hi all-

what external dvd burner would you recommend?  something not too expensive but fast as can be.

THANKS,
wabbitt

http://www.lacie.com/products/range.htm?id=10014
how about Lacie.
nice designed with high performance.

i will check it out…...THANKS! 

Do you have one?

are u looking for a slim dvd burner or even those large ugly ones will do?

Although my most recent DVDR was an overpriced internal Sony (which is solid), I’ve had good luck with Plextor in the past. They’re pretty well regarded by the pundits, too.

If your budget’s tight and you don’t need the latest and geatest, you can save some real bucks by settling for a 4x write. That’s still a full DVD in around 15 minutes. If you’re planning on doing video, write time is the fast part.

a good buy are some of the high speed burners which you can buy and then flash the firmware to make them dual layer compatible. A couple of types are like this including the 4X liteon which you can flash and it becomes it’s bigger brother the 4X dual layer burner. A friend did it to the one in his dell box and it worked fine.

great info..gotta go try that..

Good to know, thanks!

thanks for all the good ideas and information. 

i really want the sony portable one but i cannot justify buying it becuase i dont really need it.  i probably wont use it much. 

thanks

I have a slim panasonic dvd writer from buy.com. I dont know if it’s good or bad since I’m yet to use it…dunno what I was thinking when I bought it…

thanks.  i think i am in your same boat i will buy it and say why do i do that?  i think i will check out the cheap ones.  the sony one for $400 is just way to much (but go figure i want it)

wabbitt

this particular one is for about 225-230 and appears to be the cheapest in the ultra slim category.

frys of california has the plextor px-504uf 69.00 after rebate and its a 4x with no mention of flash upgrade.  thinking about trying it, but shopping for a dvd burner is INSANE! the latest and greatest sony is there for about 250.00. that’s dual layer dual format and looks the best inmo but is also the most expensive in the store.  after shopping i am like a deer in headlamps and dont know what to do really. hp movie writer looks nice cause it has built in analog to digital converter but is also high priced and does not appear to be dual layer (8+gig).  argh….

jigs, welcome back dude!  We were just talking about you:

We thought you went on another lengthy excursion.

[quote author=“sillyrabbitt123”]i will check it out…...THANKS! 

Do you have one?

no i dont have one yet. but getting one soon.

[quote author=“TruthSeeker”]jigs, welcome back dude!  We were just talking about you:

We thought you went on another lengthy excursion.

thanks TS…seems like i became the king of TP while i was gone.  I was on ko samet island with not much bandwidth for the likes of u all.  just enough energy for lots of fresh fish, mermaids, and late night dvd movies on the beach with the TR…  :drool: