[pchelpers] Re: CD/DVD hardware
- From: PcCowboy <saddle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 20:27:16 -0600
Louis M Hall wrote:
>Thanks P.C, for the specifics.
>
>I plan to get the Optorite DD0401 which has come out recently. The main
>difference that I see is:
>
>"HD-BURN allows conventional CD-R media (700MB) to double the writing capacity
>(1.4GB)." Then there information that indicates
>an entire, but regular length, DVD movies with trailers can be put on one DVD
>disk with the DD401. The price, as I remember, is
>$132.00.
>
>
The 201 and 203 also uses HD-BURN. Didn't hear about the same for DVD.
Look closely, I bet you see that the DVD will only play in the 401 drive
and not you home DVD player
>But, to get to another question:
>
>In researching about installation, I seem to get the impression that this is
>an internal CD/DVD burner that will be put into the
>slot where OEM CD is now located. So, I gather that this is a replacement. Is
>this the right way to go, internal verses
>external?
>
>
>
Internal is the way to go for me. Unless the tech has changed an
external will be slower. If you have the slot for it I would leave the
OEM cd-drive in.
Why wear out your DVD-drive by playing cds. Also the DVD-drive will run
better if you set it up as the Master.
Pc
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