Pikaone DVD 4x Writer
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According to comments, a rebranded BTC-1004IM
Which makes this a relevant comparison
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread/t-80122.html
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The greatly praised Pioneer 106 - though this is presumably OEM.
A few quid dearer, so I'll leave those who have them to extol the virtues - only ever had keyboards from BTC myself, and not yet got as far as DVD.
According to comments, a rebranded BTC-1004IM
Which makes this a relevant comparison
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread/t-80122.html
Our forum sponsor - XSCT
http://www.xscomputertechnology.freeserve.co.uk/item710.htm
The greatly praised Pioneer 106 - though this is presumably OEM.
A few quid dearer, so I'll leave those who have them to extol the virtues - only ever had keyboards from BTC myself, and not yet got as far as DVD.
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peter4000 originally OEM was an adjective used to describe a company that produced hardware to be marketed under another company's brand also in some cases you don't get software or the full retail software as if you got the full retail vesion. The Pioneer A06 is a very stable DVD Burner I would say go for the A06 miself but thats mi...peter4000 said:
By the way the other drvie has had good reports too.OEM Burner in this case is just the burner it self (most of the time)
Sorry..OEM = original equipment manufacturer
Good description:
RETAIL BOXED = you get the drive, software (bundle version, may be restricted/inferior options compared to retail of the same software), maybe one piece of sample media, maybe a decent printed manual, maybe a fitting kit of screws and audio cable.
OEM drives, you have to check, these are as supplied to system builders, brown boxed or just antistatic bagged, and do not neccessarily include any of the above unless actually stated.
If you want an OEM drive with software, make sure it says (or they confirm) that bundle software IS supplied with it.
There can be other differences - the OEM drives are sometimes named differently - particularly in the case of the SONY DVD writers, and use different firmware that may or may not have the same updates and capabilities.
RETAIL BOXED = you get the drive, software (bundle version, may be restricted/inferior options compared to retail of the same software), maybe one piece of sample media, maybe a decent printed manual, maybe a fitting kit of screws and audio cable.
OEM drives, you have to check, these are as supplied to system builders, brown boxed or just antistatic bagged, and do not neccessarily include any of the above unless actually stated.
If you want an OEM drive with software, make sure it says (or they confirm) that bundle software IS supplied with it.
There can be other differences - the OEM drives are sometimes named differently - particularly in the case of the SONY DVD writers, and use different firmware that may or may not have the same updates and capabilities.
Thanks for everyone's help...
Thank you for all your replies.
I decided to go with the established Pioneer A06, which today arrived from www.planetmicro.co.uk (only a day after I placed the order!) for £105 incl VAT and P&P which seemed a pretty good price to me!
Not installed it yet though, will do so on weekend. If I get any questions (and with my computer skills, I know there'll be lots), I'll be sure to post them here which seems a pretty comprehensive forum.
Regards.
Thank you for all your replies.
I decided to go with the established Pioneer A06, which today arrived from www.planetmicro.co.uk (only a day after I placed the order!) for £105 incl VAT and P&P which seemed a pretty good price to me!
Not installed it yet though, will do so on weekend. If I get any questions (and with my computer skills, I know there'll be lots), I'll be sure to post them here which seems a pretty comprehensive forum.
Regards.