Black Plextor PX-716AL 6x Double/Dual Layer DVD, 8MB Buffer 165$ at directron.com I wanted to get a good DVD reader/writer how good is this and should I worry about scratchs and stuff from the slot load design? THis is the IDE version I think they have a white version normal tray SATA altho I dotn think SATA is that much faster than IDE *L*
Hi, It's the best you can buy. No. Either IDE or SATA are both brutally fast :^) When you consider that 8x DVD is ~10MB/s, you realize that a 2MB buffer is just inadequate - what's that, 200 milliseconds of data it will buffer? Not enough. Most Plextors contain both ivory and black faceplate and tray (well I guess you don't worry about the tray with slot-load, LoL :^) Burners are mostly cheap plastic junk these days, but Plextors are good. Top support (firmware) from their website too... Enjoy
I notieced I got a free frist gen DL -r dvd writer free when I got a uSB2.0 box off ebay *L* its a generic lite on got the frimware mod to make it a full lite on I do have soem coasters now and then altho I can the cheapest blanks I can get *L*got 50 or so NexXtech left. I have come to like my DVD/cd drives in extrenl enclousers would firewire tame this best or should I just give up and put er in the case this is my case http://store.yahoo.com/directron/3gth202g.html :3 not perfect but tis nice!
