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External DVD burner ran off PCMCIA Card?

  • 17-02-2005 9:46am
    #1
    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭


    Hi I have a USB2.0 PCMCIA card for my laptop which eventualy seems to be working with XP (it copied over 20g of stuff to an external harddrive in nifty time anyways)


    I would like a DVD burner

    I'm just wondering

    1. would an external dvd burner run satisfactorily off this pcmcia card
    2. other wiseWould one run "ok" off USB 1
    3. any recommendations on which model to get?
    4. would buying an internal one and one of those enclosures be a big job (I'm not very technical as you might of noticed)
    5. If I then use dvds to backup data, take photos off the HD etc will they ALWAYS be readable off future models
    I mean if I ended up with DVD+rw, will that always be readable ?

    I much appreciate the help this time, and previously

    PS wanted tocongrat boards on its birthday but didn't know where to post....


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  • #2
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,731 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    To me it would make no sense to use a slower USB1.1 connection for a DVD burner when you have a faster USB 2.0 connection available. I'm not that well up on PCMCIA, but I've seen laptops run DVD-burners off a PCMCIA FireWire connection with no problem.


  • #3
    kasintahan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭kasintahan


    1. would an external dvd burner run satisfactorily off this pcmcia card
    Yes
    2. other wiseWould one run "ok" off USB 1
    No. Buffer underrun.
    3. any recommendations on which model to get?
    LG, Lite-on(sony), Pioneer.
    4. would buying an internal one and one of those enclosures be a big job (I'm not very technical as you might of noticed)
    No. Better off with an decent encloure, there are 1000's tiny Taiwan companies making terrible USB2 chipsets. NEC,OXFORD, VIA, CYPRESS are reliable chipset co.'s.
    5. If I then use dvds to backup data, take photos off the HD etc will they ALWAYS be readable off future models
    I mean if I ended up with DVD+rw, will that always be readable ?
    If you mean compaibility then yes - dvd is EVERYWHERE.
    If you mean reliability - MAKE SEVERAL COPIES ON DIFFERENT HQ BRANDED MEDIA. VERBATIM, TDK AND FUJI ARE WHAT I USE. ALSO BURN AT LOW SPEED.


  • #4
    Chalk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Chalk


    www.komplett.ie

    nec 3520a for 59 euros
    excellent drive
    have one in an external enclosure right beside me
    can burn most 4x discs at 8x :D


  • #5
    Hmm_Messiah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,964 ✭✭✭Hmm_Messiah


    Really appreciate all the answers , alot !

    re the DVD formats it was both the reliability of the dvd and also would all new drive read older formats etc.


    so a NEC, and an enclosure then.

    last question (possiblysilly), do enclosures come with instructions or do they presume u know where to put wat ?

    cheers


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