Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread danci
Hi! Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've also heard about superb Plextor drives. But as above Sony drives come real cheap now (~70$), I wonder if they are any good? Thanks, D. PS: Not that

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've also heard about superb Plextor drives. I have had good luck with aopen drives. Under heavy use burning and reading for a long time and they don't die. They're cheap too. BTW

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Len Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:39:11AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've also heard about superb Plextor drives. But as above Sony drives come real

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Len Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 02:02:53PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: From: Dan Hollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have had good luck with aopen drives. Under heavy use burning and reading for a long time and they don't die. They're cheap too. BTW Plextor have great performance but they do not stand

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
From: Len Sorensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:39:11AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've also heard about superb Plextor drives.

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and durable drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? Because we have had a number of plextor drives both in our business and at employees homes, and most failed under a year of

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Matthias . Riese
Dan Hollis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and durable drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? Because we have had a number of plextor drives both in our business and at

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Matthias . Riese
Hi D. I have been using two Mitsumi CR-4804TE for 2 1/2 years now, both doing a great job up to now. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE was also the best one in the CHIP (german magazine) test in March 2002 (however the one with the best price/quality ratio was the Aopen CRW2440). So if I had to buy a new

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread danci
On 23 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using two Mitsumi CR-4804TE for 2 1/2 years now, both doing a great job up to now. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE was also the best one in the CHIP (german magazine) test in March 2002 (however the one with the best price/quality ratio was the Aopen