ide/scis

[neo monsoon]

Tryed out these writers pioneer 105/106/107/108
and the nec 2520a

But thinking of trying a scsi writer which would you say is the best ??

cheers all

[Baldrick]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDname=&Submit=Search&cdrs=&cdrws=&dvdrs=&dvd...&Search=Search

scsi dvd writers = dead.

[neo monsoon]

not much help m8 need more input before making decision

[Skith]

I am not aware of any consumer based SCSI dvd writers that offere the capabilities of current IDE drives. You will be very hard pressed to find a SCSI DVD writers, as I do not think there are any manufacturers producing such drives.

[miksu]

Only old 1x...2x models (-R) available. Why you want SCSI? If you need external, get Firewire, all the benefits of SCSI, easily available and cheap (No, USB2 isn't match to FW or SCSI, it's slower, causes greater CPU-load etc.), most enclosures have also USB2. Otherwise, internal ATAPI is perfect, if you have decent multitasking OS.

[bugster]

scsi dvd writers = dead.

not much help m8 need more input before making decision

What is it that you don't understand

[Skith]

I just found a news release, Pioneer is releasing an 8x SCSI DVD writer (not intended for consumor market): link

Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. announced today the availability of two new drive modules for its line of DVD libraries: an 8X DVD-R drive (DVD-R7783) and a Low Voltage Differential SCSI Interface (DRM-ULV16).

The LVD SCSI Interface provides twice the previous cable length and can connect as many as 15 devices on a bus, depending on the configuration. Both modules are now available for Pioneer's DRM-3000 and DRM-7000 line of DVD libraries at an MSRP of $1,995 and $1,400 respectively.

[redwudz]

There are a few SATA DVD burners out there now. No real advantage with speed, but the cables are smaller. For internal devices, this would be the upgrade from IDE that would more or less be comparable with SCSI.

BTW, even with a SCSI DVD burner, I doubt there would be any improvement in burning speed, if that's what you want. That is more a function of the DVD device and not the interface.

Also to mention, You can get a SCSI PCI card and use that with an external SCSI case with a IDE drive inside. However, I see no advantage with that setup, unless you already use SCSI external devices.

These days I would go with Firewire 400 or 800 for external devices. Easier to configure than SCSI and you don't need those humongous SCSI cables and plug in termination devices.

[ofbarea]

Recently a friend of mine needed a SCSI DVD burner to install in a SUN workstation. Since SCSI DVD burners were too expensive and too slow, he used an LG GSA-4163B and a ATAPI to SCSI converter.