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jaani · 04-13-2002, 01:27 AM

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Personally my feeling is Plextor (for quality, however ripping copyrighted CD's is an issue with their drives), Ricoh or Teac (good value, fast), or LiteOn (bloody fast). Ultimately, however, the differences in speed will only equate to a couple of seconds of extra waiting, though it may make a considerable difference cost wise. And also, as I think someone else mentioned, there's really not much point in buying a 40x CD-Writer and expecting to be able to write at 40x; the write media is simply not keeping up with the drives, and the best you can hope for (realistically) is 16x-24x. In Melbourne (Australia), finding CD-R's rated for 40x is a major problem. Good ol' Emtec 16x for me, however.

Well...hehe...I have a 2x burner....HP 8100i (actually it began as a 4x burner, but since it only has a 512k buffer and no burn-proof or similar, I have to step down to 2x or it'll burn coasters). This is getting a tad annoying, *cough* 40 minutes per cd!

04-13-2002, 01:27 AM	#10
jaani Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 40	Check out http://www.cdr-info.com/ for some of the best CD-R/RW (and DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, hehe so many standards) reviews around. Personally my feeling is Plextor (for quality, however ripping copyrighted CD's is an issue with their drives), Ricoh or Teac (good value, fast), or LiteOn (bloody fast). Ultimately, however, the differences in speed will only equate to a couple of seconds of extra waiting, though it may make a considerable difference cost wise. And also, as I think someone else mentioned, there's really not much point in buying a 40x CD-Writer and expecting to be able to write at 40x; the write media is simply not keeping up with the drives, and the best you can hope for (realistically) is 16x-24x. In Melbourne (Australia), finding CD-R's rated for 40x is a major problem. Good ol' Emtec 16x for me, however. Well...hehe...I have a 2x burner....HP 8100i (actually it began as a 4x burner, but since it only has a 512k buffer and no burn-proof or similar, I have to step down to 2x or it'll burn coasters). This is getting a tad annoying, cough 40 minutes per cd! __________________ jaani. website. computer. e-mail.