DVD burner recomendation

[theknub]

Hey... i need a recomendation. I'm looking at getting one but obviously don't trust the idiots in the store and I don't have any friends with one. Thus, this leaves me with asking the trusted folks on here with what one(s) they would recomend.

thanks,
theknub

[horse-fly]

my friend uses a mac, with which he burns stuff... so he can burn movies and so forth

[theknub]

lol.. fantastic. doesn't help me a ton though for a recomendation for a DVD burner. but, i guess every little bit helps.

[zetafunction]

I've read that the Plextor 708A is a good, solid burner.

[vizo]

ive had my sony DRU510A for 6 months now and i can say nothing bad about it--its great. i bought it for like $369 usd 6 months ago, but i think i saw it down to under $200 or something at best buy. do yourself a favor and buy an actual name brand, those no-named/generic brands arent worth your time. do another favor and wait until the post-christmas sales kick in. im sure you'll find a great deal on them.

[theknub]

cool... thanks a lot zeta and vizo

[dylman]

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.html?i=1932

[old and quite mad]

Plextor is well known for GOOD drives. By ALL means, get one that does "plus" and "minus" formats.

[corkhead0]

I've got an hp 200i. I've had some problems but it's an older one.

[theknub]

yes, it was recommended that i get one that is a +/- drive, otherwise it is a waste. i do currently have a plextor cd-rw i am extremely happy with and would love a plextor dv-r/w

[old and quite mad]

Very schweeeet, very fast too.... (http://www.plextor.be/english/products/PX708A.html)

[theknub]

thanks everyone for the links and that. i do like the plextor drive so it's prob the one i'll get.

[vizo]

haha all this plextor influence :P