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Article #140Re: Advice wanted on new CD writer..which to buy?
From: Dan G.
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:01
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2002 19:01
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My new LiteOn just burned 650MB at 32x at 3:45, including spin up and closing time. "Borowski" <Len68@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:G0Wp8.26799$uR5.60075@newsfeeds.bigpond.com... > My liteon 24X takes 3 and a half minutes to burn a CD. > > nothere wrote in message <3ca8135f.2654153@news.bigpond.com>... > >On Mon, 01 Apr 2002 04:48:27 GMT, Never anonymous Bud > ><thekat@san.rxyzr.com> wrote: > > > >>Taking a moment from the Fredricks catalog, nothere@nospam.com (nothere) > spake thusly > >> > >>>I wouldn't get the liteon or the Cyber drives if I was you. > >>>Problems with keeping the data after a few months is a issue. > >> > >>The mechanism is exactly the same as the 'name brand' units, > >>so if longevity of data with a LiteOn is a problem, it's ALSO a > >>problem for most other names. > > > >I wouldn't go around spouting that if I was you. > >I had a lite on and had nothing but problems. > >There are also problems with those cyberlink drives and winxp. > > > >> > >>>Also don't be tricked into getting a 40x write burner. > >>>They are no faster than a fair few 16x write burners. > >> > >>If you burn a few CDs once a week or less, the difference won't be > noticeable. > >> > >>If you burn 20 CDs at a time, you WILL certainly see the difference, > >>and _NO_ 16X burner can burn as fast as a 40X. > > > >The latest Mitsubishi 40x takes 6 mins to do a cdr 700Mb disk. > >My 16x burner takes 6 mins to do a 700Mb cdr disk. I have a second pc > >bought last week and it has a 24x burner and it also takes 6 mins. > > > >I use 24x Verbatim Datalifeplus 80 min media. > > > >
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