Which DVD writer should I buy?

abhinav · 30-08-2005, 01:22 PM

Well i am going to buy a New DVD writer soon.

So please tell me which one should I buy?

Thanks in Advance
Abhinav

drgrudge · 30-08-2005, 02:00 PM

Benq 1640. Dont ever think any other burner.

Moved from In General... to Hardware

AlienTech · 30-08-2005, 05:51 PM

Sony 810A or LG4163B on up. Or Pioneer Or NEC Or....
With the LG you can R/W to RAM disks. And ti is still the fastest 16X writer on the market using PCAV. While the others are all CAV. I think the new pioneers are ZCLV to get a little faster but only goes to 16X around 4200MB mark.

divyadbzgt1 · 31-08-2005, 06:26 AM

Benq 1640 or Sony DRU 810A

KnightRider · 31-08-2005, 10:11 AM

sony sony sony---- nothgin else........ tha is the best ...

royal · 31-08-2005, 11:15 AM

Go for Liteon ... its performance is good and it offers gr8 value for money

mohit · 31-08-2005, 03:45 PM

YAAAAWN .. same old boring topic. y dont u search the forum before posting ?

AlienTech · 31-08-2005, 05:44 PM

I think optoright/sanyo is the best. They are the only ones who let you store 50% more data on a disk.

Sandman · 01-09-2005, 04:04 PM

Benq DW1640, nothing else beats it. Its the best right now.
Great support too benq releases frequent firmware updates making the drive really good deal.

rajas · 02-09-2005, 01:04 AM

@ drgrudge: watz the price of Benq 1640.

del_x · 03-09-2005, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by rajas

@ drgrudge: watz the price of Benq 1640.

Its Rs. 3500 @ Bombay! Just got one yesterday

abhinav · 09-09-2005, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by del_x

Quote:

Originally Posted by rajas

@ drgrudge: watz the price of Benq 1640.

Its Rs. 3500 @ Bombay! Just got one yesterday

I am buying a new SONY DVD WRITER

which one is latest

also tell me I am buying it for 3700 around.
Is the price OK

I m in Delhi

mohit · 10-09-2005, 12:37 AM

Sony DRU-810A is their latest n best model. It should cost around 4000-4200/- bucks.

Sreekanth V · 12-09-2005, 11:18 PM

Is it duel layer?

mr_356 · 13-09-2005, 01:03 AM

I Have LG4163B.
@ 3.4k.
working good, but write cd at only 40x max.

AlienTech · 13-09-2005, 06:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mohit

Sony DRU-810A is their latest n best model. It should cost around 4000-4200/- bucks.

Considering its a Benq 1640 with a Sony sticker on it... well...

AND YES THEY ARE ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL DUAL WRITERS... They can even write to Double layers but dual layers will need manual intervention to open the door and flip the disk.

Mothman · 13-09-2005, 11:23 AM

how much speed you people burn dvds at??? i burn at 4x

Sreekanth V · 19-09-2005, 12:22 AM

I burn my unbranded Moserbear DVDs (Rs.13) at 6x
I can burn them only in 6x or 8x.
Once I tried 8x burning, but not so prefereble.
My LiteON Writer is handling it well with out giving any buffer underrun error. Still it is risk.

Yoda · 20-09-2005, 10:04 AM

2-weeks back I bought the BenQ DW-1640 DVD Burner.

Cost Rs.3100/- (Including VAT) in Bangalore. (Black Color)

It was cool and smooth. installation was easy. It has a small manual and a CD.

I burned Huge DVD Images and worked well. It was all smooth and no sound at all while burning.

I Burned GTA-SA (3.7 GB DVD Image) at 8X and took 8-10 mins in Moser-Bear 8X DVD Media(Cost Rs.35 without case) . really fast.

Great to have BenQ. DO i have to update the Firmware.

Arsenal.

mohit · 20-09-2005, 12:11 PM

@kumaresh
updating the firmware always improves the writing perfomance and reliability of your drive. but be really careful when u do it as a single wrong step could damage your drive permanently.

Yoda · 20-09-2005, 02:46 PM

thanks mohit for ur suggestion. I've decided not to update the firmware.
i don't want to take this risk. i'm happy with the present performance.

yogee_bee · 24-10-2005, 10:18 PM

I have a strange problem with my Samsung make DVD/CD Writer. Its a combo drive. It can read DVDs (any - Data or Movie) but when it comes to CDs, it reads/detects only installer CDs. It refuses to detect any data, audio or a video CD.

Points to note:
Its not the auto-play problem. I have checked it.
I have tried changing the data cable. Doesnt help.

Can anyone help ???

wecaz · 27-10-2005, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlienTech

Quote:

Originally Posted by mohit

Sony DRU-810A is their latest n best model. It should cost around 4000-4200/- bucks.

Considering its a Benq 1640 with a Sony sticker on it... well...

AND YES THEY ARE ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL DUAL WRITERS... They can even write to Double layers but dual layers will need manual intervention to open the door and flip the disk.

Does the above means that BenQ 1640 and Sony DRU-810 both support 'DUAL LAYER' and 'DOUBLE SIDED' writing?

shivaranjan.b · 29-10-2005, 10:00 PM

I think you can go for Sony dru 810A.

See the review about this in anandtech.com

Regards....

shwetanshu · 29-10-2005, 10:29 PM

benq dw1640 is very good, dont know about sony,but i recently bought benq

yogi7272 · 30-10-2005, 11:17 AM

it's not just very good .. benq dw 1640 is the best ..

wecaz · 06-12-2005, 11:19 PM

I made a deal for BenQ 1640 in Rs.3050 (Black) from Nehru place just 2 days back. This includes all taxes(VAT etc).

Also got Moserbaer Pro blank DVD 4.7 GB 8x (without case) in 25 bucks. Any comment about the prices?

Sony DRU-810 can be get in 3300 bucks. One Sony OEM model is also available in 2800 bucks.

{Ro-H-aN} · 07-12-2005, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wecaz

I made a deal for BenQ 1640 in Rs.3050 (Black) from Nehru place just 2 days back. This includes all taxes(VAT etc).

Also got Moserbaer Pro blank DVD 4.7 GB 8x (without case) in 25 bucks. Any comment about the prices?

Sony DRU-810 can be get in 3300 bucks. One Sony OEM model is also available in 2800 bucks.

i baught sony DRU-810 for 3250 about 10 days back from lamington road..

dude the cd's are at a slightly higher rate as i am paying 20 bucks (with case)
(minimum 5 DVD's) for the same thing