On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 17:42 -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:35:38 +0200 Chris wrote: > > I know this is off-topic, but I am using a Debian box ;-) but can anyone > > recommend a decent DVD writer? > > That said, I have an NEC dual-layer (IDE) - model ND-3520AW. I > purchased it from a local (sunnyvale CA) outfit called Surplus > Computers for $50. I've had it working well for about a year now. > > It's a nice drive, although I did have to flash its BIOS - that made it > able to recognize a much larger variety of media, as well as burn them > up to 16x speed. > > I do have trouble from time to time on _some_ RW media - burning works > fine, but trhying to read the same disk a few weeks or months later > sometimes results ni lots of bad sectors. This could easily be a > storage/media issue (given my environment) than a hardware issue with > the burner.
I recommend Plextor. A friend once tested a bunch of different burners and he now uses nothing but Plextor. I don't recall ever having trouble reading or burning any CDs or DVDs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
