Which DVD writer to buy LG H10A or Pioneer 111

[smoraes]

Does anyone have either drive and recommendations between only these 2 drives and which is better in terms of specs and campatibility not to mention noise/power consumption/cpu usage.

thx

P.S. LG H10 going for $36.99
Pioneer 111 $38.99 both at www.ucomputer.ca
( latest issue of HUB Digital Living magazine )

[Beradon]

Does anyone have either drive and recommendations between only these 2 drives and which is better in terms of specs and campatibility not to mention noise/power consumption/cpu usage.

thx

P.S. LG H10 going for $36.99
Pioneer 111 $38.99 both at www.ucomputer.ca
( latest issue of HUB Digital Living magazine )
Get the H10A and you can then flash a special firmware to turn it into a H10N. I got one and so far I've been happy with it!

[M-e-X-x]

i'd go pioneer

i've always found LG drives to be picky on media.. ever since the days of cd burners, to super combo drive, to dvd burner... when i switched to a pioneer 108, media troubles disappeared :)

[mingyang]

Get the H10A and you can then flash a special firmware to turn it into a H10N. I got one and so far I've been happy with it!

geez i didnt know that and i have H10A
thanks

to OP, all my Secondary drives were LG, never had a problem with it.

[[buck]]

Neither. Go with a BenQ DW1650! You just cannot find a drive with better burn quality, more useful features, or firmware support!

http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?do=ShowProduct&cmd=pd&pid=009402&cid=CR.184

[audit13]

My first choice would be the Benq 1650 as well followed by the LG.

[Beradon]

geez i didnt know that and i have H10A
thanks

to OP, all my Secondary drives were LG, never had a problem with it.
Yeah, you need to search the forums on cdrlabs.com or cdrinfo.com for more info. The H10N adds 12x DVD-RAM support (something the Benq 1650 doesn't have) and also bumps up the speed on DL write speeds.

[rahzel]

My first choice would be the Benq 1650 as well followed by the LG.
my first choice would be the BenQ DW1650/55, followed by the Pioneer DVR-111D. LG's latest offereings are pretty average imo.

[Takada]

Benq... but if out of those 2 choices... the LG.