Internal DVD/Bluray Burner for PC

[journeyman]

I'm having problems with an LG bluray writer/burner on my pc - it's not recognising a lot of discs anymore
Anybody have any suggestions on a newer model that they have had great results with.

I use it for playing back dvds and blurays and also burning to BD and DVD

Appreciate any help

Thanks

[misterclaudel]

I have the same burner and sometimes it helps to reboot your PC....it helps me anyways.....

[Lord Reith]

I have a Liteon. Never had any problems with it.

[journeyman]

I have the same burner and sometimes it helps to reboot your PC....it helps me anyways.....

Thank you - yes, I sometimes come back a day later and it works fine. It seems very intermittent and temperamental at the moment, discs that have played fine before won't play, it's very odd. Not sure if Windows updates would affect it all?

[journeyman]

I have a Liteon. Never had any problems with it.

Thanks Lord, I'll have a look at those...

[Lord Reith]

A burner stops working because the plastic lens becomes cloudy after a certain number of uses. It can't read or write information properly any more.

Originally the lenses were made of glass, and lasted a lot longer. My first burner was one of those and lasted forever with constant daily use. But the Liteon one has lasted a good 10 years with occasional use.

[journeyman]

Thanks for the info Lord - yeah it seems things are definitely not made to last these days... It works intermittently so I've figured I'm going to have to replace it now. I'm trying to salvage a lot of old music archives I had on burnable dvd's realising that these too are beginning to deteriorate or not play - all good fun eh!

[Lord Reith]

Thanks for the info Lord - yeah it seems things are definitely not made to last these days... It works intermittently so I've figured I'm going to have to replace it now. I'm trying to salvage a lot of old music archives I had on burnable dvd's realising that these too are beginning to deteriorate or not play - all good fun eh!

Writable optical media is notoriously iffy unfortunately. Haven't used it myself in over a decade, and I imagine it's got much worse over time now that the format is in decline.