Help me pick a burner.

Alright guys, I have another question for you. I flashed my DVD-r and it killed it so I took it back. It was a b-day present and was passed the time when I could get money for it. So know I have a $115 gift card from CompUSA. What would you get ? Below is a link for what they have. I would appreciate any opinions.

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...&CusaNe=200454

I would choose the (if i have 115$)

http://www.compusa.com/products/prod...088&pfp=BROWSE

-review for the sony DRU 700A-

but i'm not a pro.. it's only a newb recommandation

Of those, I'd say the Mad Dog dual layer burner. Its a rebadged NEC-2510A. Come with Nero and a two year warranty.

i had this suggestion too..

what do yall think of the i/o magic?

Go with the MADDOG which is really an NEC-2500 or 2510. I hace burned everything from the most scratched up rental disk i could find to the cheapest DVD i could get, and had nothing but good burns and perfect playback. I have an old SONY DVD player and as i'm sure many others will tell you they won't play a damn thing unless it's perfect. Had a couple coasters from my LiteON, and the SONY dru700 is just a repack of a Liteon.

Damn for you buck i highlly recogmend the MADDOG (NEC). I havn't had a I/O DVD burner but the 52x CD and the 48x CD-R i had from them crapped out in less than a year.

If this is true maddog-nec

get the nec best value for money

Is this just the case for that model. The one i just blew up was a mad dog (not the same model) and was actually an Arctec. Ive heard good things about NEC. So if you guys think its the same I have no problem trying it out. I'd appreciate any other opinions also. Thanks.

if you have the money get a plextor dvd burner, they are fast and very relyable, i find soys are a good cheaper alternative. i currently have a 4x +/- sony, and have found my sony to be a exelent writer with verbitrim media

A retailer told me (and also some of the plextor forum here on cdfreaks) that some plextor dvd writers have technical problems and that he returned a lot of his drives back to plextor.. maybe he was unlucky who knows ;D..

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