From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LUV81-0007Kg-T0 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:56:30 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CA02FE077E; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from rv-out-0708.google.com (rv-out-0708.google.com [209.85.198.248]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C74BE077E for ; Tue, 3 Feb 2009 23:56:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by rv-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id b17so2482663rvf.46 for ; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:56:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=E2Kge91jg6uSQ9T84EvpNKZVUd9u274IQphZtlaBOD0=; b=t542frlOvqAmcT9TACsvxgX9hxX8ASI+kP3y+scayBm2bKBd1OpPMrFu0GfLwijxOW 79FxBaCeCcnxGdfgaGeeeUDnMMjyalolWHm3FeEB+f3AAg2J67C2BhvLQ3FJNceA5p9d 4wuHsQrgfLSiFz7NsHi8KJPHyWpakYbK+UI4I= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=RJxjqW5rE2U2hFq65lIcDdNcZrPS+rLGBhG63wzoYrggC1bcFWcOusHoFoNA3zFhUM O1GVQhN/g99FVhL/juWcTdkM65sgw+XOPnVHEjw3TDD1Y1KG1ah2GKlaYxXOLs3DnJI4 ZQQsoDQsUtrs6h5fjpjA5YtTr90a09ApwOmew= Received: by 10.140.139.3 with SMTP id m3mr2986901rvd.64.1233705388218; Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:56:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.100? (mu.nmsu.edu [128.123.84.155]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id k2sm13327416rvb.6.2009.02.03.15.56.27 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:56:27 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4988D9AA.3050209@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:56:26 +0000 From: Hung Dang User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090110) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD RW (recommendations References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 28461561-f590-4a58-83e9-08318baede14 X-Archives-Hash: 96cb6be7e78ed040c67be9ce741c16d2 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > James wrote: >> Hello >> SATA or Eide on DVD rw choices (internal unit). >> >> Any cheap DVD rw that have success writing to >> the many forms of rw DVDS, that one >> would recommend? >> >> Any bands (plextor?) to avoid on gentoo? > > Instead of recommending what I have, I'll recommend what disc burning > lunatics recommend (the folks from cdfreaks.com for example): The LG > LS GH20LS15 is an excellent burner with very good write quality (read: > your discs will live longer). It's a CD/DVD+R/DVD-R/Dual Layer combo > burner. It's also very cheap (16 bucks here; that is Euros). It's a > SATA drive. > > If you can't find the exact model, any LG model with "GH20" in the > name will do. Make sure NOT to get a "GH22" model (like GH22LS30). > Those have poor write quality due to a different chipset that doesn't > perform well. > > Check this link to find out which DVD-RW is suit for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010100005%201036506653&name=DVD%20Burner I use this DVD burner (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827129023) in an external box and have no complain about it.