Re: CD-RWs
On October 3, 2001 06:54 pm, David Aikema wrote: A local retail store's got a LiteOn 16x10x40 cd-rw on sale for $137CDN until the weekend which is $2 more than my normal supplier of parts offers for an OEM 12x10x32 drive by the same company. Hey cool... another local store seems to have discounted a few cd burners as well competition I guess. This one is an LG12x8x32 it appears to be a bit slower but has an 8 meg buffer w/o burn proof as opposed to the other's 2 meg buffer with burn proof... for $140 CDN. Any reccomendations b/w the two? David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:18:32 +0800 Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still burning my cd with windows 98. Cannot comment on the linux support for LiteOn. It's cheap, reliable and fast. That' s all I care. for USD76, you possibly can buy a 16w Liteon in Hongkong.! 8w ??? hmm... :) I have a 12x10x32 LiteOn that works fine using cdrecord under RedHat7.1 using scsi emulation. -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
On October 4, 2001 03:23 am, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:18:32 +0800 Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still burning my cd with windows 98. Cannot comment on the linux support for LiteOn. It's cheap, reliable and fast. That' s all I care. for USD76, you possibly can buy a 16w Liteon in Hongkong.! 8w ??? hmm... :) I have a 12x10x32 LiteOn that works fine using cdrecord under RedHat7.1 using scsi emulation. Including burnproof? I'm kinda worried about the low amount of cache that the drive's got. David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
Hey, its your call. As far as i'm concerned there are Plextor Yamaha burners, and then there's everything else. --- David Aikema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On October 3, 2001 07:09 pm, Net Llama wrote: You, sir, need to take a trip to pricewatch.com, immediately. Do not purchase that LiteOn CD burner, not only becuase LiteOn products are very poor quality, but because there are far better values available. Variations on this theme have come up many times before, so i'll give you the short version. Yamaha Plextor make very good quality CD burners. All others are of questionable quality, and will either: 1) not work at all under Linux 2) work very poorly, generating alot of coasters 3) fail early in their lifespans The LiteOn model shows up as working under linux (in the linux-mandrake hardware database as working). The cd-record homepage also suggests that all cd-writers produced in 1999 or earlier are supported. Its just the burn-proof that I'm worried about. Right now i see a US$76 Yamaha CRW8824E 8x8x24 INTERNAL IDE CD-RW 8824E at pricewatch. Even with the Canadian exchange rate, its still cheaper than the one below. Cheaper when you figure in the exchange rate, yes but if I've got my calculations right the thieves at the border will drive the price of that drive far over the cost of the LiteOn On October 3, 2001 07:36 pm, Chang wrote: yes, and it has to be priced right to become an essential item. LiteOn is a well-received item here in Shamshiopo, Hongkong. It's cheap and works fine. I planned on taking a 24w model this Xmas to replace my 2-year-old Panasonic 4w CDR. But it's definitely not the best (which means expansive brands likeYamaha and Plextor). Seems to be a slight difference of opinion here. BTW I found the following note regarding Lite-On drives (following links from the cdrecord homepage) at http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq05.html#S5-1-43: Some of the drives appear to be based on Plextor units. The reviews I've found of the drive have seemed generally positive, although there may be some issues in the quality of any DAE done... but then again the purpose of this drive would mainly be to write not read I've got a cd-rom to do the other fun stuff. = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
I have a Yamaha 4x4x16 that I purchased 2 years ago and it's burnt hundreds of cd's and it's still going strong. I'd recommend a Yamaha or Plextor. Most low end burners are reboxes. They are made by someone else(one or more companies) and then have a different faceplate, sticker and box put with it. HiVal is one such company that does this. As for the burn-proof, this is supported by the latest version of cdrecord. As for the LiteOn or LG being any good, well, it's a crap shoot. If you buy a Yamaha or a Plextor, you will know for sure that it's quality merchandise and won't have any problems with it. I'd do some more looking around if I were you. Jim On Thursday October 04, 2001 1:54 am, David Aikema wrote: On October 3, 2001 06:54 pm, David Aikema wrote: A local retail store's got a LiteOn 16x10x40 cd-rw on sale for $137CDN until the weekend which is $2 more than my normal supplier of parts offers for an OEM 12x10x32 drive by the same company. Hey cool... another local store seems to have discounted a few cd burners as well competition I guess. This one is an LG12x8x32 it appears to be a bit slower but has an 8 meg buffer w/o burn proof as opposed to the other's 2 meg buffer with burn proof... for $140 CDN. Any reccomendations b/w the two? David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- 11:42am up 34 days, 18:42, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Running Caldera eD2.4 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
Don't know about burn proof, I have read that people can't make it work, but how do I know if it works or not? Just know the drive burns cd's using cdrecord. On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 07:23:53 -0700 David Aikema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On October 4, 2001 03:23 am, Ken Moffat wrote: On Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:18:32 +0800 Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am still burning my cd with windows 98. Cannot comment on the linux support for LiteOn. It's cheap, reliable and fast. That' s all I care. for USD76, you possibly can buy a 16w Liteon in Hongkong.! 8w ??? hmm... :) I have a 12x10x32 LiteOn that works fine using cdrecord under RedHat7.1 using scsi emulation. Including burnproof? I'm kinda worried about the low amount of cache that the drive's got. David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
CD-RWs
It's becoming more and more apparently that in the modern world a CD-RW is almost essential. But of course there's not much money in my budget to pick one up so I'm looking at the low end of the market. A local retail store's got a LiteOn 16x10x40 cd-rw on sale for $137CDN until the weekend which is $2 more than my normal supplier of parts offers for an OEM 12x10x32 drive by the same company. I'm wondering if this model would be a good bet it only has a 2 meg data buffer but does have burn-proof technology by Samsung. (Is burn-proof supported by cdrecord and any other linux software? ...does it even require software support?) David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
You, sir, need to take a trip to pricewatch.com, immediately. Do not purchase that LiteOn CD burner, not only becuase LiteOn products are very poor quality, but because there are far better values available. Variations on this theme have come up many times before, so i'll give you the short version. Yamaha Plextor make very good quality CD burners. All others are of questionable quality, and will either: 1) not work at all under Linux 2) work very poorly, generating alot of coasters 3) fail early in their lifespans Right now i see a US$76 Yamaha CRW8824E 8x8x24 INTERNAL IDE CD-RW 8824E at pricewatch. Even with the Canadian exchange rate, its still cheaper than the one below. --- David Aikema [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's becoming more and more apparently that in the modern world a CD-RW is almost essential. But of course there's not much money in my budget to pick one up so I'm looking at the low end of the market. A local retail store's got a LiteOn 16x10x40 cd-rw on sale for $137CDN until the weekend which is $2 more than my normal supplier of parts offers for an OEM 12x10x32 drive by the same company. I'm wondering if this model would be a good bet it only has a 2 meg data buffer but does have burn-proof technology by Samsung. (Is burn-proof supported by cdrecord and any other linux software? ...does it even require software support?) = Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux FAQ Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __ Do You Yahoo!? NEW from Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
yes, and it has to be priced right to become an essential item. LiteOn is a well-received item here in Shamshiopo, Hongkong. It's cheap and works fine. I planned on taking a 24w model this Xmas to replace my 2-year-old Panasonic 4w CDR. But it's definitely not the best (which means expansive brands likeYamaha and Plextor). It's becoming more and more apparently that in the modern world a CD-RW is almost essential. But of course there's not much money in my budget to pick one up so I'm looking at the low end of the market. A local retail store's got a LiteOn 16x10x40 cd-rw on sale for $137CDN until the weekend which is $2 more than my normal supplier of parts offers for an OEM 12x10x32 drive by the same company. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
On October 3, 2001 07:09 pm, Net Llama wrote: You, sir, need to take a trip to pricewatch.com, immediately. Do not purchase that LiteOn CD burner, not only becuase LiteOn products are very poor quality, but because there are far better values available. Variations on this theme have come up many times before, so i'll give you the short version. Yamaha Plextor make very good quality CD burners. All others are of questionable quality, and will either: 1) not work at all under Linux 2) work very poorly, generating alot of coasters 3) fail early in their lifespans The LiteOn model shows up as working under linux (in the linux-mandrake hardware database as working). The cd-record homepage also suggests that all cd-writers produced in 1999 or earlier are supported. Its just the burn-proof that I'm worried about. Right now i see a US$76 Yamaha CRW8824E 8x8x24 INTERNAL IDE CD-RW 8824E at pricewatch. Even with the Canadian exchange rate, its still cheaper than the one below. Cheaper when you figure in the exchange rate, yes but if I've got my calculations right the thieves at the border will drive the price of that drive far over the cost of the LiteOn On October 3, 2001 07:36 pm, Chang wrote: yes, and it has to be priced right to become an essential item. LiteOn is a well-received item here in Shamshiopo, Hongkong. It's cheap and works fine. I planned on taking a 24w model this Xmas to replace my 2-year-old Panasonic 4w CDR. But it's definitely not the best (which means expansive brands likeYamaha and Plextor). Seems to be a slight difference of opinion here. BTW I found the following note regarding Lite-On drives (following links from the cdrecord homepage) at http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq05.html#S5-1-43: Some of the drives appear to be based on Plextor units. The reviews I've found of the drive have seemed generally positive, although there may be some issues in the quality of any DAE done... but then again the purpose of this drive would mainly be to write not read I've got a cd-rom to do the other fun stuff. David Aikema ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: CD-RWs
I am still burning my cd with windows 98. Cannot comment on the linux support for LiteOn. It's cheap, reliable and fast. That' s all I care. for USD76, you possibly can buy a 16w Liteon in Hongkong.! 8w ??? hmm... :) Variations on this theme have come up many times before, so i'll give you the short version. Yamaha Plextor make very good quality CD burners. All others are of questionable quality, and will either: 1) not work at all under Linux 2) work very poorly, generating alot of coasters 3) fail early in their lifespans Right now i see a US$76 Yamaha CRW8824E 8x8x24 INTERNAL IDE CD-RW 8824E at pricewatch. Even with the Canadian exchange rate, its still cheaper than the one below. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
