> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 19:54:39 +0700 > From: Michael Ting > Subject: [PRODIG] DVD burners > > Any suggestions on external DVD burners for backing up photo files?
Best place for reviews and opines etc is in the drive database at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ > Well, first just about all the external DVD burners I've seen only says "for > windows" on the box. I wonder if there's going to be any drivers problem on > OSX10.3. Most will work but it's just the extra compatible with Apple's own consumer apps (eg iTunes etc) that some and other don't give. Toast 5/6 will burn to anything by the way but if you haven't got that program beware as 10.3 native burning will not work with all DVD burners, you can 'hack' the OS by using PatchBurn to support some drives without using Toast but it's not guarantied to work. > Other than that, what should I look for? So far I've seen Iomega and Sony. > The Iomega is $100 cheaper (4X vs 8X) - which is good, but also makes me a > little worried about its reliablity. I need this to back up the photos I > shoot, since I shoot about 1-2 gigs everyday, CDRs are getting inconvenient. > I'll probably going to try to find a Yamaha, Plextor, or LaCie (famous in > UK, don't know about US). Again look at the site above. You want to really by using a Firewire model. You could also make your own DVD burner by buying a internal drive and external Firewire case saving you a bit of cash. You will be hard pushes to find 8x blank DVD's today, burns hear but no media yet. A full DVD-R on my Mac takes about 20 minutes to burn at moment. > Currently it seems that DVD+RW is the most accepted format? DVD-R media (W bit is rewritable) is the one most supported on the Mac but most DVD burners are now dual format (DVD-R & DVD+R) anyway. Email if you need anymore help. James. =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
