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I am about to buy my first DVD burner - I want to be careful in this process as I rushed into buying a DVD player, and ended up with a lemon.

The one that has caught my eye the most is the Benq DW1655 - there is a review here: http://www.extrememhz.com/dw1655-p1.shtml which looks very promising, although I am still cautious - you never know if a web site has commercial interest.....

I love the idea of lightscribe especially, and I have heard Benq are exceptionally good quality.

Before I actually go and buy one (If I can find a store in .au that sells one)

has anyone actually tried one? Did you notice any problems with it? Does anyone have any general advice in buying a dvd burner?

I cant say i know anything about that one,,but a couple of months ago i bought a CD/DVD combo burner by "Nero" im sure its not the best out there but it has a function called a super link that kick's in for high speed burning.

no issue's yet which im very happy,,i installed it in an old tower that i use.
Desktop and it was only $40 U.S.D. very good price to pay for all it does and it burns CD's fast....dunno if this helped at all but at least it gave u some sort of idea....

Just a heads up:
When you get a dvd burner, be sure it supports dual-layer discs.
They are no more expensive than ones that dont.
The only difference is that manufactures want to get rid of their single layer burners.
Mine cost me about $60 retail at OfficeMax
I usually use newgg.com and amazon.com for reviews

--Taladon

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Mine is this, and is very nice as for quality, always I have bet for LG and I have never been upset with them

I can honestly say I put no thought into buying my DVD burner, I went into the shop, saw one for $60 and grabbed it, so far I can't complain about it, hell its been perfect for me.

Sure it doesn't support dual layer discs, but theres a laptop downstairs that can do those for me just fine, besides my main use for the thing is for making video/music available for my home stereos which aren't hooked up to PCs; as far as I can remember, very few stereos support dual layer discs.

Honestly I don't see dual layer ever taking off, by the time it does we will have Blu-ray (or whatever) commonly available which we will all be taking up (in my case when the blu-ray burner is $60-$70 ).