[Scottish] DVDrw drives - advice?

[neil sinclair]

Thanks to all who responded to my plea for advice - I got a Liteon 8x drive 
which is delightful - happily spinning away just now on a 4G backup! It works 
a treat on Win ME too, though I can only burn directly from Pinnacle 9 at 
present. Cost about £65 from ebuyer - why pay more?

thanks again for helping me choose - 

Neil.

On Monday 08 March 2004 10:49 pm, neil sinclair wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm in the happy position of being able to buy a DVD writer - weyhey!!!
> But...
>
> I need it to work with Win ME  and SuSE 8.2 on a dual boot system. **  It
> will be used mainly for video writing and file system backups.
>
> Can anyone give advice or recommend known good drives out there which would
> fit the bill? As far as I can see, the lists suggest that any ATAPI
> DVDwriter should work, so I should be OK.
>
> My shortlist is:
>   Sony DWU 14A
>   Asus DRW0402P
>   Optorite DD0401
>   Liteon  LDW-401S
>
> Of these, the Sony gives the greatest heartache - great reputation for
> build and reliability, shocking reputation for compliance to standards.
>
> Open to suggestions!
>
> TIA,
> Neil.
>
>
> **
> Duron 1000 MHz
> 256 Mb ram
> Gigabyte 7zmmh motherboard
> Intel graphics
> 120 Gb WD drive
> Liteon DVD reader
> Philips CDRW (to be swapped out)
>
>
>
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