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  From: Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc@mmc.com.au>
  To  : Geoff Russell <geoff@austrics.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 15:47:51 +0930 (CST)

Re: Looking for CDRW Master burners.

I have both (Pioneer DVD, Benq/Acer CDRW).

They're on diff IDE controllers in the same machine (ASUS A7V133 MB) and it 
works just sweet.  

MMC


On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Geoff Russell wrote:

> On Wed, 9 Apr 2003, Adam Towill wrote:
> 
> > Sony has the worst cd devices in existence!!! Avoid them at all costs!!!
> > Never had anything but bad experiences since my first CRX-140E drive!!!
> >
> 
> I just bought a machine with a Benq CDRW and Pioneer DVD. Both gave
> intermittent (handful of bad bytes wrong in 640Mb copy) problems which
> had me pulling what little hair I have out. The machine also
> had extra IDE ports, 3 disks, etc. Tried different controllers, different
> cables, etc, etc. Write off 2 weeks.
> 
> Replaced both opticals with 2 Sony devices and all problems vanished.
> 
> Would I ever buy a Benq or a Pioneer again?
> 
> Definitely.
> 
> Until someone can demonstrate that proof by the odd bad
> experience is better than proof by solid statistics.
> 
> Cheers,
> Geoff
> 
> 

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