Re: [gentoo-user] Re: DVD recorder recommendations

["Kevin O'Gorman" <kogorman@gmail.com>]

On 8/21/05, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
> On Sunday 21 August 2005 16:35, Thomas Kirchner wrote:
> > * On Aug 21 15:37, Volker Armin Hemmann (gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org)
> wrote:
> > > it has to, because all tests I read said, that Plextor burns a lot of
> > > errors onto the dvds... so they have to have a good error-correction,
> > > or they would not be able to read their own stuff.
> >
> > Not sure I buy that.  I've used my Plextor-burned discs in plenty of
> > other computers and they haven't had any trouble reading them, either.
> > They didn't earn their reputation for quality by making coasters.
> > Tom
> 
> I do not own a plextor, but I trust the c't magazine which did a lot of
> dvd-burner tests and Plextor is one of the burners which like to write fast,
> but with a lot of errors.
> 
> Only because the dvdr does not make problems now, it does not mean, that it
> will not make problems in the future, when some scratches are accumulated.
> 
> But... LG was much worse.. ;)

Hmmm.  While warnings about particular brands might be of some help, I would
much prefer to see the make/model of comparably priced items that were rated
good.  I'm trying to buy, after all, not discard existing stuff.

Nevertheless, this is helpful (I think) because I was starting to lean towards a
Plextor PX-740A-BP OEM drive.  Now I'll wait to see what others say. 

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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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