NEC 3500A - would u recommend?

[Agent_J]

Would you recommend the NEC 3500A if it was my only DVD drive? Have the reading problems the older 25xx models had been fixed? Because I could also get a Pioneer DVR-108 if it hasn't.

[lenti_75]

no problems with my nec 1100
my brother has a 2500.....

don't know about pioneer, but probably my next dvd si a nec.....and that because of bitsetting support.....

[bluntman72]

I just picked up a black NEC-ND3500a from a local retailer for $119 CDN. I was looking at getting the retail version of the Pioneer A08, but after reading an early review of the 3500 I chose it over the Pioneer. I just tried reading a copy protected music CD on the drive and it read it just fine. My Pioneer 16x DVD-ROM drive was not able to "bypass" the copy protection (using Autorun only). The same holds true with a copy protected game (Doom 3), I didn't have any problems launching the game using the NEC drive.

I've just burned a DVD using CloneDVD 2.0, the program found the new drive without a problem and burned the movie at the maximum speed of the media (4x). The drive just as quiet as the LG-GSA4040 that it is replacing.

[Agent_J]

which local retailer did you buy it from bluntman72? I'm from Toronto too

[bluntman72]

Infonec

[red lion]

I just bought one also to replace a sony drive
No problems at all great drive