DVD Writer buying advice

Hi guys,

I want to buy a DVD writer. pls let me know which one to buy and the appx price.
Budget around Rs 1100/-

1. Samsung
2. LG
3. Liteon
4. any other

Thanks and regards,
Rahul

You can get any of the drives you mentioned for around that much. Just pick any one which your local dealer is selling cheapest, all seem to have their own share of problems.

avoid samsung,,,mine stopped working in warranty period then after warranty,,the drive just vanished from the system!!!try asus

Liteon is a little difficult to find (at lamington). Samsung would be your best bet. Sony is also good, but sony will cost u rs. 100 more than samsung.

i dont know ur location, but currently in mumbai, OEM sony optiarc 24x dvd writers are available for approx 1250. these do not have sony written on their tray, nor a cardboard box and packing box etc and the nero cd coming is also not labelled. nevertheless, they have the relevant information written on the drive.

Liteon is Good am using it for past 1 year no problems yet..

i think LG is also good

Buy any one ...almost all are same

Samsung has many drawbacks,its tray is heavy so after using it for a year it will get stuck.

I will recommend writers from Sony,Asus & Philipps they are the best manufacturers and always buy a writer which has SATA interface because this this drastically increases the data transfer rates.

What we need are some good Pioneer/Plextor drives brought in by a GO.

That issues been solved quite some time back. Get the Samsung or Asus (Pioneer rebadge still?) drives.

tray problem seems to be solved but they(sammy)die out just after warranty period,,get asus,,for sony i have loading problems smtimes but its still working(5yrs old)

I have liteon but I like my freinds LG.
LG has consistently good reputation in the optical drive market for the past 10 years.

go for liteon itz best

You won't find LiteOn drives in the market anymore.

The MoserBaer drives are manufactured by LiteOn. LiteOn is not selling its drives by branding with its name.

LiteOn drives are now sold under the brand Moserbaer-LiteOn.

LiteOn drives are good.

But some models or maybe specific pieces may have problems. My LiteOn drive(working well for over 2 years) has some problems while writing DVD from Moserbaer and Frontech. Even if I ask it to write at 16x, the writing speed most of the time remains around 7x if I am writing in the DVD for the 1st time in Multisession mode. When writing in the 2nd or 3rd session, then the speed increses to around 14x.

I don;t know if it is a problem or is it the same with all DVD writers.

LG = Peace of Mind !

It may not be the fastest on the block but will still remain on it...

Samsung is only fit for making monitors and washing machines! Samsung optical drives tend to have many issues. The one I had never used to open or close automatically. Faulty drive belt. Same goes for sony.

LG front bazel looks cheap but I'd stick to it.