DVDRW Recommendations

[kcella]

I am looking to buy a DVDRW drive to replace my SCSI CDRW Yahmaha that seems to have "burned" out (excuse the pun). I looked at the list on this site, but nothing was a SCSI drive. Do they make any? And which is better, +RW or -RW?

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I am looking to buy a DVDRW drive to replace my SCSI CDRW Yahmaha that seems to have "burned" out (excuse the pun). I looked at the list on this site, but nothing was a SCSI drive. Do they make any? And which is better, +RW or -RW?

I hope that +RW or -RW question was a joke.

Apparently they do make SCSI DVD recorders:

http://www.caloptic.com/piondvd.html

I don't like the price though. (Why not just get a normal one for about £150)

You are a member of this forum and must know what flame wars have been caused by people asking "what format is better?". There is no real "better" format. There is only advantages and disadvantages of each.

[kcella]

Whoa! Yeah, that's a bit out of my price range. The only reason I'm trying for a SCSI is because if I get an IDE, that means I will have to setup my hard drives as master/slave. I hear it is better/faster to have them on seperate channels. At any rate, what do you recommend for and IDE drive?

Sorry about the -RW, +RW question. I'm a member, but I don't read many articles, just ask stupid questions to get some quick answers.

thanks,
Kevin

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Whoa! Yeah, that's a bit out of my price range. The only reason I'm trying for a SCSI is because if I get an IDE, that means I will have to setup my hard drives as master/slave. I hear it is better/faster to have them on seperate channels. At any rate, what do you recommend for and IDE drive?

Sorry about the -RW, +RW question. I'm a member, but I don't read many articles, just ask stupid questions to get some quick answers.

thanks,
Kevin

Don't worry about the format thing, at least you will know in the future.

It does not slow your computer down a noticeable amount by having hard drives set as master and slave. (If you do this and want a slight boost it is recommended that you use the same brand of hard drive for master and slave.)

It is not worth having drives on seperate channels because it will not boost transfer speeds to any noticeable levels.

I have a Pioneer 105. I would suggest the new version, the 106 (Get the 106 and not the A06, because the 106 comes with bundled software) as the 106 is dual format (+ and - R) so you get the best of both worlds and it isn't too expensive.

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Hey man, I just had an even better idea. Buy an IDE drive and then buy a USB 2.0 converter, they are only about £30.

I cannot find a link to any at the moment, but all it is is a casing that you push your IDE drive into and it turns it into a USB 2.0 interface.

This will mean you can keep your hard drives both as masters and make your DVD writer portable.