DVD Burners

[bbrigham]

I'm about ready to jump in to buying a DVD burner, didn't realize my new Dell wasn't gonna have one. My fault there. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what is a good burner and mabey why? I've seen some pretty low budget burners that I will shy away from. I guess one with Lightscribe would be a plus. I know nothing about them so any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

[kweaver]

Best place to buy stuff
I put an HP Lightscribe in my HTPC and I have one in my laptop but a word of advice ... Lightscribe disc are pricey ! and the greyscale artwork isn't that great.

 

[aschumacher]

Kentuck...ever checkout www.newegg.com ?? Thay have some nice stuff too.

 

[kweaver]

Yup but I find it cheaper @ Tiger or Directron

 

[kmcconaughey]

I've bought from lots of stuff from both Tiger Direct and Newegg. Depending on which has what I'm looking for and at the best price, FWIW I usually end up going with Newegg.

 

[bbrigham]

Alot to choose from. Depending on who wrote the review, they all had complaints. Probably due to back patting. Still every brand had their DOA's so mabey it's just a crap shoot. Guess it will probably be either an HP or Sony. An awful lot of LightOn's available but I know HP and Sony have good reps. I have another week yet so I'll look some more.

 

[kide]

Plextor......pay a little more, no coasters.
I don't have a current model, 16X the last one I got.
I recently got a Sony to read the DVDRAMS from my standalone recorder and it's a PITA comkpared to any of the Plextors I've had.

I have used LG CD recorders with excellent results in the past, but never used their DVD burners