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Don't knock LG, seriously. They're almost as good and ten times as reliable, in my experience. I haven't had a single problem (even a failed CD) since I bought my 32x speed and that was just after they came out. Paul I think there're pieces of me you've never seen - Tori Amos, Tear in Your Hand
Paul Riley wrote: Don't knock LG, seriously I didn't mean it to sound like that. :-O However, Plextor and Sony (Plextor especially) have well-known names for providing quality burners. LG's foray into burners is relatively new, and they run at much cheaper prices (unfortunetaly, often mistakenly taken to mean a lesser-quality product). LG keeps the buffer at 2meg (my old 10x HP has a 4meg buffer) to help reduce prices (which help explains why my LG was less than half the price of the 48x Sony). Paul Riley wrote: They're almost as good and ten times as reliable True. My friend's 24x LG hasn't failed on him yet (ok, he once hit the button on his power bar while during a burn once, but that's him just being a dumbass) ;P Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
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That's how long it takes to burn a CD on my new burner! :cool: I finally decided that enough was enough with my old (2+ years) HP 10x burner, after it failed to burn 5 out of 10 CDs. I couldn't even run it at 10x anymore, so I was using 8x (11+ minutes/CD). :mad: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. Yeah, not exactly a Plextor or Sony, I know, but it was cheap (CDN$100), and it came with 50 48x CDs. :wtf: So far it's been amazing (buffer-underrun protection is NICE!), but I wish it had a larger buffer (only 2 megs) and it ran at UDMA 33. I was kind of hasty in buying it (it was a special offer), but after I switched it from PIO4 (gah!) to DMA, it's been "all good" :cool: [EDIT] Should have mentioned: this now means I have 3 CD drives (40x CD-RW, 16x DVD, 10x CD-RW)... Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive, and WarcraftIII in the other, and still have an empty drive. [/EDIT] Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
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Nitron wrote: What server do you play on? You know what's sad? I don't play on Bnet. :omg: I haven't played on Bnet is long time (back in my Starcraft and DiabloII days). Whenever I play War3, it's against my housemates. I just hated all those people on Bnet who would drop when they were losing. :mad: And it's so much fun to brag about a win when you know the person. :-D That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Chistopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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Rohit Sinha wrote: But I know the feeling. Before I bought this burner, I had a (please don't laugh, please!) 4x (yes, four) thingy back from the days when men used to live in caves and technology hadn't come in vogue. Shut up, I am still using my 4 years old 2x burner X| Regards Thomas Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
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That's how long it takes to burn a CD on my new burner! :cool: I finally decided that enough was enough with my old (2+ years) HP 10x burner, after it failed to burn 5 out of 10 CDs. I couldn't even run it at 10x anymore, so I was using 8x (11+ minutes/CD). :mad: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. Yeah, not exactly a Plextor or Sony, I know, but it was cheap (CDN$100), and it came with 50 48x CDs. :wtf: So far it's been amazing (buffer-underrun protection is NICE!), but I wish it had a larger buffer (only 2 megs) and it ran at UDMA 33. I was kind of hasty in buying it (it was a special offer), but after I switched it from PIO4 (gah!) to DMA, it's been "all good" :cool: [EDIT] Should have mentioned: this now means I have 3 CD drives (40x CD-RW, 16x DVD, 10x CD-RW)... Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive, and WarcraftIII in the other, and still have an empty drive. [/EDIT] Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
Atlantys wrote: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. I have the same one (or similar) and it has worked fine. I had 2 HP's die in 6 months. Just FYI on my system (1.2 gig amd - 512 memory) it runs faster at 32x than 40. "We are what we repeatedly do. excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle
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Megan Forbes wrote: Now if only I had something useful to burn... LOL! I know the feeling. I lusted for a burner while they were too expensive, and was thrilled to find one for $79 when I built this server last year. Since then I've had occasion to burn a CD exactly 3 times. I keep meaning to make a CD of useful tools to carry with me when I'm out repairing computers, but I've never quite got around to it.:-O Ditto for my scanner... It just sits there, waiting for me to ask something of it. Based on the usage these two devices have seen, I probably should forget my burning desire for a camera...:) "Another day done; all targets met; all systems fully operational; all customers satisfied; all staff keen and well motivated; all pigs fed and ready to fly." - Jennie Agard, McGuckin Hardware Systems Manager
Lol - rather sell the scanner, and buy a digital camera. That's one thing I've used more than expected. Knowing I don't have to pay for dud prints makes me quite trigger happy with it :-D
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Kwakkie wrote: The only problem with LG: not supported by nero... :wtf:? Well, that's certainly not true in my case. Sure, I had to upgrade from nero 5.0 to 5.5, but that's not a problem. Nero recognized it no problem. There's no way in hell I would use any other burning software besides Nero (and maybe CloneCD). Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
Has anyone had any problems getting Nero to write CD-Text to audio CDs? I make a lot of mix CDs for when I'm driving in my car, and I can never get the CD-Text to work in Nero 5.5. I know I've got the correct boxes checked, but I'm stumped. :confused: I tried contacting their support people a few, but I never got a response. :(( Josh If at first you don't succeed, blame {insert software company here}...
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That's how long it takes to burn a CD on my new burner! :cool: I finally decided that enough was enough with my old (2+ years) HP 10x burner, after it failed to burn 5 out of 10 CDs. I couldn't even run it at 10x anymore, so I was using 8x (11+ minutes/CD). :mad: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. Yeah, not exactly a Plextor or Sony, I know, but it was cheap (CDN$100), and it came with 50 48x CDs. :wtf: So far it's been amazing (buffer-underrun protection is NICE!), but I wish it had a larger buffer (only 2 megs) and it ran at UDMA 33. I was kind of hasty in buying it (it was a special offer), but after I switched it from PIO4 (gah!) to DMA, it's been "all good" :cool: [EDIT] Should have mentioned: this now means I have 3 CD drives (40x CD-RW, 16x DVD, 10x CD-RW)... Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive, and WarcraftIII in the other, and still have an empty drive. [/EDIT] Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
Atlantsys wrote: Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive This is very very very very very important. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.
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Lol - rather sell the scanner, and buy a digital camera. That's one thing I've used more than expected. Knowing I don't have to pay for dud prints makes me quite trigger happy with it :-D
I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty
Megan Forbes wrote: sell the scanner, and buy a digital camera That reminds me of a Hindi movie I saw in which a guy asks the other guy to sell his (very old) car, put some more money in, and buy a bicycle. Had me in splits. :laugh: Nothing to do with your original remark though, I hope you understand. :)
Regards,Rohit Sinha
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That's how long it takes to burn a CD on my new burner! :cool: I finally decided that enough was enough with my old (2+ years) HP 10x burner, after it failed to burn 5 out of 10 CDs. I couldn't even run it at 10x anymore, so I was using 8x (11+ minutes/CD). :mad: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. Yeah, not exactly a Plextor or Sony, I know, but it was cheap (CDN$100), and it came with 50 48x CDs. :wtf: So far it's been amazing (buffer-underrun protection is NICE!), but I wish it had a larger buffer (only 2 megs) and it ran at UDMA 33. I was kind of hasty in buying it (it was a special offer), but after I switched it from PIO4 (gah!) to DMA, it's been "all good" :cool: [EDIT] Should have mentioned: this now means I have 3 CD drives (40x CD-RW, 16x DVD, 10x CD-RW)... Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive, and WarcraftIII in the other, and still have an empty drive. [/EDIT] Me explaining it will be like trying to describe sex, it will just come out flat and wrong. [Paul Watson on the "The grass is greener..." commerical]
While we're on the topic of new toys I just bought a new monitor - an LG Flatron 19". w00t! My first ever 19". cheers, Chris Maunder
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Atlantys wrote: So, I went out and got me an LG 40x/12x/40x burner. I have the same one (or similar) and it has worked fine. I had 2 HP's die in 6 months. Just FYI on my system (1.2 gig amd - 512 memory) it runs faster at 32x than 40. "We are what we repeatedly do. excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle
Michael A. Barnhart wrote: it runs faster at 32x than 40. The fu...err... messed up. I'll try that out tonight (I'm still using my ole Athlon 700 with 512 RAM) That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Chistopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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Rohit Sinha wrote: But I know the feeling. Before I bought this burner, I had a (please don't laugh, please!) 4x (yes, four) thingy back from the days when men used to live in caves and technology hadn't come in vogue. Shut up, I am still using my 4 years old 2x burner X| Regards Thomas Sonork id: 100.10453 Thömmi
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Rohit Sinha wrote: I hate to take your moment away (no, I really do), What he said... Yes, my Dell laptop arrived yesterday, complete with CDRW :-D. So I burnt my drivers to a rewriteable quickly before formatting away the XP Home it came with and loading an unwanted copy of XP Pro that was just lying around, shrink wrapped in our office :cool: My first ever cd burner of any sort or description. Now if only I had something useful to burn... :-O
I've always heard that there was an idea behind Win ME... I still can't figure out what that was... anyboy know??? I;ve herad the idea was that it was supposed to be n operating system but I doubt this. - Brian Delahunty
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Atlantsys wrote: Gotta love being able to just leave NHL2k3 in one drive This is very very very very very important. -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: This is very very very very very important. So, it sounds like it's important then, eh? :laugh::laugh: Basically, I should just tape the CD-ROM door shut, and forget that I was ever able to use my H drive, eh? :laugh: That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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While we're on the topic of new toys I just bought a new monitor - an LG Flatron 19". w00t! My first ever 19". cheers, Chris Maunder
Chris Maunder wrote: My first ever 19". I could make a comment here that would force me to move the thread to the Soapbox. :laugh::laugh: Nice. 19"! I have a 17" at home, and was quite happy with it. Until I got a 21" at work.:omg: Now that 17" is looking mighty small.:( Too bad I've used my budget for "computer upgraded / things I want, but don't really need" for a while. :(( :(( That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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Chris Maunder wrote: My first ever 19". I could make a comment here that would force me to move the thread to the Soapbox. :laugh::laugh: Nice. 19"! I have a 17" at home, and was quite happy with it. Until I got a 21" at work.:omg: Now that 17" is looking mighty small.:( Too bad I've used my budget for "computer upgraded / things I want, but don't really need" for a while. :(( :(( That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
As I clicked 'submit' I was wondering how many minutes it would take for someone to make the obvious joke ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: This is very very very very very important. So, it sounds like it's important then, eh? :laugh::laugh: Basically, I should just tape the CD-ROM door shut, and forget that I was ever able to use my H drive, eh? :laugh: That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
That's one way to do it, yes. It's a great way to show your appreciation to EA Sports and NHL[PA]. A cheaper solution though is to rip the CD, and download Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.com) and mount the bin/cue-files as a virtual CD-rom. That way you can use all your three CD's while playing NHL2k3. But option number one is clearly the better solution since it shows your dedication to the sport. By the way, you're an Avalanche fan right? If you go to any Avs-game, say hi to Peter Forsberg, and tell him to keep on kicking ass and taking names. If you get the chance that is. ;) -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.
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That's one way to do it, yes. It's a great way to show your appreciation to EA Sports and NHL[PA]. A cheaper solution though is to rip the CD, and download Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.com) and mount the bin/cue-files as a virtual CD-rom. That way you can use all your three CD's while playing NHL2k3. But option number one is clearly the better solution since it shows your dedication to the sport. By the way, you're an Avalanche fan right? If you go to any Avs-game, say hi to Peter Forsberg, and tell him to keep on kicking ass and taking names. If you get the chance that is. ;) -- Master, I'm so glad to feel your presence. But you don't seem to share my impatience. I relied upon you to break the silence. I cannot understand your reluctance. Master, I feel so warm and I'm so happy, oh master. Give me some more of the warm little beasts I'm so fond of.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: By the way, you're an Avalanche fan right? HUGE fan. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If you go to any Avs-game, say hi to Peter Forsberg, and tell him to keep on kicking ass and taking names. Unfortunetaly, I currently live in Ottawa (Canada), which is FAAAAR from Denver. However, I *did* get to ONE game in Denver 2 years ago (wore my authentic #21 away jersey). Got to see Peter the Great rack up 2goals. Amazing. He's by far my favorite player in the sport today (he's not at the top of the leader-board, but he can DOMINATE the ice quite easily). :-D Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: A cheaper solution though is to rip the CD, and download Daemon Tools (www.daemon-tools.com) and mount the bin/cue-files as a virtual CD-rom. That way you can use all your three CD's while playing NHL2k3. Hmm... that's a cool idea.. I should do that with all my games (got a few gigs laying around). Shouldn't be too hard. Tak så mycket! (can I safely assume you're Swedish?, given that you like Forsberg and your name is.. well..very nordic) ;P <blasphemy!>I still prefer nhl2000. less arcade-y, more simulation-y :) </blasphemy!> That's why I ramble so much. If you're short and quotable, there's a much greater danger of ending up in a sig. [Christopher Duncan on how to prevent yourself from ending up in a sig]
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Has anyone had any problems getting Nero to write CD-Text to audio CDs? I make a lot of mix CDs for when I'm driving in my car, and I can never get the CD-Text to work in Nero 5.5. I know I've got the correct boxes checked, but I'm stumped. :confused: I tried contacting their support people a few, but I never got a response. :(( Josh If at first you don't succeed, blame {insert software company here}...
I couldn't get CD-Text to work with my old Yamaha CDR but the LG writes it fine :) Paul I think there're pieces of me you've never seen - Tori Amos, Tear in Your Hand
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Paul Riley wrote: Don't knock LG, seriously. They're almost as good and ten times as reliable, in my experience. I haven't had a single problem (even a failed CD) since I bought my 32x speed and that was just after they came out. True. I have an LG and only had 1 bad written cd. Actually, it was my own mistake. Multitasking easy cd creator with playing a game is not a good idea. :-O The only problem with LG: not supported by nero... ----------------------- New and improved: kwakkelflap.com My first CP article: Pseudoregisters[^] "When I hear of Schrödinger's cat, I reach for my gun." - Stephen Hawking
Kwakkie wrote: The only problem with LG: not supported by nero... I know it's already been said but I thought one of the big plusses of the LG was how easily I got Nero to work with it. The last writer I installed wouldn't work without some fiddling but the LG got picked up smoothly. However, I was already on 5.5 because of XP. This is looking like a pattern. Paul I think there're pieces of me you've never seen - Tori Amos, Tear in Your Hand