[Thinkpad] RE: Thinkpad digest, Vol 1 #295 - 9 msgs

At CeBit, IOMEGA announced a universal DVD read/writer. Does +, -, RAM.
List price is around $375. They will have internal and external versions.
It also comes with some pretty good software which makes selecting the right
software to use much easier (glorified helper menu).

More info at
http://www.iomega.com/na/products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=806
5905&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=6981345&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=63191&bmUID=105724
0325388

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On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:22:00 -0400, Mr Ed wrote:

>>Some time back there was a discussion about DVD's and whether the (+)
>>or
>>(-) units were the best. What was the final recommendation?

>DVD-R vs DVD+R. DVD-R is more popular, been around longer, and media is
cheaper. Some say it's >more more compatable with consumer DVD players and
older DVD-ROM drives as well.
>
>DVD-RW vs DVD+RW. DVD+RW has more advanced features allowing it to handle
bad sector mapping, so >if you are going to someday use DVD rewritable media
as a replacement for ZIP discs, DVD+RW is a >better format to go with.
>
>Personally, I've burned maybe 2 or 3 rewritable CDs in my life, and
hundreds
>(thousands?) of burn once CDs. So far I've burned burn once DVDs only (a
few
>hundred) not even bothering to buy any rewritable media. So DVD-R was my
choice.
>
>If you are truely worried, and expect to use this drive for every possible
use for years and
>years, then buy a combo drive that writes all DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW.
But frankly, I think
>it's a waste of money since the price is nearly double a good DVD-R/DVD-RW
drive.
>
>When Microsoft finally releases a new OS that supports DVD rewritable media
in the OS with a
>Mount Rainer style file system, then I'd worry about what sort of
rewritable drive to get, until >then pick up a Pioneer DVR-105 for $160 and
lots of blank DVD-R media and stop worrying.
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