Dilemma of vertical recording

[Air7LSI]

Hello everyone,

This is something I always wanted to know and always forget to ask. I'm always using external drives. Some SCSI, some FW and USB.

But never dared to keep them in vertical position; fearing that might in some way degrade quality of results. I gather, that is probably not the case. Nevertheless , I would like to hear something of more substance why vertical position of my external DVD drives would not create lousier recordings then in present laying position of drives. Vertical takes so much less space, but I just need to hear from other people how this is not bad thing.

Thanks

[Number Six]

This will not cause any problems - when the disc is in the unit, it is firmly locked in position on the spindle. Although it is a PITA to put the disk on the tray without dropping it

[Air7LSI]

Thanks for your note Number Six,

This will not cause any problems - when the disc is in the unit, it is firmly locked in position on the spindle.

I guess that makes sense. But you probably know that with some recorders; If the writer is placed in a vertical position, it cannot hold 3.15" discs. That is why I'm toying with idea that maybe in vertical position that would be more hesitation with the disk?

Although it is a PITA to put the disk on the tray without dropping it

Hm, sorry, but I didn't quite understand this

[Number Six]

PITA = Pain In The Ass

[guns1inger]

I have three externals connected at the moment - one lies flat, one stands on it's edge and the other on it's end. They are all going fine. WD and Seagate all build drives that stand on end by default any way, and most have stands that will lie them flat on on edge. I have another dozen or so at work in various configurations.

[Air7LSI]

WD and Seagate all build drives that stand on end by default any way, and most have stands that will lie them flat on on edge.

But these are external HDDs?

I have another dozen or so at work in various configurations.

Are those external optical drives? CD/DVD?

[guns1inger]

HDDs. Not a big fan of optical drives being on their side, although we now have a lot of slimline desktops on vertical stands which puts the CD burners at odd angles. They all seem to work OK. Personal preference for burners is nice and flat.

[Air7LSI]

HDDs. Not a big fan of optical drives being on their side, although we now have a lot of slimline desktops on vertical stands which puts the CD burners at odd angles. They all seem to work OK. Personal preference for burners is nice and flat.

My sentiment exactly. Somehow I like them flat as well. But having more then one on my working surface... vertical would take less space

[guns1inger]

Most cases are stackable to at least three high.

[AlanHK]

I have my "tower" on its side, so the drives (one Sony CDRW, one LiteOn DVDRW) are all vertical.
No problem burning, however, after a few months they started to jam when opening or closing. Now I use a script that opens them by running an "eject" command up to 100 times.