Which DVD Combo Drive ????

[dreams]

hi guys..

I wish 2 buy a CD Writer.. i also bought Digit Mag and got some DVD's and i need a DVD Rom 2 Read it.. My frnds around in here hv told tht thr is a Combo drive which can read DVD, CD and also Burn a CD.

But iam in a confused mind for which brand 2 go.. I always think of buyin Sony CD Writers but when comin 2 Combo which brand is the best.. also giv me the price.. I am frm Chennai and would b glad if can giv Chennai Market Price..

Thnx in adv..

[drgrudge]

It's better that u buy a DVD rom and CD writer seperately. There may be problem with lens later on and it's better to have two ROMs instead of one and it costs a 200-300rs more....
See:
DVD Rom drive = rs. 1400
CD writer = rs. 1250
Total = 2700rs. or so
Combo drive = Rs. 2500

For CD writer , get Lite-On 52327S or 5238S or Sony CD writer.
For DVD ROM get Lite-On 165/166
For Combo (in case u want only this) get Lite-On 5232K

[drvarunmehta]

Do what drgrudge says.
For both drives choose from Asus, Sony, Liteon and BenQ.
Avoid Samsung at all costs even if the dealer tells you that is is the bestselling.

[lavan_joy]

Yes Samsung make problems.
Avoid combo drive and take drgrudge's suggestion

[Keith Sebastian]

What's your budget? If you don't mind parting with 5K approx, get a DVD Burner (pref. Pioneer). DVD-R's are finally falling below Rs. 25 per pop.

[Kannan]

Yes drgrudge is correct.

Combo drives have lot of problems. I have seen my friends suffering from the failures and they had to walk to and fro to the seller.

Ultimately most of the friends who had combo drive switched to separate drives.

[dreams]

k guys now iam clear not 2 go for a Combo Drive. My Budget is <3K. I now hv a Samsung CD-ROM. But i surely need a CD Writer and i opt for SONY In this case. Is it apt 2 buy a DVD ROM or DVD Writer. and also which brand 2 go. This brand is very important. Will thr b a prob when i hv 3 Drives. CD-ROM, Writer and DVD ROM or Writer.

[drvarunmehta]

Since your budget is less than 3K, a DVD Writer is out of the question. Your choice of Sony for a CD Writer is good enough. Buy a DVD-ROM from Sony, Asus, Liteon or BenQ. Both the CD-Writer and the DVD-ROM will fit comfortably in your budget. Since you will now have both a CD-Writer and a DVD drive, you don't need your CD-ROM drive so just sell it. 3 drives in one PC is a waste of money.

[Kannan]

Sony is my choice for both DVD-ROM as well as CD-Writer.

[ashu888ashu888]

Ok so many ppl r goin for so many various models of drives....
well according to my personal experience.... dreams dude, 8)
u can buy :
SONY DVD ROM 16x (modelDU 1622)---->to browse the DVDs
PRICE(approx.) Rs.1800/- (Rs. 150 +/-)

Samsung DVD ROMs give tray problems in the long run .....

for CD WRITERS, go for SAMSUNG as they hv gr8 performance... u can also check out SONY CD-R...

I personally hv a ---->
SAMSUNG CD WRITER (52-24-52),
SONY DVD ROM (16x,model DDU 1622) ,and a
SAMSUNG CD ROM (52x)


dreams wrote:

k guys now iam clear not 2 go for a Combo Drive. My Budget is <3K. I now hv a Samsung CD-ROM. But i surely need a CD Writer and i opt for SONY In this case. Is it apt 2 buy a DVD ROM or DVD Writer. and also which brand 2 go. This brand is very important. Will thr b a prob when i hv 3 Drives. CD-ROM, Writer and DVD ROM or Writer.

U will not hv any problems connecting all 3 drives to ur HDD and ur mobo,if u r planning to hv 3 devices, jus connect the devices as follows (as suggested to me by my good 'ol friend kannan ,thanx dude )

HDD----------> PRIMARY MASTER
DVD ROM----> PRIMARY SLAVE
CD ROM------> SECONDARY MASTER
CD-R---------> SECONDARY SLAVE

thanx, cheers n peace....

[drvarunmehta]

Don't confuse the poor guy. When everyone has already told him to stay away from Samsung, you're encouraging him to get it. Just because you have had a good experience with it dosen't make it a good choice. Most people think Samsung sucks when it comes to optical drives and rightly so.

Why should he connect a 3rd optical drive to his PC? Nothing good can ever come of connecting an optical drive on the same bus as a HDD. It will only degrade his HDD performance.

@dreams: Just buy a CD-writer and a DVD-ROM (both Sony). Sell your CD-ROM because both of your new drives will be able to read CD's.

[dreams]

@drvarunmehta
As per ur sayin i will hv 2 go for a Sony CD-Writer and DVD-ROM. But some of my frnds hv told tht a CD Shuldnt be read in a Writer. Use the drives as per they r designed to. i.e., a Writer is used only to Write. Cos while readin a CD frm a Writer the lens gets weak it seems and it will worn out as soon as possible. But not sure abt this opinion. Wat u guys think..

And also my Samsung CD-Rom's Tray is not movin in and i hv 2 manually do it. Any remedies for tht???

[ashu888ashu888]

@drvarunmehta well i am not confusing dreams plz read my post OK!!
i only replied to his said querry in wich he asked this--->
dreams wrote:

Will thr b a prob when i hv 3 Drives. CD-ROM, Writer and DVD ROM or Writer.

so i am not at all confusing anybody or anyone here.he asked the querry and i replied it....thats it,Dude,jus chill a bit ok !!!

Just because you have had a good experience with it dosen't make it a good choice. Most people think Samsung sucks when it comes to optical drives and rightly so.

Well see SAMSUNG drives (CD ROM or CD-R) hv only tray problems for ur kind information,they rarely face problems reading a CD

And also my Samsung CD-Rom's Tray is not movin in and i hv 2 manually do it. Any remedies for tht???

dreams, buddy jus as i said earlier, the SAMSUNG drives hv alot of TRAY problems,the only remedy is that jus pra that ur tray gets repaired by itself

[drgrudge]

Originally Posted by dreams

But some of my frnds hv told tht a CD Shuldnt be read in a Writer. Use the drives as per they r designed to. i.e., a Writer is used only to Write. Cos while readin a CD frm a Writer the lens gets weak it seems and it will worn out as soon as possible. But not sure abt this opinion. Wat u guys think..

Nothing of this sort will happen. Go ahead and use ur CD in ur CD writer (read it).

Originally Posted by dreams

And also my Samsung CD-Rom's Tray is not movin in and i hv 2 manually do it. Any remedies for tht???

Never keep the drive without a CD. Always keep a CD (blank or damaged CD or [transparent circular plastic without any coating] ) will do.
And see this thread:
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/view...739&highlight=

[dreams]

thnx guys.. keep it comin and all your suggestions are invited.. No one is gettin me confused..

Keep it goin..

..nJoy..

[akshayt]

stay away from lg and samsung

sony dvd rom should be same as oem liteon

you may not go for both liteon as they might have their share of probs.

go for asus cd rw,confirm with others and liteon dvd

[drvarunmehta]

@ashu888ashu888: i tend to get carried away a bit sometimes

@dreams: nothing will happen to your writer if you use it for reading. i use a dvd writer for reading cd's all the time.
you have yourself said that you have a problem with your samsung drive. so it makes sense to sell it now when you still might get some money for it.

[dreams]

I hv decided 2 go for Sony on Both versions ( CD-Writer & DVD-ROM).

Can u giv the market Price ( Chennai Price ) & which Config 2 buy...

[drvarunmehta]

This site gives prices of various peripherals in Chennai http://business.vsnl.com/deltapage/

Sony 16x DVD-ROM Rs. 1625
Sony CD-Writer 52xWrite 32xRW 52xRead Rs.1350

[z00m]

hm.. SONY dvd rom. rock solid, Been more than a year no probs.
even lite-on is good.friends have been using w/o any issues

Btw someone mentioned to stay away from lg and samsung.

I would highly recommend staying away from samsung.even i had tray problems. but LG nah. Using LG writer 52xfor the past 1.5 yrs. No probs whatsoever.



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[King_Niral]

Hey if ur low on budget i would say that go in for a DvD Combo !! if it does get spoilt in the warranty period it can be repaired !! and the Lens of all drives wat ever it may be get weak !!! BY te way i think the price difference is around 400 - 500 rupees !!! an optical drive has a life of between 800 - 1500 cds reading or writing !!!(this means a whole reading and writing cycle !!! ) And the ASUS / SONY / LITe on combo drives r the best !! for budget go in for samsung / LG i dont recmnd either !!

NE WAY ITS wat u want to do in the end !!!

[Calcatian]

Final word: read this http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20847 then decide...

[King_Niral]

TAKE MY SUGGESTION DO WAT U FEEL!!!
EVERYONES JUST CONFUSING U!!!

[144]

It's better that u buy a DVD rom and CD writer seperately. There may be problem with lens later on and it's better to have two ROMs instead of one and it costs a 200-300rs more....
See:
DVD Rom drive = rs. 1400
CD writer = rs. 1250
Total = 2700rs. or so
Combo drive = Rs. 2500

I dont understand the point int this. I use my ASUS DVD RW for read-write CDs and read-write DVDs.
Its not a point of extra 300 for me. But I woudn't go for 2 drives when I can get a combo. Combo drives become problematic when you choose a bad brand ( Samsung is definitely one )..
Otherwise ... they last. Even if you get 2 drives, a DVD drive and a CD writer --- thinking that one ROM will have lens failure , I think that there are equal chances that both will fail in time...Then it would be time to go for a new drive.

As long as you take care of your drive and keep it clean, it will last.

[Calcatian]

update:
My BenQ 52x died yesterday... bought just 2/3mo ago...
Will go to Service on Saturday.
I'll let u know what happens..
< First that SamSung, now this... something is definitely wrong with my Optical Drive luck. Maybe 2 much OverBurning >

[King_Niral]

Hey Calcatian !!!
SORRY 2 hear that !!!
Ne way give the reason of once u get info from the service center !!!
coz it might b a little help for dreams to decide

[King_Niral]

Originally Posted by 144

I dont understand the point int this. I use my ASUS DVD RW for read-write CDs and read-write DVDs.
Its not a point of extra 300 for me. But I woudn't go for 2 drives when I can get a combo. Combo drives become problematic when you choose a bad brand ( Samsung is definitely one )..
Otherwise ... they last. Even if you get 2 drives, a DVD drive and a CD writer --- thinking that one ROM will have lens failure , I think that there are equal chances that both will fail in time...Then it would be time to go for a new drive.

As long as you take care of your drive and keep it clean, it will last.

I think 144 is correct THERE !!!
THERE IS NO GARUNTEE THAT BUYING 2 SEPERATE DRIVES will BE HELPFUL !!!
NEWAY UR THE PERSON 2 DECIDE !!!

CHeers !!!

[dreams]

Ohhhh.. Shuld i go 4 a Combo or Separate Drives??????????

[drgrudge]

Hmm, i already posted in the thread, and i am again repeating:

It's better that u buy a DVD rom and CD writer seperately. There may be problem with lens later on and it's better to have two ROMs instead of one and it costs a 200-300rs more....
See:
DVD Rom drive = rs. 1400
CD writer = rs. 1250
Total = 2700rs. or so
Combo drive = Rs. 2500

U will have to pay some 200-300 rs. more but u get a two optical drives. GEt two drives (CD-RW and DVD rom).

[King_Niral]

Originally Posted by drgrudge

Hmm, i already posted in the thread, and i am again repeating:

It's better that u buy a DVD rom and CD writer seperately. There may be problem with lens later on and it's better to have two ROMs instead of one and it costs a 200-300rs more....
See:
DVD Rom drive = rs. 1400
CD writer = rs. 1250
Total = 2700rs. or so
Combo drive = Rs. 2500

U will have to pay some 200-300 rs. more but u get a two optical drives. GEt two drives (CD-RW and DVD rom).

IF ur getting the PRICES above then go in for the cd-writer & dvd rom driv seperately!!! COZ Rs 200 dosent mke a difference !!!! BUT IF NOT THEN GO IN FOR THE COMBO AND Dont get confused !!!