On October 3, 2001 07:09 pm, Net Llama wrote: > You, sir, need to take a trip to pricewatch.com, immediately. Do not > purchase that LiteOn CD burner, not only becuase LiteOn products are > very poor quality, but because there are far better values available. > > Variations on this theme have come up many times before, so i'll give > you the short version. Yamaha & Plextor make very good quality CD > burners. All others are of questionable quality, and will either: > 1) not work at all under Linux > 2) work very poorly, generating alot of coasters > 3) fail early in their lifespans
The LiteOn model shows up as working under linux (in the linux-mandrake hardware database as working). The cd-record homepage also suggests that all cd-writers produced in 1999 or earlier are supported. Its just the burn-proof that I'm worried about. > Right now i see a US$76 Yamaha CRW8824E 8x8x24 INTERNAL IDE CD-RW 8824E > at pricewatch. Even with the Canadian exchange rate, its still cheaper > than the one below. Cheaper when you figure in the exchange rate, yes.... but if I've got my calculations right the thieves at the border will drive the price of that drive far over the cost of the LiteOn On October 3, 2001 07:36 pm, Chang wrote: > yes, and it has to be priced right to become an essential item. > LiteOn is a well-received item here in Shamshiopo, Hongkong. > It's cheap and works fine. I planned on taking a 24w model this Xmas > to replace my 2-year-old Panasonic 4w CDR. > > But it's definitely not the best (which means expansive brands > likeYamaha and Plextor). Seems to be a slight difference of opinion here. BTW.... I found the following note regarding Lite-On drives (following links from the cdrecord homepage) at http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq05.html#S5-1-43: "Some of the drives appear to be based on Plextor units." The reviews I've found of the drive have seemed generally positive, although there may be some issues in the quality of any DAE done... but then again the purpose of this drive would mainly be to write not read.... I've got a cd-rom to do the other fun stuff. David Aikema _______________________________________________ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc ->http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
