Advice on new cd writer - yamaha any good? (how about lg/nec/sony)

[dox]

Hi, I'm looking to replace my archaic 2x HP CD Writer. Price is a very important issue. I'm going to be getting an internal IDE drive and, other than price, the most important thing is that the drive function with programs such as cdrwin and clonecd. It would also be nice if it overburned. Anyway, the companies im looking at right now (I can get drives that are at least 8x from all of these for under 200$ canadian) are:

Aopen, HP, LG (these are by far the cheapest), NEC, Panasonic, Sony, Yamaha

If you need model numbers for the advice, I can get them for you (all of the drives are either 8x, 12x, or 16x write). The one im leading towards right now is the YAMAHA CRW2100E 16X/10X/40X INTERNAL IDE CD-RW. It's 189$ canadian, which is the same price as the 12x HP one the store (a-power.com) has.

Does anybody know about the features/reliability of the yamaha? How about the ones made by the other companies listed. (I #####ed cdmediaworld.com's list, but it's pretty outdated.)

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I've heard that plextor is the best, but the plextor drive costs almost twice as much, which is out of my price range.

Im a 16 10 40 fan the yamaha is a great buy right now with 8MB of on board buffer its a sound quality machine...
it will happily copy using clone and other software's

hope this helps..

[packer]

Does it do SD2 and SEcurom. I am also looking for a new burner, especially one with Justlink or burnproof technology!
THanks

[Wayniac]

The CloneCD help file lists most of the Yamaha models and what they can offer..

http://www.elby.de/

@-)--)--

yep the machine you want is the yamaha lightspeed 2200E..
a sound machine capable of sd1/2..
and yamaha's new Burnproof system on board + 8mg B/underun..
:-) wowser.. my scsi 2100s-vk only does the 8mg b/un

Yes - Yamaha 2100 anything. First class especially for CloneCD