NEC or Pioneer

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Your joking right?

Nope. It's supposed to reduce light scattering in the drive = better quality burns.

Plextor has been using black trays for some time now on their CDR and DVDR burners. I have a 2 year old Plex that has one, that is still my audio burner. Pioneer is going this way too. I think there are others.

Personally I have a silver aluminum case, so black would look fine. Silver would be better, I suppose. But it's hidden behind a door. But silver faced drives often have beige trays. Getting a black faced drive, will net a black tray.

Some peeps, on another forum, swear by them. Others are not as convinced of the benefits. I thought I'd throw it up here for discussion, considering that we have some great experts here. Guess, I need convincing too.

 

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Nope. It's supposed to reduce light scattering in the drive = better quality burns.

Plextor has been using black trays for some time now on their CDR and DVDR burners. I have a 2 year old Plex that has one, that is still my audio burner. Pioneer is going this way too. I think there are others.

Personally I have a silver aluminum case, so black would look fine. Silver would be better, I suppose. But it's hidden behind a door. But silver faced drives often have beige trays. Getting a black faced drive, will net a black tray.

Some peeps, on another forum, swear by them. Others are not as convinced of the benefits. I thought I'd throw it up here for discussion, considering that we have some great experts here. Guess, I need convincing too.

I can see it with plextor they need all the help they can get in sell lack of quality drives. But if you have a quality DVD burner I don't think you need to worry about it. I say that based on being a very happy beige 3500 owner.

 

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I can see it with plextor they need all the help they can get in sell lack of quality drives. But if you have a quality DVD burner I don't think you need to worry about it.

I would never call Plextor a company lacking in quality. Their burn quality is still (usually) top notch, it's their picky media requirements and high cost that makes them less desirable. Lately their drives, are not at the tops of the lists as NEC and Pioneer are. But yes, a top quality drive is most important here for me. But if it makes any difference... and I can choose that color... what the heck.

In the end the 3500 is probably still the top burner at this time. But its starting to show its age. I'm looking for a burner that has some room for future expansion beyond my Pio A07. The NEC 3520 has that... so does the Pio A09. But from my friend's experience and what I've read, the Pio A09 might have issues... might be too early though.

 

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I would never call Plextor a company lacking in quality. Their burn quality is still (usually) top notch, it's their picky media requirements and high cost that makes them less desirable. Lately their drives, are not at the tops of the lists as NEC and Pioneer are. But yes, a top quality drive is most important here for me. But if it makes any difference... and I can choose that color... what the heck.

In the end the 3500 is probably still the top burner at this time. But its starting to show its age. I'm looking for a burner that has some room for future expansion beyond my Pio A07. The NEC 3520 has that... so does the Pio A09. But from my friend's experience and what I've read, the Pio A09 might have issues... might be too early though.

If you think plextor isn't lacking in quality today you need to do some read. The only consecutive thing I keep reading about plextor DVD Burners is it that they have good potential, what a joke. But I guess thats not the point considering your not interested in buying one.
Good luck with what ever you buy.

 

[scarecrow]

A mediocre drive (516) does not mean Plextor drives are a scam... you are wrong here. I have paid more than 100$ less than one year ago for a Plextor Premium CDRW (NOT DVD burner!) and it has proved itself one of the best buys I have ever made: Flawless audio burns, superb audio ripping quality, duplicating virtually any CD-ROM based game (with BlindWrite).
512 was a great drive too... a failure like 516 does not mean much for people concerned about quality.
That said, I have bought a NEC 3500 AG, which I consider being an exhellent drive at a very reasonable price.

 

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I have a NEC 3500, & a 3520, both are great drives imho without any glitches whatsoever.