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ADVISE ON A NEW DVD BURNER
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brysonj
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22. March 2006 @ 18:41 |
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Hello everyone,
I am in the market for my second dvd burner. i want to make sure this "ONE" will be compatable with a lot of other software my other drive don't. does anyone have any suggestions I want to stay in the range of 250.00 be external. I have looked at the plextor- PX-716UF if anyone has one and cares to share there experience with it it be appreaciated thank you
John Bryson
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aabbccdd
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22. March 2006 @ 20:52 |
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Plextor is def. your best choice i have Plextor drives per my sig and love them ,just replaced my 712A that i had 5000 plus burns with for a couple 716A .that burner your looking at should run you about 200 bucks retail. also remember to use Taiyo Yuden blank media with that drive there made for eachother
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22. March 2006 @ 21:02 |
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22. March 2006 @ 21:11 |
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hi all
i use LITEON and PIONEER all good here and the liteon doesnt have riplock... set at 1.5 dvd-ripping but i got 2 other drives for that anyway another liteon reader and a samsung
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23. March 2006 @ 02:27 |
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Hey i agree with everyone here :) but i like pioneer drives I have a Pioneer DVD DVR110D...
I would suggest this drive to anyone i have to pioneer drive one is this and the other the 109 model and it works fine too
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23. March 2006 @ 09:06 |
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borhan9 ,can you booktype/bitset with that drive?
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23. March 2006 @ 10:44 |
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Same here Plextor is great.
@ aabbccdd I also have the 716A..........Love It.
Have had excellent results , using Verbatim DataLifePlus media with it.
I know you're partial to TY's.
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23. March 2006 @ 10:49 |
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@aabbccdd
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borhan9 ,can you booktype/bitset with that drive?
I dont know what booktyping is or bit setting?? if u can explain it i will say yes or no..
Thanxs
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23. March 2006 @ 12:24 |
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23. March 2006 @ 17:33 |
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It only allows it on DL discs though... I mainly use it to backup DVD's soo it does that fine for me soo can't complain...
Depends what you want to be able to doo. Thanxs for the info btw :)
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Yujenh
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23. March 2006 @ 19:40 |
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23. March 2006 @ 20:24 |
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No problem borhan9. I live to serve. BTW, Manchester U RULES!!!!!!
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23. March 2006 @ 20:42 |
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Nothing here to see, move along folks.
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 23. March 2006 @ 20:43
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25. March 2006 @ 02:15 |
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thread teleported to relevant forum :)
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25. March 2006 @ 05:05 |
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I was going to start a new one, but found my answer here. I currently have a Plextor PX-716A and now I'm looking to get an external DVDRW. I found the PX-716UF at TigerDirect for $49.99 after a $50 and $40 mail-in rebate.
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Yujenh
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25. March 2006 @ 06:06 |
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i think the one you mention is not the px716uf. The one you mention is the same one i was talking about PX740uf. There is a big difference betwween the 2. They are totally 2 different drive. The px 716uf would not be this cheap. by the way, hos the PX716a??
I heard lots of good things about it but its just too expensive for me. The PX716a is a rebadge benq dw1640 so is the px740uf. I am not totally sure about this if anybody know any different please advise.
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25. March 2006 @ 06:17 |
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You are correct - it is a 740, not a 716 that is $50. My mistake. The main difference in the 716 and 740 is the buffer size. The 716 is 8mb while the 740 is 2mb. You can Google the 716 external and find it several places.
TigerDirect does in fact have the 716UF drive, but it is $200 plus about $9 s/h.
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25. March 2006 @ 07:05 |
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25. March 2006 @ 07:35 |
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aabbccdd,
I wondered about that myself. After all, isn't the 716 the only one on the market with a buffer of 8mb? The specs on a 1640 indicate 2mb. I believe some folks get confused with rebadging and cross-flashing.
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Yujenh
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25. March 2006 @ 09:05 |
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hey man,
its not like its my fault that i didnt get the fact straight before posting. there is just so much false info about it and kinda lead into it. So which plextor drive is the rebagded benq Dw1640???
i would like to know the correct info this time
thanks
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25. March 2006 @ 10:39 |
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guys the Value line are rebadged benQs
the Premium line are REAL Plextors drives which is the PX-716A
heres a link to the Plextor drives
http://www.plextor.com/english/products/product_dvdrw_drives.html
and Yujenh it is your fault lol but its not that big of a deal i just wanted you guys to know the correct info. since iam a huge Plextor supporter
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Yujenh
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25. March 2006 @ 13:00 |
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well i guess you will be the right guy for this question.
is the PX716 well worth the price?? at over 100 you can almost buy 2 benq 1655 or 2 pioneer dvr-110 with some money left or you can buy 2 nec 3550 which is really cheap. another way of asking it is it going to outlast at least 2 drives??
thanks
Yujen Huang
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Yujenh
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25. March 2006 @ 13:02 |
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since its my fault i want to be clear on this
the benq dw1640= Plextor PX740uf PX740a and sony dru810a right??
so what is the difference in quality between the original Benq Dw1640 and the rebadge drives??
thanks again
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25. March 2006 @ 13:10 |
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the PX-716A IMHO is well worth the extra money ,but thats up to you i had a PX-712A with over 5000 burns on it before i replaced it.
and yes the theres NO quality difference between the rebadged Plextor and the BenQ ,there are the 1640 as far as i know ,you could call them to make sure(Plextor)
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