JerseyDubbin

Now with all the talk of blu-ray vs HD

I know the pro's and cons of each but i'm wondering what dvd drives everyone is running. I am going to be purchasing a new one because mine has bit the dust and will only read cd's. I've been on newegg and other tech sites read good and bad reviews on a bunch of players but just want to see what everyone is choosing to run and if there is a heavy lean towards one company or another

Phil

hereonyourown

try and get one with HD as well Blu-ray one, that way you're safe. Nobody knows for sure if both will be staying or going. But if I were you, i'll wait.

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JerseyDubbin

well i need one now to install windows haha so it's kind of important to have one soon. I am currently booting to ubuntu (which i will be dual booting with when vista is installed) but i need the dvd drive to read the dvd that the vista image is one


**EDIT** example http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151153 is one i was looking at but read both good and bad reviews for it (as with anything) i'm just curous what fellow computer junkies are running.

n_ka15

Yea thats a good option if your Bill Gates, but since this is a real world, you have to wait and see...

hereonyourown

hang on, are you talking about the blu-ray/HD or the DVD drives?

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JerseyDubbin

haha hell just blueray by itself is 500$$ that's too pricy for me still

i like the 30-50$ range

JerseyDubbin

i'm talking about what drives are the people on here running. I've been reading up on all and wanted to know opinions on any of the three sorry about the

hereonyourown

It's okay, i would say 99% of us here use DVD drives, doesn't matter which one. There are thosand different type of DVD drives, but if you're worry about the problems those DVD drives are having, i would recommend Samsung label as they're top quality stuff for me, but yet again, everyone have their own prefers.

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JerseyDubbin

okay does processor/motherboard have any effect on which one may work/not work. I know it's such a broad spectrum i don't see why it would i'm just trying to learn as i go here.

hereonyourown

it shouldn't do so, it's all drivers, those people who have problem in the link you sended seem to be the driver issues, so the DVD drive should work well if have all the latest drivers for it.

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