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On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:30:31 +1300, "PC" <> wrote:

>"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
>>
>>
>
>
>OK I'll bite
>
>LG GSA-4163B CD/CDR/CDRW, DVD+ R/RW/DL, DVD-R/RW, DVD RAM
>Can be slow mounting media but have 3 on the go at the moment, 2 doing
>nightly db backups to DVD-RAM
>
>or the newer
>
>LG GSA-4167B CD/CDR/CDRW, DVD+/- R/RW/DL, DVD RAM
>Can be slow mounting media but have 2 in clients PC's
>The '7' is also quite a bit shorter and may suit someone with a 'tight'
>case.
>
>Both retail <$100 at PBTech.
>
>P.
>


PBTech. is not what I would call a low priced shop..

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:31:21 +1300, Mutley wrote:

> You could try the Pioneer 110D $73.70
> http://supercheappc.biz/site/product...6644b032054e3d

Never, ever, ever deal with 'super cheap computers'!

They do not respond to warranty claims, and have behaved very badly in all
regards of warranty claims from many people. They are routinely discussed
on the web as perhaps the worst dealers in the country.

No doubt some will doubt what I say. Well fine: find out the hard way.

--

.... Brendan

#104383 +(5473)- [X]

bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
BritneySpears14: Aight.
bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
bloodninja: Me too baby.
BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
bloodninja: I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
BritneySpears14: Hey...
bloodninja: I meditate to regain my mana, before casting Lvl. 8 chicken of
the Infinite.
BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
bloodninja: I spend my mana reserves to cast Mighty F*ck of the Beyondness.
BritneySpears14: You are the worst cyber partner ever. This is ridiculous.
bloodninja: Don't f*ck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the
lands.
bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000 Your body
explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid.
BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of ****.
bloodninja: Robots are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield
inflicts DOA attack, leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal.
bloodninja: King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil
army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my
accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
bloodninja: Baby?
--------------
BritneySpears14: Ok, are you ready?
eminemBNJA: Aight, yeah I'm ready.
BritneySpears14: I like your music Em... Tee hee.
eminemBNJA: huh huh, yeah, I make it for the ladies.
BritneySpears14: Mmm, we like it a lot. Let me show you.
BritneySpears14: I take off your pants, slowly, and massage your muscular
physique.
eminemBNJA: Oh I like that Baby. I put on my robe and wizard hat.
BritneySpears14: What the f*ck, I told you not to message me again.
eminemBNJA: Oh ****
BritneySpears14: I swear if you do it one more time I'm gonna report your
ISP and say you were sending me kiddie porn you f*ck up.
eminemBNJA: Oh ****
eminemBNJA: damn I gotta write down your names or something


Note: All my comments are copyright 3/01/2006 12:20:10 a.m. and are opinion only where not otherwise stated and always "to the best of my recollection". www.computerman.orcon.net.nz.

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 11:26:34 +1300, gimp wrote:

> 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

It is pretty much the best featured writer out there. One nice feature is
that it will read the physical properties of the disk, and adjust speeds
accordingly - e.g. if a 4x disk will actually write at 6x or 12x, it'll
write it at those speeds. It works too.

It's important because rom upgrades for them never have every disk listed
in them.

Also does book type settings (important for playback in set top dvd
players).

Gets rave reviews everywhere.

--

.... Brendan

#261501 +(5732)- [X]

<jeebus> the "bishop" came to our church today
<jeebus> he was a ****en impostor
<jeebus> never once moved diagonally


Note: All my comments are copyright 2/01/2006 11:40:05 a.m. and are opinion only where not otherwise stated and always "to the best of my recollection". www.computerman.orcon.net.nz.

XP wrote:

> PBTech. is not what I would call a low priced shop..


No, but as usual you get what you pay for - PB have a decent amount of
stock available for immediate collection, and are a piece of **** to
deal with for warranty issues. The slight premium you pay for dealing
with them is well worthwhile for the headaches you avoid.


--
EMB

"~misfit~" <> wrote in message
news:43b86573$...
> 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~
>

Doh.,..... its been a good drive but just ****ing me off with not using this
media Im buying..... as I mentioned maybe its just the media it dosent like
and the drive itself is working fine... but I need to be able to use media I
buy so another drive is the best way to go... if I end up with 2 drives that
work with all media between them...well I wont complain

"XP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> PBTech. is not what I would call a low priced shop..
>

Ive dealt with them a few times now via work, and no, theyre not always the
cheapest but usually have stock on hand etc whereas the cheaper suppliers
dont have it at the time we need it.

"~misfit~" <> wrote in message
news:43b8ddba$...
> Oi wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Ok, I've (perhaps prematurely) flashed my drive with that firmware and it
> now appears to be a 1693S. I'm going to do a full back-up of drive C:
> momentarilly. Cross your fingers for me.
> --
> ~misfit~
>

why do you need to backup your c drive?

are you worried your dvd writer will blow up your c drive?

"Brendan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:31:21 +1300, Mutley wrote:
>
>> You could try the Pioneer 110D $73.70
>> http://supercheappc.biz/site/product...6644b032054e3d
>
> Never, ever, ever deal with 'super cheap computers'!
>
> They do not respond to warranty claims, and have behaved very badly in all
> regards of warranty claims from many people. They are routinely discussed
> on the web as perhaps the worst dealers in the country.
>
> No doubt some will doubt what I say. Well fine: find out the hard way.
>
> --
>
> ... Brendan
>
> #104383 +(5473)- [X]
>
> bloodninja: Baby, I been havin a tough night so treat me nice aight?
> BritneySpears14: Aight.
> bloodninja: Slip out of those pants baby, yeah.
> BritneySpears14: I slip out of my pants, just for you, bloodninja.
> bloodninja: Oh yeah, aight. Aight, I put on my robe and wizard hat.
> BritneySpears14: Oh, I like to play dress up.
> bloodninja: Me too baby.
> BritneySpears14: I kiss you softly on your chest.
> bloodninja: I cast Lvl. 3 Eroticism. You turn into a real beautiful woman.
> BritneySpears14: Hey...
> bloodninja: I meditate to regain my mana, before casting Lvl. 8 chicken of
> the Infinite.
> BritneySpears14: Funny I still don't see it.
> bloodninja: I spend my mana reserves to cast Mighty F*ck of the
> Beyondness.
> BritneySpears14: You are the worst cyber partner ever. This is ridiculous.
> bloodninja: Don't f*ck with me bitch, I'm the mightiest sorcerer of the
> lands.
> bloodninja: I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000 Your body
> explodes into a fine bloody mist, because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid.
> BritneySpears14: Don't ever message me again you piece of ****.
> bloodninja: Robots are trying to drill my brain but my lightning shield
> inflicts DOA attack, leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal.
> bloodninja: King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's
> evil
> army of Robot Socialist Republics. The cold war ends. Reagan steals my
> accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him.
> bloodninja: You still there baby? I think it's getting hard now.
> bloodninja: Baby?
> --------------
> BritneySpears14: Ok, are you ready?
> eminemBNJA: Aight, yeah I'm ready.
> BritneySpears14: I like your music Em... Tee hee.
> eminemBNJA: huh huh, yeah, I make it for the ladies.
> BritneySpears14: Mmm, we like it a lot. Let me show you.
> BritneySpears14: I take off your pants, slowly, and massage your muscular
> physique.
> eminemBNJA: Oh I like that Baby. I put on my robe and wizard hat.
> BritneySpears14: What the f*ck, I told you not to message me again.
> eminemBNJA: Oh ****
> BritneySpears14: I swear if you do it one more time I'm gonna report your
> ISP and say you were sending me kiddie porn you f*ck up.
> eminemBNJA: Oh ****
> eminemBNJA: damn I gotta write down your names or something
>
>
> Note: All my comments are copyright 3/01/2006 12:20:10 a.m. and are
> opinion only where not otherwise stated and always "to the best of my
> recollection". www.computerman.orcon.net.nz.

i'd just takem to small claims

"XP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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
>>
>
>
>
> Just read this Article, NEC came out best
>
>
> http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/...s_true_speeds/
>
>

Woger says:

NEC came out best.

Wogers article says...

Of all the units we tested for this article, two models had the best overall
performance: the NEC ND-3540A and the Toshiba SDR-5472. The Toshiba is
actually slightly ahead....

To me, this says that the toshiba came out best.


Also, wogers article does not measure write errors. I liked this link
better...

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/sho...px?i=2470&p=13

Brendan <> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:31:21 +1300, Mutley wrote:
>
>> You could try the Pioneer 110D $73.70
>> http://supercheappc.biz/site/product...6644b032054e3d
>
>Never, ever, ever deal with 'super cheap computers'!
>
>They do not respond to warranty claims, and have behaved very badly in all
>regards of warranty claims from many people. They are routinely discussed
>on the web as perhaps the worst dealers in the country.
>
>No doubt some will doubt what I say. Well fine: find out the hard way.

Yeah. I've heard that rumor. Never bought anything from them as
yet..