Which drive for Verbies?

[mciahel]

Hi,

I have some

• MCC 03RG20 (old stock)
  
• MCC004 (new variant)
  
• MCC004 (old stock)
  

all MiT

and I have a bunch of writers:
External (USB)

• Optiarc AD 7200A
  
• Pioneer DVR-112L
  
• Liteon SHM-165P6S
  
• LG GE20NU (USB)
  

Internal

• LG GSA-4163B
  
• TSSTcorp SH-S203B
  
• Benq DW-1650
  
• LG GH22LP20
  

What's your favourite drive for the media mentioned above? I intend to burn the discs at 8x or 12x.

Michael

[Two_Degrees]

I’d go with the 112L for both types, and the DW1650 for the +R.

[DrageMester]

Pioneer DVR-112L (8x) or Optiarc AD-7200A (8x) for the MCC004 are hard to beat.

Pioneer DVR-112L (6x) or Liteon SHM-165P6S (8x) for the MCC03RG20 are hard to beat.

I haven’t tested MCC03RG20 with all my drive, however, so some other burners might do just as well.

[Kerry56]

The only one of those drives I have direct experience with is the SH-S203B and it is very good with MCC004 at 8x.

Serious question. Are there any modern drives that aren’t at least good with MCC004 at 8x?

[DrageMester]

[QUOTE=Kerry56;2467673]Serious question. Are there any modern drives that aren’t at least good with MCC004 at 8x?[/QUOTE] What do you consider “modern” ?

My Optiarc AD-5170A/7170A/7173A were fairly mediocre, mostly because of bad relinking at 8x with MCC004 and some other media.

My Matshita UJ-840S laptop drive is terrible with most media including MCC004, producing burns that are no fully readable in all my drives.

Well… you asked!

[Kerry56]

Didn’t know about the Optiarcs…I didn’t pay much attention to them prior to the 72xx series. The Matshita, well that’s no surprise. Thanks Drage.

Now back to the regularly scheduled poll/answers for mciahel before he annihilates me for hijacking his thread.

[negritude]

[QUOTE=Kerry56;2467678]…didn’t pay much attention to them prior to the 72xx series…[/QUOTE]

Except for the AD-719x series, which were rebadged Lite-On DH-20A3x drives, I didn’t pay much attention to Optiarc prior to the AD-720x series either.

But anyway, the AD-7200A would be my choice.

[Arachne]

Obviously my choices for the MCC004 would include the lovely 4163B :D.

I’ve also had good results with the MCC004s at 8x-12x with:

Sammy 203N (your drive + LS as you know)
BenQ 1650

I also loved my Pio 115D for 8x MCC004 burns, but sadly I no longer have it and it’s not available now …hopefully your 112L is just as good though, as people have suggested.

Can’t speak for MCC 03RG20 as I hardly ever use it.

[mciahel]

Thanks at all

Seesm as if I could use all my drives, perhaps except the new LGs from the list since nobody mentioned them

Now creating some content to fill the discs with…

Michael

[mciahel]

QUOTE=DrageMester;2467661 Liteon SHM-165P6S (8x) for the MCC03RG20 are hard to beat.
[/QUOTE]Never expected that, but you were right: http://club.myce.com/f44/liteon-shm-165p6s-ms0r-scans-discussion-thread-202839/index3.html#post2467913

Michael

[Arachne]

[QUOTE=mciahel;2467880]Thanks at all

Seesm as if I could use all my drives, perhaps except the new LGs from the list since nobody mentioned them ;)[/QUOTE]

Hehe, I didn’t vote for them since I’m not lucky enough to own one :D…I forgot to vote for the 4163B, though!

[DrageMester]

[QUOTE=mciahel;2467921]Never expected that, but you were right: http://club.myce.com/f44/liteon-shm-165p6s-ms0r-scans-discussion-thread-202839/index3.html#post2467913 [/QUOTE] You [I]should[/I] expect me to be right!

[Arachne]

[QUOTE=DrageMester;2468894]You [I]should[/I] expect me to be right! [/QUOTE]

LOL! There’s modesty for you.