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    Which DVD writer for your laptop ?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by LeDuc, Mar 27, 2007.

  1. LeDuc

    LeDuc Notebook Geek

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    :( So my TSSTcorp cd/dvd combo doesn't work, and as I'm going to buy a new one (Acer's service wants me to ship them the whole laptop, my os is changed.... and I need it... so won't do this way ) I wondered which one could be good. Any issues with this poor tsstcorp ? I found several threads on this on forums, so it really seems to be a bad writer, mine never finalized a copy... Lite-on are good ? What about Nec ? Thanks for any constructive answer ! :)
     
  2. ZaZ

    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    I have liked NEC and LG.
     
  3. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    LG is you laptop still on warrenty? if so you can put on credit card and they might do exchange under warrenty i done that before

    they also end up replace the drive with lg
     
  4. vestige

    vestige Notebook Consultant

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    I had a Pioneer DVR-K15RA installed in my laptop, pretty good drive I guess but it started to wear out after 9 months.

    I personally tried to avoid the Slimtype SOSW-833S (its a rebadged LiteOn drive or it is one). I find it to be very unreliable. One time Acer replaced my old drive with the SOSW-833S, it didn't read any disc of mine, all I could hear were grinding noises, this was after waiting 3 days for repair, within an hour of getting it back I had to send it back for repair. Then they replaced it with the Pioneer DVR-K15RA.

    It seems to be a real hit or miss when it comes to getting the drive replaced by Acer, you just have to hope you get a good drive and not get stuck with an unreliable one.

    After my last repair I got a Slimtype SSW-8015S, works great, surprisingly its transfer rate is Ultra DMA Mode 4, before I have only seen DVD-RW drives with transfer rates of only Mode 2, but this one was surprising.
     
  5. LeDuc

    LeDuc Notebook Geek

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    I called them again, and finally I can send the dvd writr alone, coooool ! I will ask them to send me back anything but a tsstcorp, to much bad reviews on it...
     
  6. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I had a TS-L632M which was replaced because of unreliable burning with some media. I've also got a TS-L632D which is essentially the same drive without the LightScribe. Note that the SN- series Samsung burners actually come off the same production line.

    Last year I had a Teac burner which was very well behaved. I've also got a Liteon SOSW-852 as backup. It's given me no problems and is much faster at ripping audio CDs than the TS-burners. One of Liteon's advantages is that it is easy to overcome the DVD region coding.

    The worst in my experience is Matsh!ta: i had one on a Sony notebook and it burnt Sony branded CDs shuch that no one else could read them.

    John
     
  7. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    I think we shound start a poll see what brand most liked ?
     
  8. LeDuc

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    Thanks for giving me your impressions ! Nice idea andyasselin, I started it !
     
  9. andyasselin

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    cool :> Leduc lol