The top 5 Optical drives of 2008 (CD Freaks members choice)
| CD and DVD Writers Discuss, The top 5 Optical drives of 2008 (CD Freaks members choice) at Computer Hardware forum; Hi everyone. Here is your chance to vote for the top 5 drive series of 2008 and, also your chance to say why you think the drives you voted for are the best of 2008. You have probably noticed that we have not listed individual drive model numbers in our |
View Poll Results: Vote for your favourite drive series of 2008
| Lite-On 20A1 series | | 52 | 10.36% |
| Lite-On 20A3 series | | 31 | 6.18% |
| Lite-On 20A4 series | | 57 | 11.35% |
| Lite-on iHAS series | | 13 | 2.59% |
| LG GSA-H55 | | 16 | 3.19% |
| LG GSA-H58 | | 0 | 0% |
| LG GH20 | | 22 | 4.38% |
| LG GH22 | | 21 | 4.18% |
| Optiarc AD-71xx series | | 12 | 2.39% |
| Optiarc AD-72xx series | | 85 | 16.93% |
| Pioneer DVR-115/215 series | | 120 | 23.90% |
| Pioneer DVR-116/216 series | | 73 | 14.54% |
| Samsung SH-S203 series | | 115 | 22.91% |
| Samsung SE-S204 series | | 4 | 0.80% |
| Samsung SH-S223 series | | 29 | 5.78% |
| Sony DRU-190 series | | 10 | 1.99% |
| Asus Blu ray drives | | 1 | 0.20% |
| Lite-On Blu ray drives | | 6 | 1.20% |
| LG Blu ray and HD DVD drives | | 30 | 5.98% |
| Optiarc Blu ray drives | | 5 | 1.00% |
| Philips Blu ray drives | | 3 | 0.60% |
| Pioneer Blu ray drives | | 2 | 0.40% |
| Removed (no votes will count on this option) | | 40 | 7.97% |
| Sony Blu ray drives | | 7 | 1.39% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 502. You may not vote on this poll
- #1
| Hi everyone. Here is your chance to vote for the top 5 drive series of 2008 and, also your chance to say why you think the drives you voted for are the best of 2008. You have probably noticed that we have not listed individual drive model numbers in our poll this time, instead we list the drives as a "drive series". We hope by doing this, we don't get votes fragmented. We have also listed Blu ray drives per brand. You can vote for as many drives as you like. The poll will be open for 3 months and will close on the 30th of October 2008, so everyone should have a chance to cast their votes.
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- #2
| Thanks, Dee. ![]() I see a couple of typos in the poll itself. What should be Samsung SH-S204 and Samsung SH-S223, are listed as Samsung HS-S204 and Samsng HS-S223.
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- #3
| Thanks Albert.
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- #6
| Umm...what's the SH-S204 series? Only one listed was the SE-S204. Could you mean SH-S202? |
- #7
| Votes for Optiarc 72xx & Pioneer x15 both are excellent burners, unlike the the Samsung SH-S203 that i have, also a vote for the blu-ray hd-dvdrom from LG/
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- #8
| Lite-On 20A1 series Pioneer DVR-115/215 series |
- #9
| I hoped to see Pioneer DVR-112/212 series. I love my Pioneer DVR-112D. Then ... 215, 20A1H, GH20NS10, S203B .... and ... I like so much my oldest one: Lite-ON SHW-16H5S
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- #11
| I'm liking my new SH-S203N, pretty burns across the board. Makes my GSA-H62N look less-than-stellar (which it aint!). And my LH-18A1H AND LH-20A1H crapped out on me. They simply would refuse to burn anything except CDs, and were picky at that too. Made excellent scanners though, relegated to the shelf. |
- #12
| Hi, I was going to vote but I couldn't find the GSA-H6xx series. Could you add it to the poll, please? For me, my GSA-H62N (now crossflashed) and Pioneer DVR-115 are the best drives.
__________________ My drives: (on chronological order) LG GSA-4160B (A306) (Retired)Samsung SH-W162D (TS02) ![]() Lite-On LH-20A1H (LL0D) (Retired, tray won't open)Pioneer DVR-112D @ 112 (1.24) (Retired)BenQ DW1620 (B7W9) ![]() LG GSA-H62N @ H66N (CB00) ![]() Plextor PX-760A (1.07) ![]() Pioneer DVR-115D @ 115L (1.22) ![]() Optiarc AD-7200S (1.09) ![]() Lite-On DH-20A4H (QP5B) ![]() Pioneer DVR-216D @ 216L (1.09) ![]() Lite-On iHAS 122 A (DL0A) |
- #13
| Quote:
Also find it interesting that the Samsung 204 external drive is included. Yet no other external drives. At least as far as I am aware. |
- #14
| Samsung 203P burns absolutely everything I've thrown at it just fine,from Gen TY's,through Verb DL's (Singapore)to no name extremely cheap DL media,whereas I guess I was extremely unlucky with a brand new Pioneer 215 Sata,which came with 1.19fw installed,as it wouldn't burn anything successfully at all,no matter how many times I tried (Used read buffer hovering between 20-32%,and occasionally dropping to zero)....and yes,it was installed correctly regarding UDMA(4)and I have plenty of Ram installed etc. I suspect it was just a dodgy drive,but RMA'd it & replaced with another Samsung 203P which functions as near perfectly as one can expect. |
- #16
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__________________ Current drives: Samsung SE-S084C (TS01) + Samsung SH-S223F (SB03 RPC1 + other goodies) + TSST (Samsung) TS-H653F (D200) + Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 RPC1 + other goodies) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B + Pioneer DVR-115D My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join MyCE.com and be part of our friendly community! ![]() The MyCE Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here |
- #18
| Indeed. I already get occasional use of my Mum's H62N, and I keep waiting for my E10N to die so I can upgrade (that drive is indestructible, I swear!)...maybe I'll buy an E60x for the other machine
__________________ Current drives: Samsung SE-S084C (TS01) + Samsung SH-S223F (SB03 RPC1 + other goodies) + TSST (Samsung) TS-H653F (D200) + Samsung SH-S203N (SB02 RPC1 + other goodies) + Optiarc AD-5170S (1.12) + Litey LH-20A1H (LL0D) + Samsung SH-S182D (SB06 RPC1) x2 + LG E10N (JE07) + BenQ DW1650 (BCDC) + BenQ DW1640@164B (BEFB) + LG 4167B (DL13 TDB) + NEC ND-4551A (1.Z2) + LG GCE-8520B (1.00) + LiteOn SOHR-5239S (2S0B) Retired: LiteOn LDW-851@SOHW-832 + LiteOn SOHW-1693S + LG 4163B + Pioneer DVR-115D My Review PCs How to delete your upper and lower filters : How to check/enable DMA by Womble Click here to join MyCE.com and be part of our friendly community! ![]() The MyCE Distributed Computing Teams need YOU! Join the Team(s) and help save some lives! Read more here |
- #19
| //off topic// I am always getting tired of waiting my drives to to die, so i go and buy a new one. //Back on topic// I wanted to get some of the new ATAPI 22x but not very sure how the preform with cd-r that was the reason that i didn't get the sammy 22x.
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- #20
- #21
| The LG's H6xx are still forgotten .
__________________ My drives: (on chronological order) LG GSA-4160B (A306) (Retired)Samsung SH-W162D (TS02) ![]() Lite-On LH-20A1H (LL0D) (Retired, tray won't open)Pioneer DVR-112D @ 112 (1.24) (Retired)BenQ DW1620 (B7W9) ![]() LG GSA-H62N @ H66N (CB00) ![]() Plextor PX-760A (1.07) ![]() Pioneer DVR-115D @ 115L (1.22) ![]() Optiarc AD-7200S (1.09) ![]() Lite-On DH-20A4H (QP5B) ![]() Pioneer DVR-216D @ 216L (1.09) ![]() Lite-On iHAS 122 A (DL0A) |
- #22
| Why do Plextor Blu-ray drives have so many votes, don't they just rebadge LG drives? I voted Optiarc 72xx, just bought Samsung S203D, now only Pioneer 215 is missing to have 4 great drives.
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- #23
| Quote:
My apologies to members who own a Plextor Blu ray drive. The option to vote for Plextor Blu ray drives has been removed.
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- #25
| voted for pio 116 series sammy SH-203 series and SH-223 series LG BD/HD series
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that was the reason that i didn't get the sammy 22x.
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