Jay Levitt
August 13th 04, 02:12 PM
My CD burner is getting long in the tooth, so it's time to refill
Plextor's pockets. Two questions:
1. A DVD burner would be handy to provide sessions to clients, but I
don't want to compromise the quality of the burned CDs. I have some
vague foggy memory of DVD burners not being as good at burning CDs as
standalone CD burners - or maybe I'm remembering DVD *players* being not
as good at *playing* CD-ROMs. It's something about the laser frequency.
I can't find anything concrete in Google. Is this FUD, or no longer
true, or something to worry about? All the newest drives work with
Plextools, so I could check C2s, of course, but better safe than sorry.
2. My PC is in another room, so right now, I have an IDE drive in a
Granite Firewire enclosure to keep the drive handy. I could buy an IDE
drive again, or I could buy a "native" Firewire drive for $80 more. (I
realize the native drive probably has a bridge inside anyway.) Have
people seen any difference in compatibility with the two options? Right
now, Traktor doesn't work with the Granite enclosure, so it might be
worth the $80 if it fixes that; on the other hand, it seems wasteful to
keep buying the Firewire bridge over and over. Anyone have experience
with both?
--
Jay Levitt |
Wellesley, MA | Hi!
Faster: jay at jay dot eff-em | Where are we going?
http://www.jay.fm | Why am I in this handbasket?
Plextor's pockets. Two questions:
1. A DVD burner would be handy to provide sessions to clients, but I
don't want to compromise the quality of the burned CDs. I have some
vague foggy memory of DVD burners not being as good at burning CDs as
standalone CD burners - or maybe I'm remembering DVD *players* being not
as good at *playing* CD-ROMs. It's something about the laser frequency.
I can't find anything concrete in Google. Is this FUD, or no longer
true, or something to worry about? All the newest drives work with
Plextools, so I could check C2s, of course, but better safe than sorry.
2. My PC is in another room, so right now, I have an IDE drive in a
Granite Firewire enclosure to keep the drive handy. I could buy an IDE
drive again, or I could buy a "native" Firewire drive for $80 more. (I
realize the native drive probably has a bridge inside anyway.) Have
people seen any difference in compatibility with the two options? Right
now, Traktor doesn't work with the Granite enclosure, so it might be
worth the $80 if it fixes that; on the other hand, it seems wasteful to
keep buying the Firewire bridge over and over. Anyone have experience
with both?
--
Jay Levitt |
Wellesley, MA | Hi!
Faster: jay at jay dot eff-em | Where are we going?
http://www.jay.fm | Why am I in this handbasket?