im getting a dvd burner

[nah]

Which burner i should get USB 2.0 or the usual Post why or why not.

[zion]

If you need a portable drive than go for the USB drive otherwise just take a normal IDE drive. There are some good reviews at http://www.cdrlabs.com/ or http://www.cdfreaks.com read them and choose your favourite.

p.s. I just purchased a NEC3540A and I'm really impressed by the writing quality seems to be a good deal.

[CD_TOASTER]

correct me if im wrong but wouldnt the data transfer rates be faster on ide than usb?

[JariK-Tietomedia]

No, the DVD drive itself is much slower than IDE or USB2 High Speed bus.
Same thing with hard drives, an ATA/66 bus is just as fast as SATA2/300 since the hard drive itself is slower than both of them.

[Underheaven]

USB 2.0 / firewire poll

Since this topic has a poll already: I'll ask this, do most people not have firewire ports on their machines?

[JariK-Tietomedia]

All computers I have from 2002 or newer contain at least one firewire port, including laptops.

[frMaximus]

Do as I did:

I baught an new DVD writer IDE and When Id need it I unplug it form my Home pc and put it in my USBII Case for IDE...

Maximus

[xeroxide]

No, the DVD drive itself is much slower than IDE or USB2 High Speed bus.
Same thing with hard drives, an ATA/66 bus is just as fast as SATA2/300 since the hard drive itself is slower than both of them.

that's exactly right, although the ata specs are for the entire bus (master + slave), so any performance "increase" would be because the cdrom is not taking any bandwidth from the ide bus. but any ata133 bus should be much more than enough for a cdrom and disk drive anyways.

i'd go usb 2 only cause i've maxed out my ide+sata channels with hdd

[Kaloyan_78]

I'm with TEAC and it burns everything with no problem .

[olger901]

Get a plextor, there is nothing like a good plextor burner.

[lmgava]

Get a plextor, there is nothing like a good plextor burner.

A lot of time ago, maybe.

Not more. I wouldn't touch a plextor with a ten foot pole.

I still remember when they were the first ones to lock their firmwares against downgrade, and when released firmwares to disable the raw dao mode.

Now some very good writers are from LG, for examples.

[robotangel]

My burner is by LG, my news reader, too. You won't make a mistake with LG.

[Methadon]

About the poll, does yes stand for USB 2.0 dvd writer or usual dvd writer?
I'm abit confused.

[Underheaven]

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12:26 GMT
About the poll, does yes stand for USB 2.0 dvd writer or usual dvd writer?
I'm abit confused.

12:27 GMT
About the poll, does yes stand for USB 2.0 dvd writer or usual dvd writer?
I'm abit confused.

At least you're confident about the confused part .

[Methadon]

At least you're confident about the confused part .

Hehe, sorry for that double post.
Must have been really confused if i have even clicked the Submit button or not.