On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 5:38 AM, Anne Wilson cannewilson@googlemail.com wrote:
On Friday 06 June 2008 13:20:02 Lanny Marcus wrote:
Drives that we have had good luck with include: Samsung, SONY & LG. Other's probably work just as well. We have other TEAC drives, but they are the last TEAC drives we will purchase.
I would add Lite-On to the list. I've had several, including a stand-alone DVD recorder, and been highly satisfied with them.
Actually, I said (and it's true) that the burner was a Pioneer DVD +/-RW DL 18x, with which I have so far had pretty good luck. It turns out that the image was bad, which I missed....
The reader is a Teac CD-540E CD drive, but the original iso image that came down was no good.
The CD-R media I usually buy are Imation or Verbatim. Never had a problem. There are probably other brands equally good.
Memorex to a range that they call "Memorex Professional" - about 10% more expensive than their basic range. I've found that I can let K3B run full-tilt on them, doing a fast burn and getting good results. Prior to finding them I always had to throttle back.
I'm somewhat fond of TDK, but their newer, high-speed (16x+) DVDs have been pretty iffy for me - the old ones (4x), and their CDs, are rock solid, and the newer Memorex and Sony discs have been fairly reliable for me (but Costco only carries TDK - foo).
Thanks.
mhr