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cidpower
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_ 		27. March 2007 @ 15:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I currently have a Plextor 716A, but it doesn't want to burn DL disks worth a darn. I've tried Imgburn, dvd decryptor, clone dvd 2, Nero, checked all my windows settings, updated my firmware to 1.10, all to no avail.

Instead, I'm at the point of setting this drive on fire, and buying a new one.

Who makes a DVD drive that will burn Verbatim DVD+R 2x DLs?
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Dunker
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_ 		28. March 2007 @ 12:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
See [Videohelp.com's database.

Generally, the best drives are in the following order: Benq, Plextor, Pioneer, NEC, Lite-On. All but the NEC can bitset single-layer DVD+R out-of-the-box, but the NEC works great with a hacked firmware from Liggy's and Dee's site. Benqs unfortunately aren't being made anymore, and if you get the Pioneer 111, it's best to flash with the 111L (from The Dangerous Brothers, I think) firmware, which gives bitsetting and DVD-RAM.
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-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.

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cidpower
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_ 		29. March 2007 @ 00:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What about Pioneer?

Are SATA drives still crap, or are they noe finally a viable replacement to EIDE?
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Dunker
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_ 		29. March 2007 @ 22:35 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
DOH! Ok, I deserve a slap for omitting that one. But I don't know if the new 112 is quite as good as the venerable 111. But Pioneer makes pretty good drives.

As far as SATA drives go, the scuttlebutt is that there is no real advantage to using them, performance-wise, but not that they're necessarily "bad". Personally, I would only use one if I had a motherboard that didn't support EIDE, especially since the price and selection of EIDE writers is much better.
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-Do you believe you own your computer and shouldn't be told what you can run and do? Then say *NO* to Microsoft Vista!
-Since half the questions here involve media problems, here ya go: Only use Verbatim or Taiyo-Yuden discs (get your TYs from Rima.com, not Supermediastore or meritline). Forget the rest, no matter what "brand" they sell under. Always burn at 4x speed regardless of the speed rating of this discs or your drive. If you have burn problems with these then you have to update your drive's firmware. For double-layer discs, only use Verbatim DVD+R DL and burn them at 2.4x speed.
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