[mythtv-users] recommendations for a DVD drive

[Brian Wood]

On Saturday 09 January 2010 07:19:55 pm Yan Seiner wrote:
> Anyone have any recommendations for a DVD drive?
> 
> I seem to have suffered a rather inconvenient failure of all but 1
> DVD-ROM in my house.  My DVD-RW portable died on my last trip and I've
> been through the closet and everything else seems to be destined for the
> junkyard.
> 
> I need something reliable, fast, and not region locked.  A DVD-RW is a
> must; I have to be able to burn a CD or a DVD.  Portable would be nice
> but certainly not a necessity.  Reliability and ability to read
> scratched DVDs is a must.

In my experience the Plextors are more reliable, and more robust in reading 
damaged disks than others I have used.

On the minus side they are more expensive and noisier.