Need suggestion!

[dieseltrain]

I'm looking to buy a dvd burner 300 or less, any suggestion which is the best one?

[jdizzy40]

You are going to get 30 different answers. Which is best, well I would get a dual format if at all possible. Brand, 300.00 or less, that rules out Sony, Pioneer A06 I have and it does great, TDK has a dual format under your price as well. There are other brands popping up in the stores as well. In the end its a matter of personal choice, price-brand-capabilities. The single format units can be had for less than 200.00. Have you read any comments under the DVD Writers section to the left? Start there, okay!

[AarontheRipper]

Assuming you're talking $300 US, you'd be really hard pressed to find a DVD burner for over $300. The two dual format burners that most people seem to have are the Pioneer 106, and the Sony. Sony has come out with 3 or 4 different versions of a basically identical drive, and I didn't bother to find out what the differences were. Both can be had for just over $200, and do an excellent job. If you've got $300 and you're looking for speed, you may want to wait for the new 8x DVD burners to come out. It will only save you 7 or 8 minutes per disk as opposed to a 4x burner, so that is really up to you. But yeah, I'd either go with the pioneer or the sony. I imagine that over half of the people on this website have a burner by one of those two manufacturers. Haven't heard too many complaints either way.

[Vejita-sama]

The Lite-on LDW-400D DVD+/-R drive goes for ~$250 mail order. I got my Pioneer A05 (Cendyne OEM) for $170 after rebates at office max. Burners are cheap really...