Hello folks,
It's that time again.. need a new burner. My LT-1633S is in it's dying minutes. (Does not recognize a disc for burning unless PC is rebooted). Well, what can I say, it's been under quite a load 
Anyway.. I am a bit overwhelmed w/ information on current drives selection and would appreciate any recs. I've had LiteOn's 4xx 8xx 16xx. And I am willing to "jump ship" if necessary, the question is what brand/model
What I am looking for in drive:
- High Quality burns
- Abilty to do quality scans (K-probe for LiteOn)
- Firmware updates (utilities like omnipatcher)
- Book Type change (my 1633S was set to DVD-ROM for +R once and for all. i did not have to set it for every burn. Does BenQ, NEC. allow to do this?)
- Multi-region (rpc1)
- Read-lock - this term is a new one for me since I have not any problems/limits w/ read on my LiteOn's. What's the story with this nowdays? I see this term bin use all over the forum
- LiteScribe
SHM-165H6S - i read that LightScribe is slow, what is the story w/ comparable drives by BenQ, NEC. Even w/ slow LightScribe how does it measures agains criteriums mentions above?
Thank you,
tik-tak
