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New DVD burner recommendation, please
I'm about to purchase a new DVD burner for my computer. Most of the ones
I've seen lately have an SATA connection. Do all burners with SATA also accept a PATA ribbon connector, or is SATA essential? If my computer has no SATA connection, how do I convert PATA to SATA? Thanks, Norm Strong |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
In article , wrote: I'm about to purchase a new DVD burner for my computer. Most of the ones I've seen lately have an SATA connection. Do all burners with SATA also accept a PATA ribbon connector, or is SATA essential? Either SATA or PATA, not both. If my computer has no SATA connection, how do I convert PATA to SATA? There are converters but this introduces potential compatibility and throughput issues, not to mention operational glitches. If you have PATA, there are tons of excellent PATA burners out there. Take a look at a high-volume dealer like Newegg and you'll see more PATA hardware than you can shake a stick at. Favorite brands for many: Pioneer, NEC, LG. Plextor stopped manufacturing their own drives a few generations ago, and the current crop is not worth the price premium usually reserved for Plextor-manufactures stuff in the pas. Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
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Mike Richter, were you born with "Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face? -------------------------------------- http://tinyurl.com/38wte6 (No Mikey S-Lickers have been able to prove ANY of the above ) (is a LIBEL -- despite Mikey claimed to have PROOF of libels!) ' normanstrong wrote: I'm about to purchase a new DVD burner for my computer. Most of the ones I've seen lately have an SATA connection. Do all burners with SATA also accept a PATA ribbon connector, or is SATA essential? If my computer has no SATA connection, how do I convert PATA to SATA? There are PATA to SATA adapter. You also need power cable converter. (And don't forget you need SATA cable if you get an OEM drive.) |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
In article , Nil wrote: On 19 Feb 2008, (Mike S.) wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr: Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. Why would you tweak/hack a DVD burner? What can you make it do that it doesn't already do? Disable region coding. Read faster (i.e. remove riplock). Write faster than a blank disc is certified for (i.e. overspeed; with reliability danger). Write faster than the factory spindle speeds would normally allow (e.g. change CAV to CLV mode, or change the places at which such transitions take place). Write discs with lower error rates than with the factory settings. Adjust the way in which the burner develops and uses strategies to write to "unknown" media (i.e. not in the media ID table) to produce higher quality burns at higher speeds than using generic strategy. Use the drive for detailed media analysis (throughput, error correction, jitter, etc) for objective measurement and documentation of recording quality. I'm sure the experts could give more, but that's what comes to mind at first grab. |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
In article , Mike S. wrote: In article , Nil wrote: On 19 Feb 2008, (Mike S.) wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr: Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. Why would you tweak/hack a DVD burner? What can you make it do that it doesn't already do? Disable region coding. Read faster (i.e. remove riplock). Write faster than a blank disc is certified for (i.e. overspeed; with reliability danger). Write faster than the factory spindle speeds would normally allow (e.g. change CAV to CLV mode, or change the places at which such transitions take place). Write discs with lower error rates than with the factory settings. Adjust the way in which the burner develops and uses strategies to write to "unknown" media (i.e. not in the media ID table) to produce higher quality burns at higher speeds than using generic strategy. Use the drive for detailed media analysis (throughput, error correction, jitter, etc) for objective measurement and documentation of recording quality. I'm sure the experts could give more, but that's what comes to mind at first grab. Oh yeah. Forgot: Back up existing drive firmware prior to an update, for easy reversion to older copy in case update leads to poorer performance on some media. Cross-flash rebadged drives from other brands to OEM in order to restore full feature set. Modify media ID table in drive firmware to allow faster writing on media where the manufacturer has chosen an innappropriately conservative speed rating. |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
In article , Nil wrote:
On 19 Feb 2008, (Mike S.) wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr: Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. Why would you tweak/hack a DVD burner? What can you make it do that it doesn't already do? Hacking a burner can increase its recording speed, its ripping speed, it can make it region free etc.... |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
Nil wrote:
On 19 Feb 2008, (Mike S.) wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr: Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. Why would you tweak/hack a DVD burner? What can you make it do that it doesn't already do? You can make it do things for which it wasn't designed - then bitch in ng's about what a lousy product it is. Dave Cohen |
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New DVD burner recommendation, please
In article oiZvj.57$JU3.38@trndny04, Dave Cohen wrote: Nil wrote: On 19 Feb 2008, (Mike S.) wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr: Many of the tech inclined like Lite-On, especially because they are cheap and hackable. There is a wealth of third-party software taking advantage of the ability to tweak these drives. A lot of other brands (e.g. Sony) are re-badged Lite-On burners anyway. Why would you tweak/hack a DVD burner? What can you make it do that it doesn't already do? You can make it do things for which it wasn't designed - then bitch in ng's about what a lousy product it is. Dave Cohen Most of the bitching about Lite-On drives is on the issue of noise and the short lifespans of some specimens. |
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