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Venom wrote:
> "Steve Wolfe" <unt@codon.com> wrote in message
> news:2q4q4rFqqba8U1@uni-berlin.de...
>>> You blokes obviously don`t know that Sony bought out Liteon a while
>>> back ?
>>
>> But of course. I've been buying nothing but Sony CD drives for
>> years, because they've always been 100% reliable - not a single
>> failure. Well, not until they started selling Liteon drives with
>> the Sony label on them.
> Once
>> that happened, I've started seeing failures from them (even
>> relatively new drives), while I still haven't seen a failure in any
>> of the older drives.
>>
>> steve
>>
> At the risk of needing flame proof gear, I agree 100% with Steve.
> I have a Sony CD burner in each of my computers for yonks and have
> never had an ounce of drama with any of them.
> I decided to install a Sony DVD burner and in nearly a year of
> service have never had problems there either.
> I only use Nero, (now 6 ultra)and Elby Clone CD and DVD2. There is
> nothing I can`t burn.
> Last week I installed the new Sony dual layer burner that sure looks
> like a Liteon but as I havn`t had it for long I can`t say if it will
> be as trouble free as the other Sony burners I own. I run XP Pro with
> SP1 and my computers are pretty quick.
The HP 7100 and 9x00 series were made by Sony. I owned and used several.
AFAIK, all of them are still in functioning condition.
I've owned a few Lite-On CD burners, all of which seemed a little loud, but
they worked well.
My choices for a DVD burner would be Pioneer, NEC, and Plextor.