Scanner has just packed in, so need to buy a new one - dont use them much, but they come in handy every now and then.
Anyone got any recommendations for a new one - would like a flatbed, slimline effort. Will be used mostly to scan images, pictures etc. Budget: up to £100 |
PS its for Win XP Home edition
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DW,
Take a look at the Canon scanners, notably the CanoScan LiDE 30. Nice scanner. Cheers Ian |
Yup, I have the LiDE 30 :) Nice and slim and does the job very nicely. Only £54.04 from ebuyer.
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Canon Lide 30 or 50 are both excellent :)
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I bought the Hewlett Packard PSC 1210 printer/scanner for £99 and would recommend it. Simple bit of kit, fairly small, prints & scans well.
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Cheers all, going for the Canon Lide 50 then. Now, what about DVD writers. :D
Dont know much about them, but could do with one. Is the Pioneer 106 any good, and presumably you can play DVD films on them as well, not just write? |
DW - Yep, they play DVD-Rom as well as write DVD±R and CD-R/RW.
The Pioneer A06 (106) is soon to be replaced by the A07 which will write DVD±R at 8x, DVD±RW at 4x & CD-R/W at 24x. Highly recommended though if you can't wait for the new one. [Edited by DJ Dunk - 10/10/2003 10:09:54 AM] |
Cheers Dunk, not in that big a hurry - whens the new model due out, and how much more is 8x media to buy??
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Not sure when its due out, only saw the announcement last week, so may be a month or so off yet. Certified 8x media is pretty rare still at the moment, although a lot of current good quality +R 4x media will write at 8x :) They can be had for around £1 a disc.
I have a 4x drive which writes a full DVD in around 15 minutes and am very happy with it. The 8x drives will soon be replaced by dual layer DVD-R and then maybe Blu-Ray discs, so IMO I'd just get a cheap 4x writer as the technology is moving pretty fast and will be out of date very quickly. |
Yeah, will go for the 106 I think. Its mostly for reading client files, and the occasional DVD burn.
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Next question, Dabs do the Pioneer 106 and A06. A06 is the retail version, and is an extra £20. Worth going for? I usually buy retail packs, and you get all the leads, software etc. Presume this will be the same idea?
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i recently got an nec nd-1300a which seems a pretty good drive, (not made any coasters yet) it was £103 including postage only prolem ive found is that dvd x copy doesnt work with it for some reason (made my pc not detect ANY cd/dvd drives)
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I bought the OEM version. I expect you'd get the audio cable, maybe an IDE cable, Nero and warranty. So yep, probably worth the extra :)
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