Optorite

[mr_grumble_bum]

I'm thinking about buying an optorite dd0201, good choice? the software i wanna use with it is clonedvd n Nero has ne1 had any problems with this software i should know of.

thanks

[mr_grumble_bum]

software with this burner i should of said

[tompika]

I'm thinking about buying an optorite dd0201, good choice?

NO!

[tecstar]

care to elaborate?

[The village idiot]

DD0401 is current model, I think.

And my generic 401 is working very well on DVD-R and CD-R.

[tecstar]

I've just ordered the DD0405, thast why i asked

[quadforce]

Ive read lots of bad things about the 0201 but i would suggest reading some forums on them... I have the dd0401 and its great though

[MOVIEGEEK]

I have a DD0203(similar to DD0201) and it works good but I would get a DD0401.
Updating Optorite firmware can be tricky,make sure you disable DMA or use DOS.

[Tiny71]

I have had the 201 for about 4or5 months now and have never had a single coaster....I read up a lot before I even started.

Updating the firmware has not been an issue through the desktop of WinXp either.

Guess I am lucky.

Also, the Pioneer 106 drives are good.

[bdf24]

I've had my DD0201 for a few months now and have had no troubles so far. Although I've only used minimum media on it. I've burned -R, +RW, CDR and CDRW as well as had success with HD burns.
I've also had no trouble with firmware updates either. I always use the windows version to update thru windows. Never had a problem updating.

But all in all I think there are better, faster drives out there for the same price or cheaper.

[888888]

I'm thinking about buying an optorite dd0201, good choice? the software i wanna use with it is clonedvd n Nero has ne1 had any problems with this software i should know of.

thanks

I have an Optorite DD0201 and have never had trouble updating the firmware. I would probably not buy this drive again because I had a hard time installing it and it does not have bitsetting for +R, but now that it is up and running, it works fine. It used to have a tendency to freeze windows but I solved that by switching it to master ide01 with no slave. Now burns Maxell DVD-R media at 4x with Nero 6 perfectly in 14 minutes. Make sure DMA is enabled to, it seemed to have gotten disabled with firmware upgrade.