Best IDE Burner? - Club CDFreaks

chitown72 · 09-01-2008

I need to find the best ide burner out there. I have a dw1640 right now that is starting to burn a lot of coasters.

Here is what i need
- Must be IDE
- Must burn very well
- Must be able to booktype
- Dont really care about speed that much
thanks

chaosoffar2k · 09-01-2008

Well if speed isn't crucial hard to beat a Pioneer at 8x, either the 112 or 115 would be an option. In order to booktype you'll have to modify firmware with MediaCodeSpeedEdit or crossflash to Buffalo firmware. LiteOn and Samsung support booktype although Samsung can't be set permanently. Not sure about LG or the new NEC drives. As far as best it's not clear cut with variation between drives and alot of it depends on the media and firmware you use.

THE C. · 10-01-2008

Sony, LG or Pioneer are some to concider!

**Dee-27** · 10-01-2008

Of the new IDE drives currently available. The Optiarc AD-7200A or AD-7203A is very good. (really only available in Europe and Asia at the moment. Should be in north America very soon).

Easy to get full bitsetting firmware and burns even crappy media very well.

maxxjulie · 10-01-2008

liteon 20a4p burns taiyo yuden 8x great every time. don't even have to bother scanning. it's a lock every time.

rakter · 10-01-2008

If you could find a plextor 760A/755A you'd be a happier man :P
I guess any new LiteOn will do the work

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chitown72 New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5	Best IDE Burner? <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> I need to find the best ide burner out there. I have a dw1640 right now that is starting to burn a lot of coasters. Here is what i need - Must be IDE - Must burn very well - Must be able to booktype - Dont really care about speed that much thanks

09-01-2008	#2 (permalink)
chaosoffar2k CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 423	Re: Best IDE Burner? Well if speed isn't crucial hard to beat a Pioneer at 8x, either the 112 or 115 would be an option. In order to booktype you'll have to modify firmware with MediaCodeSpeedEdit or crossflash to Buffalo firmware. LiteOn and Samsung support booktype although Samsung can't be set permanently. Not sure about LG or the new NEC drives. As far as best it's not clear cut with variation between drives and alot of it depends on the media and firmware you use. __________________ Current Drives: BenQ DW-1650, DW-1620, & DW-1640 \| LiteOn LH-20A1P, SHM-165H6S, DH20A3P, & SHW-160P6S \| NEC ND-3500A, ND-3540A & AD-7200A\| BTC 1016IM \| Pioneer DVR-111L \| Samsung SH-182D, SH-203B, & Samsung SH-202G \|

10-01-2008	#3 (permalink)
THE C. CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,397	Re: Best IDE Burner? Sony, LG or Pioneer are some to concider! __________________ Dell Inspiron E1705 Notebook, OS:Vista Premium, Intel Core 2 Duo T5600, 4GB PC5300 RAM, Geforce 7800 256MB Video Card, 100GB Seagate Momentus 7200rpm HDD, TrueLife HD Display LCD, Optiarc AD-5540A DVD Burner, 1 Lite-On 1635SX External Drive, 2 External Sony DRU-830A Drives, 1 External LG GSA-H54L Drive, 1 CopyStar Duplicator With ASUS DVDE616A3 DVDRomDrive and 2 Pioneer DVR-112D mounted in it, 1TB Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus External H.D., 2 SimpleTech 400GB External HD's, 2 SeaGate 400GB External HD's, 1 Buffalo 250GB SATA External HD, and Logitech Pro speaker system! PC#2: Averatec 6210HX80 Notebook, Athlon 64 2.0GHtz Processor, 1.5GB RAM PC2700, 80GB Hitachi TravelStar5400rpm HD, 64MB Nividia Video Card, Optiarc AD-5540A burner, 15.4 Widescreen, OS: Vista Basic. "And In The End The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love, You Make."

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Dee-27 Administrator and Reviewer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 8,532	Re: Best IDE Burner? Of the new IDE drives currently available. The Optiarc AD-7200A or AD-7203A is very good. (really only available in Europe and Asia at the moment. Should be in north America very soon). Easy to get full bitsetting firmware and burns even crappy media very well. __________________ My Review PC & Optical Drives We came to wreck everything and ruin your lives, God sent us To become a member of cdfreaks.com just click here to join The Forum Rules The NEC/Optiarc F.A.Q. Liggy & Dee's NEC/Optiarc Firmware Page

10-01-2008	#5 (permalink)
maxxjulie CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 188	Re: Best IDE Burner? liteon 20a4p burns taiyo yuden 8x great every time. don't even have to bother scanning. it's a lock every time.

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rakter CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portugal Posts: 365	Re: Best IDE Burner? If you could find a plextor 760A/755A you'd be a happier man :P I guess any new LiteOn will do the work __________________ My burners: Plextor 760A 1.07 Plextor 750A 1.03 LiteOn 20A1H LL0C LiteOn 20A1S 9L08 Samsung 182M SB05 ( i wish it wasn't riplocked...)

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