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    CD/DVD Burner

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by Enilder, Sep 9, 2012.

  1. Enilder

    Enilder Notebook Geek

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    I have U36S without CD/DVD burner/reader. Can anyone recommend one for me? Anything with blu-ray goes over $50 bucks so I am kind of ruling that out. Thanks in advance.
     
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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    Enilder Notebook Geek

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    I've come across Lite-on as well as Rosewill. I was just curious if there are any "go-to" cd/dvd burner. Thanks invisigoth.
     
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    I would personally avoid Lite-on. Cheap garbage as far as I'm concerned. Sony and Samsung make good stuff though, that's been my experience.
     
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    Zeuxidamas Notebook Guru

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    Looks like these have been discontinued, but for a time they were faves of techies buying notebooks that did not have internal drives. I still have mine and it has been rock solid. Looks like they have been discontinued but I reckon even new ones still in the box could be found on eBay, if not just used ones in really good condition:

    Samsung External Slim USB DVD-Writer | GadgetGrid

    Update => Newegg has these on sale today for $25.

    Newegg.com - SAMSUNG USB 2.0 Slim External DVD Writer Model SE-208AB/TSBS
     
    Zeuxidamas, Sep 13, 2012
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