You have to remember, IDE-burner's didn't even exist back then. My first ever CD-R was burnt with that Yamaha @ 2x, because burning at whopping 4x was way too risky, no BURN-proof's or similar technology didn't exist then, neither.
Buying that first CD-R is another funny story. It was more than 10 years ago, so empty cd's were bloody difficult to find, and when I finally found a place, the price tag was a 'nominal' 104FIM (~20USD) per CD-R (and no, 700MB CD-R's didn't exist back then, so 650MB was the only choice...), so obviously I planned VERY carefully, what to burn.
I just found my first ever CD-R, brand is 3M and the manufacturing year is 1993. Still working flawlessly. :)
My first cd-writer was HP 7100, which was 2x/2x write/read, pricetag was 2400FIM (~480USD). Out of the box, the firmware didn't even support DAO, and with 2x, a normal amount of time it took to finish a full disc, was ~43 mins. After a firmware update, reading speed was upgraded to a mindblowing 6x. I had that burner for many, many years, until grabbed a HP 9100 (8x writer, if I'm correct?). When it broke down, I got myself a spanking new technology, a DVD-writer! Which was a Sony DRU500-AX (4x), around 400 euros. That was a terrible piece of hardware, I had nothing but problems with it, out of 10 burns I had at least 3 coasters. Finally I got frustrated enough and bought a NEC 3520, which has been a real good value for money, comparing to my previous burners. Not a single coaster yet. Amazing...
edit, a few things added.
Regressus Diaboli
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. December 2005 @ 05:27
|
|
unlockme
Newbie
|
24. December 2005 @ 17:03 |
Link to this message
|
|
i had a scsi 2x cd-r woot, cost me $300 when it was new - - - Now i bought a DVDrw for less than $200 oh how times change
|
|
Advertisement
|
|
|
AfterDawn Addict
|
26. December 2005 @ 13:21 |
Link to this message
|
|
I had a Plextor Plexwriter 8/4/32.
Life is good!
GrandpaBruce - Vietnam Vet - 1970 - 1971
Computer: Intel Core i7-920 Nehalim;Asus P6T Deluxe V2
|
|
