>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew S Hallacy <poptix at techmonkeys.org> writes: Matthew> On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 12:25:57PM -0600, rpgoldman at real-time.com wrote: >> >> The reason I was asking is that there's a very inexpensive Micro >> Advantage DVD RW drive at >> >> At least some of what I found by googling seemed to suggest that I >> should stick to Pioneer drives and avoid any others. Matthew> Marketing drivel from people who don't know any better Actually, I don't think that's fair --- I got that information from the DVD-rtools web site. I suspect it's just a case of no one bothering to update the site. >> What have your experiences been? I'm interested in moving from CDs to >> DVDs for backup purposes.... Matthew> I've been quite happy with my sony DRU-500A for the past Matthew> year or so, sony released a firmware upgrade to take it Matthew> from 2.4X DVD-R/+R/-RW/+RW writing to 4X, which is rather Matthew> nice since most companies would just bump the model Matthew> number and charge more. Sadly, this seems to involve a $150+ sony premium. DRU and Micro Advantage are significantly cheaper (< 150 w/ rebate as opposed to almost $300). :-( _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list