Charles Lindsey Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Opinions on the best combination of cd/dvd drives please. I am thinking about a standard 52/56x cd reader for installations and general use. Then a dvd drive for general dvd use and finally a multi format dvd reader/writer for creating dvd's and/or cd's. The reasoning behind so many drives is that I don't want to wear out a writer with general use. And dvd drives are generally only 40x cd readers so that's why the triple combo but I could do with just two. Any opinions; combos, formats, internal vs external welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Cmdr Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 I recently got the Pioneer A06U, but thats a DVD -+ writer combo. You could check Liteon. They have several top notch low cost combo drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Lindsey Posted January 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Thank you. I read Tom's Hardware Guide: 11 DVD's Reviewed; 70 Tests and benchmarks Quite interesting. An off brand impressed them almost as much as the Pioneer A06. Certain home DVD players had trouble with the dvd +R format which could cause problems making home movies. With several www.Pricewatch.com vendors advertising CD-ROM drives for less than $20 that's a gimmee. I think I'll go with a standard CD-ROM for installs and one of the better DVD Combo drives for everything else. What I want to do is view the extra content on the movies I rent so I will monitor the dvd usage and if it's too frequent I can always add a dvd reader later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Zwycky Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 My DVD drive is slowly going the way of all matter and now is the time for a replacement. We're on a budget, but want something that'll last. Based on SC's recommendation, I'm almost decided to go for the Lite-ON SOHC-5232K. Does anyone have any objections from a reliability point of view, or any alternatives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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