DVD Writer buying advice

I too had problems with my Samsung Combo drive. It failed reading new cds right out of the box, and was very selective in reading cds. Guys at the service center said it was dust on the lens but within a couple of months stopped reading again...got it serviced again and same problem later. While in the warranty period i could get it repaired again and again but after that had to get it replaced. Been using a Lite-On Dvd writer for the last couple of years and until recently gave me no probs at all. There's a problem with the tray now in the sense that the tray only opens when theres a cd in it otherwise i have to use the emergency open method. No writing n readin probs though

Earlier sony drives were good as liteon used to manufacture them the newer optiarc work somehow until one year afterwards problemsbegin to increase mine first stopped reading dvd had to upgrade firmware but then stopped reading dvd rw then stopped writing dvd now can only read them.samsung has improved with tray issues users having lite on drives have got life of their drives do not expect to last them for long time . LG drives have observed to produce scratches on dvd. Seen given my dvd to friend who had an LG got back scratched almost unreadable.

Well I just recently built my System. After much research I cam across the Sony Optiarc 720x series. On the Club CDFreaks - Knowledge is Power - Powered by vBulletin everybody recommends this.

hey i brought HP DVD writer for 1200 just 3 days back..
and its awesome ...
HP DVD writer is better than LG and Samsung

since majority of the guys suggest LG. ill stick with it.

as u are interested in buying a new DVD writer...i wud suggest u to go for Sony or LG as these are the leaders in the market and myself have 2 writers in my computers and till now i've not faced any problem with these.. u can blindly go for any of them

as u are interested in buying a new DVD writer...i wud suggest u to go for Sony or LG as these are the leaders in the market and myself have 2 writers in my computers and till now i've not faced any problem with these.. u can blindly go for any of them

I've had two friends whose HP DVD writers have gone bad after about 6 months...

There is no choice picking between LG/SAMSUNG/SONY/HP/ASUS etc Optical drives life depends on luck,sometime work for many years sometime only two months.
Go for any brand then RMA drive in 12th month of warranty Get new in RMA then hope working atleast for another year.