On Dec 8, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
> OWC has two internal optical drives listed for my Quicksilver, a > Samsung and a Pioneer. I'm not as sold on the Lightscribe because you > have to use their media and I'm always running off to the Staples for > extra CDs, guess they would be DVDs now. > > Would either of these play movies? Don't need this capability but > just curious. Well it would be pleasantly distracting while working > to have a movie playing up in the corner of the screen, eh? > > My son has an iMac that plays movies :@* > > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/ > > Samsung DVD 20X DVD Burner light scribe > Burn DVDs up to 20X, DVD-DL (8.5GB per disc) 12X, CDs up to 48X, DVD- > RAM up to12X Includes LightScribe software for Mac > > Pioneer DVR-116D-BK > Burn DVDs up to 20X, DVD-DL (8.5GB per Disc) 12X, > CDs 40X, (DVD-RAM READ ONLY, no burn) Samsungs will reliably burn at 20X, if you can find such media. Otherwise, Samsungs can burn 16X media all day long without producing any coasters. In my experience, Pioneers cannot reliably burn 16X media at 16X without producing an occasional coaster (1 in 10). I usually run my Pioneers at 8X, and at that speed they almost never produce a coaster (1 in 100). Lightscribe is an option. If you don't want to label your DVDs using Lightscribe, just use conventional media. All will play movies. All will play CDs. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
