Re: DVD Drive Compatibility Suggestions Needed
- From: SamSchafer <SamSchafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 11:38:01 -0700
Well, thank you all! I appreciate your participation and suggestions. I will
certainly remember your tips for the future.
Here's what finally happened (short version). I called Plextor, picked a
drive with their guidance. Signed on to newegg.com and found the drive and
price. Before placing the order, wanted to be sure I could get my money back
on the Memorex I'd already bought so I headed to Circuit City.
When I got to Circuit City and told my sales tech what I was about to do, he
said no problem on a refund, but also agreed to take one last shot at filling
the order. He opened a couple of drives so we could try them in the store
with one of my "bad" DVD's. Sony's DRX-830U external drive read the sample
DVD I had with me. I took it home and tried every data DVD in my library. It
read every one. Back in business!
Technology. Ain't it great?
--
Thanks,
Sam Schafer
"Tom Willett" wrote:
Look for some great deals at www.newegg.com and their shipping is FAST..
I recently purchased a new Samsung from them, and got it in 2 days. Works
like a charm.
It was OEM, and with shipping, cost about $32.
Tom
"SamSchafer" <SamSchafer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:E52E6DBB-5F74-4EDF-BD00-11C4F2D598CB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Shenan,
|
| Well, I hunted locally for a Plextor and found none. I checked the major
| computer sources in our area - Best Buy, Circuit City, and CompUSA. No one
| even had them on their web site. So...
|
| I tried a Memorex drive that got really good compatibilty reviews because
I
| really don't want to do mail order. Same result.
|
| I'm going to take your advice and get a Plextor. Looks like I'm going to
| have to mail order after all. I'll post back here again in a couple of
weeks
| to let you know how it goes.
| --
| Thanks,
| Sam Schafer
|
|
| "Shenan Stanley" wrote:
|
| > SamSchafer wrote:
| > > Good morning!
| > >
| > > I'm hoping you good folks can make some suggestions for me
| > > regarding DVD drive compatibility. I subscribed to TechNet last
| > > year on DVD and had lots of trouble reading the disks. I've also
| > > had trouble reading disks from other vendors - all factory burned.
| > > My compatibility rate is about 80-90% with two different
| > > LightScribe drives from HP and a Lite-on in a Gateway. All the
| > > disks read on some older read-only players. No trouble reading CD's
| > > or movie DVD's so far - only data.
| > >
| > > Please let me know if you've got a recent drive (especially an
| > > external USB) that is providing 100% compatibility with your
| > > TechNet subscription. I changed my subscription to CD so I could
| > > read them all, but really would like to resolve this so I can
| > > switch back to DVD.
| > >
| > > I'd also be interested in hearing about anyone's experiences
| > > reading/writing DVD's.
| >
| > I have several different DVD drives. Lite-On, Plextor, Sony, BenQ, HP,
| > etc... None have had trouble with my MSDN subscription DVDs. Plextor
| > rarely has trouble with anything I put into it. I have to say some of
my
| > older HP drives also show such fortitude and compatibility.
| >
| > Personally - when I buy now - it's a plextor.
| >
| > --
| > Shenan Stanley
| > MS-MVP
| > --
| > How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
| > http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
| >
| >
| >
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