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Re: Advice wanted on new CD writer..which to buy?

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From: Rich
Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2002 03:47
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70:27 of audio recorded in 3mins4secs on my Liteon 24X.  That is the record
on my computer so far!

Rich
"nothere" <nothere@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> 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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