I myself purchase nothing but Plextor. Got my 16X when they were offering
a
$30 rebate - and it only took less than 4 weeks to get it - which is some
kind of record, for me at least.
Not only do they perform extremely well, I find them durable having burned
at least 200 DVD's so far on it.
Plextor, Pioneer, and NEC all make solid, good DVDRW drives. IMO, Plextor
doesn't warrant the price premium, but whatever. Nobody makes an 'excellent'
DVDRW drive anymore, back like when Plextor made the absolute, bar-none best
CD-RW drives <16X.
Not really discussed here is another plus with Plextor's. That is --> you
can actually find upgrades without wading through 15 pages and 3 sites.
Sony
has their stuff buried who knows where.
But third party/community support is nil compared to both Pioneer and NEC.
I have stopped using Lite-on all together as their support and durability
are close to zero.
Agreed, Lite-On DVDRW drives are crap. Sony simply sells rebadged Lite-On
units, so they are also crap.
