best dvd+rw-rw drive

killfire · l33t Joined: 04 Oct 2003 Posts: 618

im looking for the best supported (and reasonably priced) dvd+rw-rw drive (ideally support for both, but otherwise whiche ever you think is better) that has support for linux.

it is for a desktop im building, so it needs to be internal.

thanks,

killfire
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teilo · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

As far as "supported" - they all work, because the interface is generic and any extentions, such as Burn Proof, are fully supported by all the tool sets.

Try www.videohelp.com for reviews / user experiences. I like the NEC drives. Get a Maddog if you want a cheap NEC.
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John-Boy · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

I like my NEC 3500

Cintra · Advocate Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 2111 Location: Norway

Hei killfire

I have used a NEC 1100a burner for ages with no problems, and have just upgraded to a 3520a. The following is a review in which the NEC 3500 comes out well amongst a bunch of others.

http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=2260&p=18

It works fine with the latest k3b and with packet-writing on dvd+rw media, running development-sources-2.6.11-rc1.

And they are absurdly cheap!

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Jake · Veteran Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 1132

Just about any internal drive these days will be +/- and supported in Linux and BSD. I'm going to recommend NEC too; the only issue I've had with my 1300A was needing to upgrade the firmware to support 4x with the Ritek media I usually buy.

drescherjm · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

lite-on Dual Layer 16X DVD+-R / +- RW $62 US

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=27-106-961&depa=0

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I also recommend Ritek media
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