Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-08 Thread Paul
The Pioneers from the DVR-112 and newer improved their ability to read scratched discs. I've seen the improvement from the 111 to the 112, and I was impressed. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS - Play Movies? Not?

2008-12-08 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
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

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS - Play Movies? Not?

2008-12-08 Thread PeterH
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

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-07 Thread billycar_G3-5
On Dec 5, 2:00 pm, PeterH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you can get one of those OWC drives which have no bezel and no   tray front (and no LED indicators), then do so for a Quicksilver. The   QS' media bays are quite different from earlier (and later) Apples. I recently traded out a

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-07 Thread PeterH
On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:20 AM, billycar_G3-5 wrote: If you can get one of those OWC drives which have no bezel and no tray front (and no LED indicators), then do so for a Quicksilver. The QS' media bays are quite different from earlier (and later) Apples. I recently traded out a suspected bad

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-07 Thread Anne Keller-Smith
I'm the gal who just upgraded my Quicksilver to Tiger without a DVD drive. Can I install a program on a DVD the same way? Or, as Dan said, is may be too moronic not to have a DVD drive these days. Stupid question coming up: are a DVD-RW drive, a Superdrive, and a DVD burner the same

Re: Currently Best DVD DL for a QS

2008-12-05 Thread PeterH
On Dec 5, 2008, at 7:33 AM, insightinmind wrote: Suggestions for a DVD DL for my QS? Have Toast 6 Titanium ... then just need the Disks ... Pioneer DVR-116D?: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Pioneer/DVR116DBK/ I updated ALL my desktop G4s to DL burning via Pioneer DVR-109 through