TEAC, LITEON, PLEXTOR or OTHER???

Which one do you prefer???

  • TEAC CD-W540E

    Votes: 9 19.1%

  • LITEON 40x12x48

    Votes: 18 38.3%

  • PLEXTOR PX-W4012TA

    Votes: 12 25.5%

  • OTHER CD-RW

    Votes: 3 6.4%

  • YAMAHA 3200

    Votes: 5 10.6%
  • Total voters
    47
cdorders

cdorders

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It seems that the TEAC has the lower votes there :( :( :( :( :( :(
One more thing I'm curious about: Can all of you make many copies one after another with Liteon without errors or hot discs produced? Because with my 24x Plextor and the CD-W540E TEAC I can :cool:
 
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shadoe_phantom

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yes the lite-on can make many copies one after another without errors or actually burning discs. I own several CDRW drives & DVD-ROM drives & I like using my Plextor 16x & Lite-On 24x the most. Neither has a problem with even 20 burns one after another (had a big request for final fantasy 7 & 8 at one time).
 
cdorders

cdorders

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Well, I'm talking about copying above 50 discs gentlemen... 20 is a funny number :) Personally I burned 83 discs one after another with a 6 minute stop...

The Yamaha burner is listed in th "OTHER" option... It's my mistake I didn't put the 3200 separately as the Plex and TEAC... It's a really nice writer either. The only minor point is that it is MUCH overpriced. But it worths as a writer as well.

I would be grateful if some mod could add the 3200 in the poll I posted... Thanx ;)
 
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shadoe_phantom

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Lite-Ons have been known a long time to do the same thing teac does or plex. I'm sure it can handle 50 or more straight (that is also a funny number lol). At the same time who really cares? If you want a professional copyier, then shell out the $10,000 USD & get one that can probably do 20 CDs at once & over 1000 copies one after another.
Oh wait, I'm sure you can configure 20 teac drives together & achieve the same thing without spending that much money right.

PS
there are other combos than the ones you use that can be used. obviously many feel the same way.
 
cdorders

cdorders

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Ok, the Liteon is fine. I believe the TEACs' weakest point is the inability to correct EFM. You are right to the thing of getting many writers for mass production. Unfortunately for the time being, I can only afford three of them (including my TEAC and 24x Plex). ;)
 
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shadoe_phantom

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well the teac is good as mentioned before. I also like the plex & lite-on's. You can't go wrong with any of them really. Plex has been around longer & have always come out with good CDRW drives, so the longevity crown goes with them, but newer companies are improving (which is always a good thing).
 
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cdorders

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Yes, I remember in the past where all were in the three first companies: Plextor, Yamaha and TEAC. Many remember the legendary 100t, 200t, 400t of Yamaha, PX-R412 with the caddy tray, the TEAC CD-R55S... Miss those times... :(. There were no protections and no troubles and copies were in their growth... It's really nice see something growing from start, but you never can predict what will be the result or what will follow...
 
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cdorders

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Yeah, the Plasmon 2x2 and 2x4 Writers were too overprised costing about double the price of the others those days... Remember of the external SCSI 4x Pioneer? Strange shape, it looked like two internal devices at height :)
 
RASTABT

RASTABT

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Still back in de dayz of my 2xHP burner one 650MB media was $21
No look pick up media for 50 cents now!b (HP burners Daddy of drives den)
 
cdorders

cdorders

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What about the Philips CDD-3610 (2x2x6) which was included in many drives then... The mechanism was the same with 40+ drives, just the enclosure was different. Lacie, HP, Imation, Iomega and many other companies used this model as a basis to their drives. I had this model in 1998, but it died after one and a half year of use(due to overheat of the laser mechanism)...
 
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cdorders

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It may sound stupid, but then the best proggy for copy protections was CDRWin. I used CDRWin to copy many Laserlock protected CDs (I think it was v3.6 or 3.5), but there has been a long long time since then.
 
Shadey

Shadey

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well i only got a yamaha 2200 - so i'll vote - for the 3200 - i think the yammie drives are cool - least my 2200 does eveything i need :)
 
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dx

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cdorders said:
One more thing I'm curious about: Can all of you make many copies one after another with Liteon without errors or hot discs produced? Because with my 24x Plextor and the CD-W540E TEAC I can :cool:
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I also have NO problems with many copies in a row on my Lite-On 401248 (nor my Plex 8432). Personally, I don't know where these rumors start... :rolleyes: I'm a member over at cdfreaks.com forum and I have never seen this kind of complaint about Lite-On's from Lite-On owners.

Besides...how many CDR's do you need to burn in a row? I don't care what burner you have...burning produces a lot of heat and too much of it will mess up ANY burner.
 
cdorders

cdorders

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burning produces a lot of heat and too much of it will mess up ANY burner.
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I know buddy, I ruined my 24x Ricoh burning 14 CDs simultaneously. But I guess it was too sensitive as a writer.
 
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cdorders said:


I know buddy, I ruined my 24x Ricoh burning 14 CDs simultaneously. But I guess it was too sensitive as a writer.
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And I messed up a Yamaha 4416 the same way a few years back. So I know the feeling. Damn thing cost me nearly $400 and it was toast a month after the warranty was up. :(
 
daveml

daveml

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lemons

We all get a lemon now and again.
We shouldnt condem a brand because of 1 defective burner.
I have had 2 ricohs before my present burner and they both did thousands of cds including 3 days straight leading up to Xmas.
I bought a mitsumi this time as it was a lot cheaper(cant do safedisc but I dont do games). Its done over 600 in 4 months with no probs.
Burners r like burning progs, there is no all reading,all burning never coastering burner which never breaks.
If there was we'd all have the same one.:D
 
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