dvd burner advice

[Emre]

So i bought a pioneer 106 for $129 from newegg bout 3 weeks ago, but now Im thinking.. 8x liteon drives are $138, thats a merely $30 with the restocking fee and postage I'd have to pay pay if I sent it back and got this 8x drive

Is it worth it ?

[enyceexdanny]

honestly.. no.. in my opinion.
Unless it's that important to you to cut a few minutes off your burning time. Even though I upgraded to a 8x dvd writer, I don't think it's worth it.. (for me it was because my whole setup is a black theme, and my sony drive was sticking out like a sore thumb) and I don't even take advantage of 8x writing (just purchased a whole lot of 4x dvd-r media.)

The good thing about newegg is that if you can convince them to not charge you the restocking fee (it's worked for me a couple of times). If you can do that, then go for it..

Otherwise, it's not worth it. $30 is still almost 25% of the pioneer drives cost.

[Emre]

hrmmr

i could really use 8x burning, i have a question though


What 4x media can burn 8x ? other than uber expensive TDK etc


Also any advice on having the restocking fee waived ? I could really use that for returning my 9700pro also =)

[enyceexdanny]

If you get a plextor 708a (or TDK AID+840G - which is a rebadged plextor), you can burn alot of 4X DVD+r(only) media @ 8X.
An affordable quality dvd+r media I recommend is made by ritek.

http://www.meritline.com/ridvme44xdvb.html

There's no sure way for you to get your restocking fee waived, it just depends on who you talk to and how you talk to them.