On 10/16/03 6:23 PM, "David Poon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>> On 10/16/03 8:23 AM, "David Poon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>>  you should be looking
>>>  for a DVD-R burner, not a DVD-/+RW drive that's available out there.
>>>  The most compatible one would be the Pioneer DVR-105 or AO-5 burner,
>>>  which I believe is what Apple is using for its Super Drive now?  The
>>>  IDE version for the DVR-105 can be used as an internal drive for the
>>>  G4 and should be available for no more than $110 US.  A newer DVR-106
>>>  is out as a replacement model to the 105.  OS X 10.2.8 supports this
>>>  105 out of the box.
>> 
>> 
>> The DVR-106 from Pioneer does both DVD-R and +R. Dealmac posts it for
>> available at $141. It's installed and up and running fine on my upgraded G4
>> 350MHZ (now 1.3GHz)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> JB
> 
> JB,
> 
> Just out of curiosity -- how fast is DVD ripping on the 106 and DVD-R
> burning with your G4 mac?
> 
> Thanks..


Here's a marketing snippet on speeds:

Now with the DVR106, we�ve created a DVD writer that is even easier to use
and offers wider compatibility. It provides high write speed with various
media�DVD-R: 4x; DVD-RW: 2x; +R: 4x; +RW: 2.4x ;CD-R: 16x;  CD-RW: 10x.

A full CD takes under 5 minutes...

JB 


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