Please Help for DVD-Rom Drive

[moshel]

Hi guys,

Ok i got some money and i want to buy a DVD-rom drive....pls read carefully...i dont want a writer or a combo drive but only dvd reader.

I heard that there are some problems in LG and Samsung.....are there?
and how about sony......is that a good quality available?
any other good company there?

Please help me....i left the job and i am buying it from the last paycheck.

Thanks to digit i have a reason to buy a dvd rom drive :roll:

[gxsaurav]

U won't have any problem due to LG or Samsung, get LG as it supports more formats if U can't get Lite-on

[infra_red_dude]

well........i've seen 3 lite-on drives fail b4 my eyes......well..dat may b due to bad pieces...but prob wid lite-on is.....after sales support is bad...they cant easily replace it.....

best bet wud be to go in for sony.....dats d best

[mariner]

sony wud be a better choice

[tuxfan]

I use Samsung. My hardware guy says it has better support from company during problems. BTW, I know this guy since last 6-7 years and my father knows him since he was born :) So he won't give a biased opinion.

[demoninside]

yes i m also using sumsung DVD ROM , but still sony is better one, but no prob with sumsung too

[demoninside]

yes i m also using sumsung DVD ROM , but still sony is better one, but no prob with sumsung too

[navneeth_snr]

I suggest you for Liteon. Its really a good choice.

[mariner]

but navneeth infra red says that he had 3 lite ons going ou to the bin b4 his eyes.

maybe he had some probs.
i wud prefer a sony but i m going for a samsung in the digit offer.
may i wud fix a sony when i m upgrading !!!

[moshel]

but navneeth infra red says that he had 3 lite ons going ou to the bin b4 his eyes.

maybe he had some probs.
i wud prefer a sony but i m going for a samsung in the digit offer.
may i wud fix a sony when i m upgrading !!!

I really liked the offer of smasung drive in Digit.......only 1400 while here the hardware guy is telling me 2000 for the same one.

i thought about the offer in digit but when i read the terms and conditions i thought against it and will buy for more from here instead of ordering from the mag.

Anyway thankyou guys for the replies.....

[navneeth_snr]

Hi mariner,

Each person will be having his own opinion and view. My cosin has the Liteon Dvd rom and its really good. Yes even Sony is good. But I don't prefer Samsung for Dvd Roms. Even I have ordered Liteon in Digit offer.

[hafees]

no one is telling what is exactly the problem with samsung DVD drive.
:(
what about Asus?

[demoninside]

hey as i said no prob with sumsung
but still some times it don`t read vedio DVD so u need to restart the system than it`ll recognise, so prob with data DVD`s

[mariner]

well guess cant help it now. i orderedsamsung cos all the computer technicians i know recommended to go for samsungrayher than liteon . so guess i gotta live with it .

[busyanuj]

no one is telling what is exactly the problem with samsung DVD drive.



well, the Samsung DVD drive doesn't support as many DVD formats as Lite-On or other drives.

[hafees]

what do u think about LG??

[demoninside]

sorry dude the person asked for help have ordered one so i think this talk should over here

[moshel]

Thank you guys for your help

I bought a Sony DVD drive for 2200.....cos i saw that no one said that sony was bad....i mean everybody agreed that sony is good quality so i had to give 200 more than samsung.....

And i like it cos for one thing the tray doesnt make a lotta of sound while ejecting and inserting like my samsung CD drive and LG CD writer does.

Thank you PPL

[parimal]

Get LiteOn or Sony......both of them are good drives...! I recommend you not to buy Samsung drives!!

[gxsaurav]

O would say that, eb it sony, samsung, Lite-On go for the one which supports the maximum Formats, I would prefer a LG orLite-On DVD Rom Drive, reason, they both are really quite & operate goo as aDVD Drive, Lite-On is not available everywhere while LG has only 25 6KB buffer, but that won't affect in anything

I prefer LG if Lite-On is not available, cos it also supports all the DVD formats - & +, dual layer DVDs will not be availabel for another 1.5 years in India in mass quantity

[theraven]

hes already picked it up
relax guys ..
@moshel .. sony is not the best ard ... but still a good choice
been using a sony since 3 yrs ... no problems ...

[ganesh8]

I would recommend the Liteon anyday. Samsung does not even support all formats and is crap.

Check reviews on hardcore cdrw sites and you will find Liteon is the hacker's favourite drive since it can read anything and copy anything.

My Liteon can even read a scratched DVD which my friends Samsung spat out :lol:

[rohanwadhwa]

Hi are there any Dual Layer DVD READERS in the market.

[blade_runner]

Most newer drives shud be able to read DL dvds.

[jpushkarh]

see what Ganesh8 wrote in
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6919

Liteon would be the best choice. Liteon is also firmware upgradable so that if any media is not compatible, a new firmware can solve the problem without having to upgrade to new model.

By the way it was in the IT news in May 2004 that SONY has stopped making DVD writers and gets them manufactured by LITEON. So all SONY DVD writers are actually Liteon. Why pay higher for the SONY label when you can get the same Liteon drive cheaper

[shri]

Lite-on is the choice if its budget.
Sony is for performance.

[theraven]

sony drives are now manufactured by liteon .. they are pretty much the same now ...
even so ... price or performance .. theres hardly any price diff between sony and liteon drives

[krazydude]

Damm, I am stuck with a brand new Samsung SD 616, should I sell it off for a LG / Lite-On ??

[theraven]

O H3LL YEAHH !!!
give it off in RADDI i say :D hehehe
ok seriously ... i personally hate samsung optical drives ... so if u can change it ...
but that ofcourse doesnt guarantee anything ..
i suggest liteon anyways

[delhibhai1000]

get a plextor/pioneer dvd-drive..
best dvd performance...

[ctrlaltdel]

I need a Cd writer as well as a DVD drive. Which way should I go? Should I get a combo or should I get them separately? I can spare around 3000/-.

[theraven]

go for separate drives
and go for lite on..