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External DVD Burner

  • 26-11-2004 4:51pm
    #1
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Lads

    Anyone have any experience with External DVD Writers? what would you recommend?

    I am looking at buying one but know very little.
    I was looking at one here.

    http://www.digidave.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_id=36

    What you think?
    Thanks

    BTW - If you look at that product as a guest and view the price, then register and login the price has come down, strange!!!


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  • #2
    kazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭kazzer


    yop,

    check this:

    Liteon at Peats

    Good price for an external I think.


  • #3
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    It looks spot on alright, do u have one yourself or anyone else have one, what do ye think, work the dosh?


  • #4
    kazzer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 865 ✭✭✭kazzer


    Yop,

    I dont even have a DVD burner yet :o, but i heard LiteON is a top make. Can I ask why you want external (No free bays?), internal ones are a cinch to install + less clutter.


  • #5
    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    Looking at the specs....

    USB2.0 (compatiable with USB1.1)
    Dual Format
    Write DVD's at 12x
    Write CD's at 48x
    Read DVD's at 12x
    2MB Buffer

    I thought that USB 1.1 wasn't anywhere near fast enough to burn DVDs... Or does this just refer to the CD burning capabilities?


  • #6
    lomb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,016 ✭✭✭lomb


    your nuts i made the same mistake buying an external cd burner WASTE OF MONEY TRUST ME. just open up the pc its made for this. disconnect old drive and put new one in theyre half price and much more reliable and much faster.
    dont make this mistake!


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  • #7
    Cucullan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 614 ✭✭✭Cucullan


    Try SVP they have External Pioneer 108 dual layer for about €150 incl post. Getting one myself for Christmas. Pioneer are suppose to be top brand for DVD writers.


  • #8
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Have a laptop lads, don't think that the internal will fit in right, have a hammer and a saw though so I could fit it in!!! ;) Only messing!!!


  • #9
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    lomb wrote:
    your nuts i made the same mistake buying an external cd burner WASTE OF MONEY TRUST ME. just open up the pc its made for this. disconnect old drive and put new one in theyre half price and much more reliable and much faster.
    dont make this mistake!
    What if he is using a laptop? Or has no slots free?

    I have an external DVD burner and never had a problem. Takes 3 minutes to burn an audio CD, a full DVD in about 12 mins. The reason I bought external is portability - my main PC is a laptop, and the DVD writer itself is dual voltage.

    Link here http://www.iomagic.com/Products/show_all_results.asp?ProdID=IDVD8DBE


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