CD burner write speed and cdrecord

[Ralph Sanford]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 20:15, Joel Hammer wrote:
> The men in the computer store (BestBuy, CompuUSA), smile and shake their
> heads each time I ask about scsi cdrom's. Do they exist?
> 
> Joel
> 

Plextor definitely has the best reputation, their latest scsi cdrw being
a 12/10/32 or something like that and their scsi cdrom was 40x.

HP, where you can still find their older scsi cdrw, had 12/8/32 that was
available as either an internal or external unit.

Yamaha makes a scsi 16/10/40 as either an internal or external. 
Recently Yamaha came out with scsi 48/24/48 or thereabouts.

I have HP and Yamaha cdrw that are used in light to moderate burning (10
to 20 cd a month) and both brands have worked fine.

If you are not looking for a burner, then consider the Toshiba sd-1401 a
scsi dvd - 10x and cdrom - 40x, costs more than just a cdrom but great
for loading the distro directly off of the DVD.  This unit can be hard
to find, but I did find another new one a few months ago.

As others have already suggested try pricewatch, and also consider ebay
if you are willing to play that game.  Recently Plextor and Yamaha had
refurbished scsi cdrw drives that were available at some of the sellers
listed on pricewatch.

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