Charles Lindsey Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Supreme Cmdr Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles Lindsey Report post 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Zwycky Report post 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
