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What is the next best lightscribe burner
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Door69
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7. November 2006 @ 18:39 |
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I have been looking for a Benq DW1655 with no luck,so what is the next best burner with lightscribe capability? Thank-You in advance for any help ya'll can give me.
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8. November 2006 @ 06:22 |
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That's an easy one.
I have also pondered your problem and really had my eyes on the Benq, However I chose the liteon SHW16H5S
I have had it for several months now and it has never let me down on any burns or lightscribe prints.
It was only last night I chose to burn my first ever dual layer and it works flawlessley.
The has been only one time when I wanted more from it and that was when I wanted to rip a TV recording from a standalone recorder that was on a DVD RAM disc (Panasonic recorder).
The Liteon could'nt read RAM but luckily I still had my pioneer 107D installed in my tower and that read the RAM no probs.
PC Specs: CPU-C2D E8400, M/B-P5N-E SLI, RAM 4Gig OCZ Platinum rev2 ,VGA- Nvidia 8800GT 512MB, HDD- Hitachi Deskstar SATAII 1TB, 250Gig Maxtor IDE HDD.
Corsair HX520 PSU, Liteon Lightscribe DVD Writer, Pioneer BluRay drive.
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8. November 2006 @ 06:23 |
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8. November 2006 @ 06:31 |
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I tell you something I could'nt believe when I looked into lightscribe.
HP invented the technology right?
But their drives have crap reviews and they use CMC MAG lightscribe media. Idiots!!
PC Specs: CPU-C2D E8400, M/B-P5N-E SLI, RAM 4Gig OCZ Platinum rev2 ,VGA- Nvidia 8800GT 512MB, HDD- Hitachi Deskstar SATAII 1TB, 250Gig Maxtor IDE HDD.
Corsair HX520 PSU, Liteon Lightscribe DVD Writer, Pioneer BluRay drive.
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8. November 2006 @ 06:38 |
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Yes they did. HP drives in general are crap, let alone Lightscribe ones.. (they do have a couple of good DVDR drives though)
Also, HP media is some of the worst you can buy...
Their CDs are OK though.
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9. November 2006 @ 14:23 |
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I'll agree with the crap quality of HP LS drives,unless you get the HP 640i which is a re-badged benq 1655 I believe. I've got the 640c,and only use it for scribing and ripping. Inferior backups,so no longer backing up dvds with mine.
Lacey makes a very good lightscribe as well,but cost more.
Edit:
The price has dropped since the last time I checked them. Here's one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827187041
HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!! This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 9. November 2006 @ 14:29
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9. November 2006 @ 15:04 |
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saugmon
Lil' Booger buddy ! Have all the Benq drives disappeared even the rebadged ones or is it simply the ones released under their own name ? I thought they just released a couple of new drives awhile back ? Maybe they are tooling up for those ya ' think ! Good luck , Happy Fishin' & hug Dem ' babies !
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9. November 2006 @ 15:44 |
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Those benqs sold like hot cakes. The benqs with the phillips chip sets are some awesome drives. Now i got a plextor to pow around with.
HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!!
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Door69
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9. November 2006 @ 18:34 |
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I just ordered one from newegg, liteon, but i have more ?'s
what is OEM mean and what is retail? Also i read some threads were they are doing nothing but complainig about the lite-on shm-165 h6s, the one i just ordered. what is firmware? i currently use a pioneer dvr109 and haven't had many problems,sometimes some issue about volume lock or something like that, but it works great, never had to download firmware or anything like that. have about 2300 burns and still going. Looking into lightscribe to get a better looking disc. But now i am starting to wonder. any advice would b helpful.
Thanks
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9. November 2006 @ 22:32 |
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OEM means it came in your PC or when you buy it, it's just the "bare bones"
Retail you get the box and all the other junk etc.
Firmware lets your drive read newer disks; updates it.
You have two great drives there.
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10. November 2006 @ 16:09 |
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Originally posted by saugmon:
I'll agree with the crap quality of HP LS drives,unless you get the HP 640i which is a re-badged benq 1655 I believe. I've got the 640c,and only use it for scribing and ripping. Inferior backups,so no longer backing up dvds with mine.
Lacey makes a very good lightscribe as well,but cost more.
Edit:
The price has dropped since the last time I checked them. Here's one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...7187041[/quote]
That looks awfully similar to the Samsung SH182 (TSST) drives. Rebadge maybe?
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10. November 2006 @ 16:17 |
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Why does my text in the above post look like like its part of the quote? I clearly put it outside of the HTML tags, I don't see why it was included.
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11. November 2006 @ 00:40 |
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Dunno, ask a mod to take a look or something... wierd...
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Door69
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11. November 2006 @ 15:03 |
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so "bare bones" means no soft ware just the drive by itself right.Is it new or refurbished?
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12. November 2006 @ 02:11 |
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Bare Bones = Drive, sometimes you get cables and you usually get some software with it too.
They are new; just not in a box. lol
There is nothing wrong with buying an OEM drive, but it doesn't come with instructions or anything.
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13. November 2006 @ 18:47 |
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these,drives,will work in a laptop right? As far as installing
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13. November 2006 @ 22:29 |
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No they won't. If you fit them into an external enclosure then yes they wil. But a desktop drive won't fit a laptop lol
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fcb1012
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15. November 2006 @ 10:03 |
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what would i need to get to replace my laptop drive. I need a drive that burns cd and dvd...mine only burns cd's but can read both
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15. November 2006 @ 10:06 |
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The drive you have is called a DVD ROM drive.
Installing a new laptop drive is very advanced and fidly.
Your best bet is to get an external dvd drive or mount an internal drive into an enclosure. If you choose the latter, enclosure, then you shouldn't cheap out on the enclosure, cos it will mess it up.
Get back to me.
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15. November 2006 @ 11:00 |
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Those of you looking for the BenQ1655, you can find it at C***USA under the name "Connect". You'll find the SKU number to be SKU:340022. You'll likely pay a premium for it because it's retail, not OEM. Maybe wait till Black Friday, I don't know. Have them to open the box for you and look at the unit and the warranty card. Some units are Lite-On, but they'll be SKU:340024.
As for an alternate, I've been also as happy with my NEC ND3550A. They're still around, at least. Good luck in your quest.
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