Ive had my dvd-rw/cd-rw toshiba in my sony vaio for about 6 months now, its my first burner, i got 1 question. do these cd drives wear down the more you write with them as opposed reading?
Yes, but six months is still excessive.
At least it should still be under warranty.
if it doesnt wear down soon, your going to probably want to switch it in a couple of years when higher burning speeds are out. like my 8x, i just got a new CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive :shy
As far as blank DVD +/- R/RW media goes, there's not even very much 4x certified media out there, much less 8x certified. Speed is overrated for DVD burning at the moment, in my opinion.
mine isnt burnt out yet, im just concerned that i may be burning too much and maby i should cut a little then,
it shouldnt be, with normal use I would give it a couple of years of life to it if you take care of it, IE: only put clean media in it, clean the lens on a regualr basis etc.
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like honestly, who does that?!?!
I rather have mine burn out early while its under warrenty than the following day after warrenty expires... ;)
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Originally Posted by Wolfie
true dat..but my TDK burner has a 1-year warrenty on it and I've only had it for about 3 months, Its burned about 600 cd's no problem and its still running like a champ, Right around that 12th month mark TDK will be getting a call from me. :;)
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like honestly, who does that?!?!
My experience with burners are that they slowly degrade over time and use.
- I only use my burners for burning, and other cd drives for reading.
- If I need a high quality copy of a cd, I burn it at the lowest or low burn rate. (x4) on my latest burner.
- Drives wear-down and stop working AWAYS When you least expect drive failure.
- Plan to buy a new burner about every 2 years.
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You might want to see about getting a protection plan, for my last 2 CD-Burners, i paid the extra $10 for a 1 year protection, since they were the cheap kind, they burt out within a year and I just brought it in for a new one! They also gave me an upgrade bcasue the speed I had wasn't made anymore. You might want to look into that.
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some more thoughts on burners....fastest is not always best.
Most CD burners between 8X to 32X do the job quite well , are cheaper , and produce less coasters.
The higher speed burners are generally more noisy and burn out faster.
"Multi purpose" CD/DVD burners tend to have a higher rate of laser failure.
You are better off having 2 seperate drives instead.
And I agree with everything afn (above) posted.
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I just bought a TDK also not to long ago. On of the cd burners I have is probably one of the oldest out their. I know I have burned more than 600 cds in its lifetime and i have never had any type of failure. Its an HP 8200 series by the way. But recently I had to buy another because I got tired of the long waits for my old cd burner to finish one cd. It took about 30 min for a whole CD.
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