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Hi all,
my dvd writer (Philips DVD+RW DVD 86310) in my Dell computer has just pack in. Can anyone advise the best make to go for to replace this writer. I know this depends a lot on individual likes and dislikes but I have
read that the NEC and Pioneer are good. Any coments would be appreciated.

This does it for me...

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203D ATA Device

Manufacturer Toshiba-Samsung

Device Type DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM
Interface SATA

Product Information
http://www.tsstorage.com/korea/en/product/info.php

This may be a better link

http://www.samsung.com/me/products/opti ... _s203d.asp

Very quiet.

Hi Accolades,
thanks fou you reply.
I checked it on the internet and it's about $55:00 hear in NZ reviews sound OK. I also checked out the ASUS DRW-2014L1T SATA LS this afternoon which also has lightscribe which would be good to try, thats selling at the same price.

Another writer I looked at was the Pioneer DVR-213LS 20X SATA which is also lightscribe and thats at $66. I did a search for reviews and someone said that this writer was infact a rebaged ASUS2014L1T so you don't know what to believe!!

There are only a handful of DVD writer manufacturers making all the diferent brand names. It's called badge engineering