On Sunday 10 March 2002 02:08 am, mooseman wrote:
> i have decided to upgrade my old and buggy (HP7100i) cd-rw drive.
> have looked at the yamaha's, sony's, and the plextor's
> anyone have opinions for best results using LM8.x?
> i have a preference for the yamaha. one thing always catches me on
> the spec sheets, it seems that yamaha is almost the only drive out
> there using 8mb buffers.
> my current drive (philips in hp-markings) is well known on the net as
> being a total piece of crap, and i have the coasters to prove it. ;-)
> so, i don't want to end up with another piece of crap. all the
> reviews i found, of course, go on about performance in the winblows
> world. i could care less how well devices perform in billys sandbox.
> or the software they are bundled with.
> i am thinking no less than a 20x cd-r, not really too fussy since my
> current drive is 2x (yes 2x. i have had it for awhile)
> anyways, if anyone had opinions, or experiences they wanted to sway
> me towards or away from a particular type.
> many thanks,
IMO,
Yamaha and Plextor are generally regarded as the best. I like
Plextor and it's the one most often cited on LinuxHardware. I like an
IDE rather than SCSI burner. Sony should go back to payin attention to
makin TV sets, since they're quality has slid a lot in the last few
years (ie, tradin on their name).
As to speed the only thing that matters is the burn speed, since
you shouldn't depend on a CD-RW as your regular CDrom. There's no
sense gettin the fastest burner you can find, 'cause speed will be
limited by the Cdr media you use, and the speed of the source you use.
Generally, 8x should work with any media, burnin from harddrive. 4x for
burnin from Cdrom (CD>CDr copy), but it's always better to copy to HDD
and then burn a copy at 8x. For these purposes, a 4mb buffer is more
than enough. My ide plex 8-4-32 burns at 8x keeping the 4mb buffer
(fifo) 98 to 100% full. I've never had a buffer under run, and I can
use 28¢ 700mb cdr's. Brand name doesn't matter since they don't make
'em anyhow. Right now I've got a spindle of TDK's (700mb) and one of
Maxell's (650mb). Both are really made by Ritech.
For those that insist faster than 8432 CDr's are better or needed,
I'd just refer to Civileme's recent post. Much the same situation.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-newbie&m=101536733910113&w=2
"It is just about like 56x CD-ROMs versus 8x. The 8x are often faster
on single look-ups and definitely do not wear the media as much, but
the 56x gives users the impression that they have something smokin'
(well, maybe, but not the sort of smoke you want to see)."
Actually I've had no problems with my plex 8432 ide. Software is
another matter. It's always been completely setup and configured right
from the get go by Mandrake. Works great with supermount. Never a
problem there, and burning from the CL is bulletproof, but it seems
most of the GUI frontends aren't keeping up with KDE or Mandrake
advances. Some won't even run with the latest cdrecord and mkisofs
versions. Gcombust is probly currently the most reliable (with ML 8.2,
KDE 2.2.2), still good for data and audio CD's. For making bootable
ISO's or copying CD's, I stick to the CL, and 'dd' them to the HDD
first, then burn from there. It's actually easier than usin a GUI.
alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,0' </path/to/CD.iso>
All I got'a do is type 'biso' and paste in the iso I want to burn.
Quick and simple, no coasters ;)
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