dvd writer needed urrrrrrrgent....

[neyo]

hello guys, my bro is going to come home from chennai. he wants me to buy a dvd writer within a week. please help me choose a liteon or sony drive. which one should i go for from any of your personal experiences. i heard sony dru 820a delays the boot time by 2-3 seconds .is it true? if so should i go for liteon drive. i don't know any models from liteon. i donot want a litescribe drive. please tell me the drive model of liteon. which liteon drive does everyone buy. i also heard that some of sony drives are OEMd by liteon why is it? btw does anyone know the price in hyd. looking forward for a speedy reply. thanks in advance.

[drvarunmehta]

Originally Posted by neyo

i heard sony dru 820a delays the boot time by 2-3 seconds .is it true? if so should i go for liteon drive.

Not true at all. Sony DRU 820 is a decent drive and you shouldn't have any problems with it. Price should be Rs. 2400.

[wizrulz]

BENQ DW 1650/1655 ......myself using 1650...excellent...sony do not make those drives so y opt for them....if not BENq go for liteon

[samrulez]

Try Sony DRU 820 A........its quite good enough.....And quite cheap,...

[kalpik]

Sony DRU 820A is rebaged BenQ 1670. I'd suggest BenQ 1650 (better that BenQ 1670).

[cyrux]

If you brand limited person go for sony dru 820a . Box should cost around 2.6k i guess, oem will cost 2.3k ..Else benq 1650 is a great buy. Also lg h10 a is too good at 1.9k

[casanova]

Yes sony dvd writer is good and is cheap also.

[coolendra]

i heard sony does not write in local brand DVDs ..... i mean it sometimes shows some error like wrong media inserted !!!!!!!!!

is it true ??????????

[yogi7272]

ok .. I have got benq dw 1640 and lite on shm 165p6s ...frankly, for practical use lite on is better than benq .. benq doesn't like dvd -r media .. but works wonderfully well with dvd +r media .. lite on does well with both..


also i just got LG GSM H10 N.. for 2000rs for a friend ... very good drive ..reliable, also it has 10x dvd+r dual layer and 12x dvd ram .. its a different thing that dvd ram is not available in india .. but its a solid drive .. burns any media under 6 minutes with good writing quality .. and only costs 2000rs .. i am getting one this week ...

hey wizrulz , remember me .. how's ur benq working ? does it work well with those cheap dvd -r medias .. let me know ..

[janitha]

Originally Posted by coolendra

i heard sony does not write in local brand DVDs ..... i mean it sometimes shows some error like wrong media inserted !!!!!!!!!

is it true ??????????

I have a Sony DRU 810A. I have tried different cheap media (Rs.11-15) and even after burning several ones, not even single disc went waste.

[kalpik]

My BenQ works good with cheap writex media (DVD-R, 14 bucks) oh, its 1650 by the way.. The 1640 had some problmes with DVD-R and Dual layer disks.

[royal]

My vote goes for BENQ 1650 you won't regret buying it

[neyo]

is BENQ 1650 a dual layer dvd writer. now i'm all confused as to which drive to buy. which drive do u guys vote for? thanks a lot again.

Originally Posted by kalpik

Sony DRU 820A is rebaged BenQ 1670. I'd suggest BenQ 1650 (better that BenQ 1670).

what do u mean? i mean sony will make their own drives and benq its own. whats with rebaging. can u explain in detail. thanks a lot.

[wizrulz]

Originally Posted by yogi7272

hey wizrulz , remember me .. how's ur benq working ? does it work well with those cheap dvd -r medias .. let me know ..

Yeha i remember u yogi....BENQ 1650 working fine..absolute no problems...are there any TWEAKS/SETTINGS for DVD writer for improvin performance???

@neyo
REbaging means just they chage the front name form benq to sony adn sell those...
ri8 kalpik

[yogi7272]

Originally Posted by wizrulz

Yeha i remember u yogi....BENQ 1650 working fine..absolute no problems...are there any TWEAKS/SETTINGS for DVD writer for improvin performance???

@neyo
REbaging means just they chage the front name form benq to sony adn sell those...
ri8 kalpik

lots of tricks ..

follow this forum ..

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92

[wizrulz]

Originally Posted by yogi7272

lots of tricks ..

follow this forum ..

http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=92

CAn y make it simpler for me.....it will pain and will take lot of time search that sight...can u post the TWEAKS if any one has not b4 in a seprate thread.. please

[neyo]

hello guys one last query i've decided to buy a lite-on drive. can you guys tell me some latest lite-on NON-LITESCRIBE models and the price. that would be a lot helpful my budget is upto 2800. thanks in advance.

[yogi7272]

http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/

[liquid_nitrogen88]

i own a liteon.its blazingly fast in writing.but i am thinking about buying a LG now.because so many original DVDs fail to run in my liteon.My previous drives were all LGs n they gave decent troublefree service 4 many years.
between sony n liteon,get sony.....lets forget all technicalities....

[Pathik]

guys how much does a sony dru820a retail for now...
i took 1 for 2650 2 months back...

[rahul_becks23]

forget about sony,benq n all....
GET a LITE-ON DVD Writer.

[liquid_nitrogen88]

these r the approx prices(+/- Rs 50-100)

LG GSA-H10A Rs. 2400/-
Liteon 1673S Rs. 2700/-
Liteon SOHW-1693S Rs. 3200/-
Samsung SH-W 162Z Rs. 2600/-
Sony DW-G120A Rs.3000/-
Sony DRU-800A Rs. 4000/-
Sony DRU-810A Rs.2600/-
Sony DRU-820A Rs. 2600/-

Originally Posted by rahul_becks23

forget about sony,benq n all....
GET a LITE-ON DVD Writer.

hey rahul,u use liteon?
got any probs in reading many DVD movies(even original ones?)
wat abt copying video files from disc to HD?Is it taking ages?
me got these 2 probs.
otherwise the drive is good with super quick writing abilities...

[royal]

Originally Posted by liquid_nitrogen88

these r the approx prices(+/- Rs 50-100)

LG GSA-H10A Rs. 2400/-
Liteon 1673S Rs. 2700/-
Liteon SOHW-1693S Rs. 3200/-
Samsung SH-W 162Z Rs. 2600/-
Sony DW-G120A Rs.3000/-
Sony DRU-800A Rs. 4000/-
Sony DRU-810A Rs.2600/-
Sony DRU-820A Rs. 2600/-



hey rahul,u use liteon?
got any probs in reading many DVD movies(even original ones?)
wat abt copying video files from disc to HD?Is it taking ages?
me got these 2 probs.
otherwise the drive is good with super quick writing abilities...

You forgot to add BENQ 1650 ... street price around Rs.2050/- in Kolkata

Regarding your second problem,maybe the Transfer Mode of the drive is "PIO only".If so, set it to "DMA if available".See if it helps.

[janitha]

Originally Posted by liquid_nitrogen88

these r the approx prices(+/- Rs 50-100)

LG GSA-H10A Rs. 2400/-
Liteon 1673S Rs. 2700/-
Liteon SOHW-1693S Rs. 3200/-
Samsung SH-W 162Z Rs. 2600/-
Sony DW-G120A Rs.3000/-
Sony DRU-800A Rs. 4000/-
Sony DRU-810A Rs.2600/-
Sony DRU-820A Rs. 2600/-



hey rahul,u use liteon?
got any probs in reading many DVD movies(even original ones?)
wat abt copying video files from disc to HD?Is it taking ages?
me got these 2 probs.
otherwise the drive is good with super quick writing abilities...

I feel the prices quoted are very much on the higher side, as of now.
BTW, did you quote Boxed or OEM prices?

[deathvirus_me]

i use the HP DVDRW and have no complains about it ...

[rahul_becks23]

@ liquid_nitrogen88-
if r havin problems on specific media only,then get the firmwire update from Liteon's site.

[liquid_nitrogen88]

"""""maybe the Transfer Mode of the drive is "PIO only".If so, set it to "DMA if available""""".
please tell me how can i do that pal.i am not getting that option in the properties tab.

"""""feel the prices quoted are very much on the higher side, as of now.
BTW, did you quote Boxed or OEM prices?"""""
ya..these are one month old prices...but all r boxed.

"""""get the firmwire update from Liteon's site."""""
thanks 4 the tip pal...i'll do that....

[rahul_becks23]

ya,sure....and tell me if that worked our for ya.

[Kniwor]

i just got 2 BENQ 1650 and fell in love with it... great price great drive...

this drive has some good error correction mechanism it seems... it avoids the CRC errors a great deal while copying DVD's/CD's( dont expect them to dissapear)

[praka123]

So..which one will I choose:Lite-On or Benq