Firewire-800 Enclosures: Oxford or Initio bridges better?

[tbessie]

I just bought a Firewire-800 (1394b) enclosure based on an Initio bridgeboard.
I was wondering if people have found Oxford or Initio better or worse than each
other in any way for Firewire-800.

- Tim

[rallynavvie]

1394b is still pretty new and not very widespread at all so I don't think I've seen anything on which bridge chipsets have more support. If the enclosure manufacturer is reputable then the bridgeboard they use is probably decent.

[ofbarea]

Initio and oxford solutions should be equivalent for firewire-800 chipsets. There is problem affecting both chipset brands if the host PC is WXP SP2. This problem is fixed by a firmware upgrade. Read more about it in here: http://fwdepot.com/firewiredepot/firmware/firmware.html

Thanks to Soopafresh for providing this link.

For more info Oxford 911 firmware upgrade check this link: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1277953&highlight=#1277953

[Soopafresh]

ofbarea - you rock, dude ! Thanks for the props.