Best bang for buck Sata dvd writer

[cpus456]

Youre thoughts and places to purchase please

is the Pioneer DVR-212 the best?

read this from:
http://www.speedlabs.org/index.php?page=part_7_0_-_conclusion

"the 212 unit a no-brainer "must have" unit, being the best SATA ODD currently on the market without exceptions"

[i6s1]

They're all about the same price, so get the Pioneer.

[mebiuspower]

I got mine few days ago... works awesome so far with Verbatim +DL media... :razz:

[Amourek]

Pioneer!

[happyplato]

Pioneer 212D doesn't support booktype setting. So I picked the Samsung S183.

[Pro]

+1 on the Pioneer

[Odysseus_Maximus]

+2 for Pioneer

[rabbit]

Pioneer 212D doesn't support booktype setting. So I picked the Samsung S183.

Nice to see someone on the ball.

[mebiuspower]

With the popularity of Pioneer burners it'll be a matter of time before they come out with a firmware that have auto booktype setting.

[rabbit]

I don't know why those morons at Pioneer just doesn't do it themselves. I guess they're in the -R camp.

[hawkbox]

Booktype? the hell is that?

[Cafe_333]

Guess this therad isn't too old to bump...

I'm in the market for a new DVD writer as well and I'm not sure which one to get. I suppose I may as well get Sata for the better airflow, and the popular choice seems to be the Pioneer 212. However I'm undecided now between the Pioneer and the Samsung S183 because of the following post:

Pioneer 212D doesn't support booktype setting. So I picked the Samsung S183.

Any thoughts? Your help is appreciated.

Booktype? the hell is that?http://www.k-probe.com/bitsetting-booktype-faq.php

[tmpz]

Hmmm I was talking to the manager at Filtechcomputer. He said the Samsung burners aren't so good. He said too many problems or something.

I picked up a Pioneer 212D. It's great.

[Cafe_333]

well, i think i'd like to see a hardware review trash the samsung drive before dismissing it for now. :)