Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-23 Thread csj
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 11:18:03 -0700 (PDT) Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and > > durable drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? > > Because we have had a number of ple

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-23 Thread Matthias . Riese
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > On 23 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have been using two Mitsumi CR-4804TE for 2 1/2 years now, both > > doing a great job up to now. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE was also the best > > one in the CHIP (german magazine) test in March 2002 (however the one > > with t

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-23 Thread Joerg Schilling
>From: Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: >> Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and durable >> drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? >Because we have had a number of plextor drives both in our business and at >empl

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread danci
On 23 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been using two Mitsumi CR-4804TE for 2 1/2 years now, both > doing a great job up to now. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE was also the best > one in the CHIP (german magazine) test in March 2002 (however the one > with the best price/quality ratio was the Aop

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Matthias . Riese
Hi D. I have been using two Mitsumi CR-4804TE for 2 1/2 years now, both doing a great job up to now. The Mitsumi CR-480ATE was also the best one in the CHIP (german magazine) test in March 2002 (however the one with the best price/quality ratio was the Aopen CRW2440). So if I had to buy a new reco

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Matthias . Riese
Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and durable > > drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? > > Because we have had a number of plextor drives both in our business and at

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Joerg Schilling wrote: > Plextor is one of the manufacturer that makes the most stable and durable > drives. Is there any reason to tell this nonsense? Because we have had a number of plextor drives both in our business and at employees homes, and most failed under a year of

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
>From: Len Sorensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:39:11AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk >> Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk >> >> So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've >> also heard about superb

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Len Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 02:02:53PM +0200, Joerg Schilling wrote: > > >From: Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >I have had good luck with aopen drives. Under heavy use burning and > >reading for a long time and they don't die. They're cheap too. > > >BTW Plextor have great performance but they

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Len Sorensen
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:39:11AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > > Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk > Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk > > So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've > also heard about superb Plextor drives. > > But as above Sony drives co

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Joerg Schilling
>From: Dan Hollis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I have had good luck with aopen drives. Under heavy use burning and >reading for a long time and they don't die. They're cheap too. >BTW Plextor have great performance but they do not stand up to continuous >use. They are like a high performance sports ca

Re: Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread Dan Hollis
On Tue, 22 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've > also heard about superb Plextor drives. I have had good luck with aopen drives. Under heavy use burning and reading for a long time and they don't die. They're cheap too. BT

Drive recommendation?

2002-10-22 Thread danci
Hi! Sony CDRW CRX195E 40/12/48X bulk Sony CDRW CRX210E 48/12/48X bulk So far I know that Traxdata (Philips) is crap and that Teac is good. I've also heard about superb Plextor drives. But as above Sony drives come real cheap now (~70$), I wonder if they are any good? Thanks, D. PS: Not that my

Maybe OT: Drive recommendation

2000-08-28 Thread Barry Roberts
My Matsushita 7502 drive just died after only 1.5 years of light use. I'm a little disappointed with it, and I'm wondering what folks would recommend for good SCSI Linux-compatible CD-R(W). I am suddenly keenly interested in reliability. The Yamaha's seem to be inexpensive, but I don't want to g