Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-19 Thread Paul Moore
, 2002 1:44 PM Subject: Re: CD-RW advice Paul Moore wrote: The fact is most of the CD Burners stem from about 4 or 5 main manufactures. Most CLAIM to make the CD Burner, but a close look at the Firmware will show this to be a lie... I know the three big ones are Yamaha, Lite On, and HP. I

Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-18 Thread Net Llama
Well, Samsung Acer are the only two that i've ever heard of. I've heard a lot of quality problems with Acer hardware. Samsung seems to have a decent reputation. Have you looked at pricewatch.com yet? I see a Yamaha (which has a very good reputation) IDE 20x10x40 for $96 amd a 24x10x40 for

Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-18 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Net Llama chose to write: Well, Samsung Acer are the only two that i've ever heard of. I've heard a lot of quality problems with Acer hardware. Samsung seems to have a decent reputation. Have you looked at pricewatch.com yet? I see a Yamaha (which has a very good reputation)

Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-18 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Tim Wunder chose to write: Although, I HAVE heard that their IDE drives have a better reputation than heir IDE drives. er, I have heard that their IDE drives have a better reputation than their SCSI drives. ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-18 Thread Net Llama
--- Tim Wunder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Previously, Net Llama chose to write: Well, Samsung Acer are the only two that i've ever heard of. I've heard a lot of quality problems with Acer hardware. Samsung seems to have a decent reputation. Have you looked at pricewatch.com yet? I

Re: CD-RW advice

2002-02-18 Thread Tim Wunder
More info, for the curious: Previously, I chose to write: I know... this has been hashed out before, but technology changes. I need to replace my old Yamaha SCSI CD-RW with a new one, probably IDE (once I straighten out my filesystem and get rid of the 2.4GB drive). I mosied over to my local