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To: DRBES who wrote (10890)	9/30/2000 3:08:56 PM
From: crazyoldman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

DARBES, OKAY! OKAY! But what CD Rom reader/writer package should I go with. Forgive me for getting carried away again. I don't use a CDROM R/W at all personally or at work. The "Head Animal of all PowerUsers" (the fellow I work with)has a Hewlett Packard "burner" that provides excellent service but I don't know the model number (this despite the fact that I personally installed the unit and its drivers). Another user at work has the same HP "burner" and experiences equally reliable results. I'll find out the HP model number Monday and send you a PM. I have no experience or knowledge concerning the Yamaha 8824EZ, sorry I can't help you with that one. Tell your wife that she's a lucky gal to have you in the house (so she could steal your machine <g>). Kindest regards, CrazyMan

To: DRBES who wrote (10890)	9/30/2000 3:25:57 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

Re: CDROM writers We've used Sony, Teac, Smart and Friendly, Toshiba, and other CD writers at work. I have a Phillips at home. They all seem to work reasonably well and they all have trouble sometimes with some media. I'd get a separate DVD player or CD ROM as well as the CD recorder if your case has room for them. It's helpful to have the two. Make sure that whatever you get comes bundled with version 4 of Adaptec's CD authoring software (which is what almost all of them use). 3.x didn't support W2k (though I think they now have patch even for that), but 4 also seems a bit more reliable. Hope that's of some help. Regards, Dan

To: DRBES who wrote (10890)	9/30/2000 4:11:20 PM
From: Paul Ma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

hey DRBES, I suggest the new Plextor 12x/10x/32x burner. It has BURN-PROOF technology which ensures no buffer underun coasters. It is pretty dear, 300 bucks. I imagine the price will be a lot lower soon when other companies get their BURN-PROOF burners out. As for a CD-ROM, I again recommand PLEXTOR. But why don't you just get a DVD-ROM which will serve as CD-ROM ? The Pioneer 10x DVD is very nice but there is also a Toshiba 6x DVD which is not region locked. DVD only runs at 1x anyways, so the 6x, 10x only make the CD-ROM part of the drive faster, not DVD viewing. The Plextor CD-ROM is SCSI, but the 12x/10x/32x is IDE version with SCSI version coming out. I recommand getting SCSI CDROM/BURNER because of the low CPU power they use and because you don't need to waste IDE channels which can be used for hard drives. Paul

To: DRBES who wrote (10890)	10/1/2000 1:09:28 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Respond to of 275872

DRBEs... RE:"OKAY! OKAY! But what CD Rom reader/writer package should I go with. The Yamaha 8824EZ Retail package? A Toshiba candidate. What is good and especially NOT TOO EXPENSIVE and very easy to use. An IDE suggestion would be greatly appreciated." The concensus is...and trust me on this one...they are what I use... PLEXTOR---either 8x4x32 or better yet the 12x10x32... TDK-Velo-CD 8X4X32 or 12x10x32 which is made by PLEXTOR. You can get for about $180 for the 8x to $250 for the faster 12x. These are IDE as you requested. SCSI...go with PLEXTOR as well. Jim Again, trust me on this one...Plextor...

To: DRBES who wrote (10890)	10/2/2000 9:22:33 AM
From: that_crazy_doug	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

<< OKAY! OKAY! But what CD Rom reader/writer package should I go with. The Yamaha 8824EZ Retail package? A Toshiba candidate. What is good and especially NOT TOO EXPENSIVE and very easy to use. An IDE suggestion would be greatly appreciated. >> I'd go USB or SCSI, I've yet to see an IDE burner work reliably past 2x. (I've seen about 10 that don't) Maybe it's a cheap drive, a cheap reader drive, or bad hard drives, but IDE writers seem very unreliable to me. I've got a plextor 8x writer (scsi), I can play quake 3 in one window and burn in the other at 8x (but I also have a SCSI hd's (ultra wide though, not ultra 2)). I've also seen 2 USB 4x external drives that work excellently. If you're looking for a SCSI solution I really like my plextor drive, the one drawback is that I have to buy certain grades of CDs (not all 8x certified ones work properly), but it hasn't buffer underrun the entire time I've had it.