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XPD
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      01-01-2006
After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
wont read and so on....

So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
"I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p


 
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      01-01-2006

"XPD" <....nz> wrote in message
news:...
> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
> taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
> maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
> branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
> wont read and so on....
>
> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
> "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p
>
>


which formats should it support? DVD comes in +rw and -rw models.


 
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      01-01-2006
On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:20:19 +1300, XPD wrote:

> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
> taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
> maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
> branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
> wont read and so on....
>
> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
> "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p


Is your firmware up to date? Otherwise, my BTC DRW1116IM is working fine,
although I don't use it heavily.

steve

 
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      01-01-2006

"news.xtra.co.nz" <> wrote in message
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> "XPD" <....nz> wrote in message
> news:...
>> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
>> taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me
>> off..... maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3
>> different branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs
>> fine but wont read and so on....
>>
>> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please,
>> no "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
>> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p
>>
>>

>
> which formats should it support? DVD comes in +rw and -rw models.
>
>


Oh yeah....Dual format/layer pls
(most are these days anyway arent they)


 
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"XPD" <....nz> wrote in message
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> "news.xtra.co.nz" <> wrote in message
> news:GXWtf.11698$...
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>> "XPD" <....nz> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im
>>> now taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me
>>> off..... maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3
>>> different branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes
>>> discs fine but wont read and so on....
>>>
>>> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please,
>>> no "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
>>> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p
>>>
>>>

>>
>> which formats should it support? DVD comes in +rw and -rw models.
>>
>>

>
> Oh yeah....Dual format/layer pls
> (most are these days anyway arent they)
>
>


OK, I did not know that , the last one I bought was in 2003


 
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      01-01-2006
Steve wrote:
> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 09:20:19 +1300, XPD wrote:
>
>> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
>> taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
>> maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
>> branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
>> wont read and so on....
>>
>> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
>> "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
>> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p

>
> Is your firmware up to date? Otherwise, my BTC DRW1116IM is working fine,
> although I don't use it heavily.
>
> steve
>


I picked up an NEC through firstin .... its been excellent. Its actually
in an external case so I can use it on many machines. Not had a problem
with it yet - all for $80 plus shipping. It burns dual layer and does
all I need it to do. Probably burnt maybe 100 discs with it I guess
since new and not a dud yet.
Prior to this one I had a Liteon that burnt the occasional bad disc (it
was picky with the media) - a very early BTC that went really well but
was terribly slow....

Sue
 
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      01-01-2006
XPD wrote:
> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
> "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p



if you want affordable but reliable, the BENQ DW1640 has been getting
good reviews at anandtech,
http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=2470&p=13

i'm not sure on its feature set compared to other drives.. but i'm
waiting for the courier to arrive with mine

 
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      01-01-2006
XPD wrote:
> After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im
> now taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me
> off..... maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about
> 3 different branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes
> discs fine but wont read and so on....
>
> So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And
> please, no "I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
> Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p


Oh ****!! I bought one of those suckers, partly on your endorsement of it.
It's been good to date. <crosses everything that can be crossed without too
much pain>
--
~misfit~


 
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      01-01-2006
On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 09:20:19 +1300, "XPD" <....nz>
wrote:

>After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
>taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
>maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
>branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
>wont read and so on....
>
>So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
>"I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
>Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p
>

Try turning it into a 1693S here before spending any dosh:
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares/d...patched-cf.rar
 
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      01-01-2006
On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:46:48 +1300, Oi <> wrote:

>On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 09:20:19 +1300, "XPD" <....nz>
>wrote:
>
>>After sitting in this very group singing this DVD writers praises, Im now
>>taking it all back..... my Liteon DVDRW SOHW 1673S is ****ing me off.....
>>maybe its due to overuse but who knows.... have tried about 3 different
>>branded DVDs in it lately and all have had issues. Writes discs fine but
>>wont read and so on....
>>
>>So... Im looking for a new DVD writer.... recommendations ? And please, no
>>"I told you so" posts from Woger and followers
>>Budget is $100 so no top of the line jobs thanks :-p
>>

Try turning it into a 1693S here before spending any dosh:
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares/d...patched-cf.rar,
but be sure what you're doing. Read http://codeguys.rpc1.org/oc.html.

Good Luck
 
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