How Many Burns Is A DVD Burner Good For ?

[SteyrAUG]

I have a HP 300i DVD+R Writer.

I've done about 500 burns and lately it is acting quirky. I'm getting a lot of failures on the first attempt.

Do I need a new one?

[Sirber]

I heard it's about 1000 burns, but it can be more or less depending on the dust in the drive and the heat it's working in.

[ukb008]

I have a HP 300i DVD+R Writer.
I've done about 500 burns and lately it is acting quirky. I'm getting a lot of failures on the first attempt.
Do I need a new one?

You shouldn't. HP has a reputation for good after-sales response. I'd approach them first and try to sort it out with their engineers.

Regards.

[Ryokurin]

the 1000 quote is how many burns you can burn a RW disk not how many times a drive will burn something. You cant measure something like that.

Anyways, have you tried any different media? I remember a few years ago with an old 12x tdk cdrw I had it started to have failures often on Black Memorex CDs. It had burned them fine before. I thought the drive was on its way out but when I got another brand it burned those fine and is still going strong 4 years from now, no disk rot, or errors on the disk.

[dani82]

well... after 500 burns and it starts going bad, time to replace; after 1000 burns, definitely time to upgrade

as for HP, i wouldn't bother, unless it was still under warranty (500 burns, i dought it)

[dante the dutchman]

The sony dru-500 burner i had burned more then 3000 dvd's on 2,4 speed and still works perfect altough i don't have it anymore myself. But nowadays burners are cheaper so i thinks less qaulity burners.

[ukb008]

Yes, with falling prices, the quality is definitely falling. I find HP has dropped prices comparably less than others, and probably compromised quality a little less. But, then, that's how I feel. Opinions will differ.

Regards.

[hartford]

I got about 350 from my Pioneer 105 :(

[ukb008]

Sirber wrote:
heard it's about 1000 burns, but it can be more or less depending on the dust in the drive and the heat it's working in.

There's probably no estimate for how many burns a burner is good for. The 1000 figure is a probably for the CD-RW media regarding re-writing.

Regards.