Affordable SCSI DVD Writers?

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 25, 2001 @02:28AM from the rare-bird-in-the-hand dept.

ByTor-2112 writes: "DVD recorders seem to be ready to break loose on the consumer market, despite the remaining uncertainty about DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-RAM etc. I see ATAPI DVD writers, but I do not warm to IDE/ATA-based technology. When I've got a $10 blank DVD on the line, in SCSI we trust. I have been unable to locate a SCSI DVD writer that falls within the general price range (plus the usual SCSI markup) of the ATAPI burners. Firewire seems nice, but FreeBSD does not support this yet. Anyone seen a drive out there that might fit the bill?" Anyone who can lend hope on the Firewire front is encouraged to speak up here as well.

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Pricewatch by Karma+50 · 2001-11-25 02:43 · Score: 3, Informative

You've looked on Pricewatch right?
The price ranges for SCSI and ATAPI seem to overlap.

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Re:DVD=IDE? by CMiYC · 2001-11-25 14:26 · Score: 3, Informative

I went with a Toshiba Slot loading DVD player. I never had a problem finding it. Since there are fewer drives on the market, it is reasonable to assume that they might be of higher quaility. If someone is willing to pay extra for a SCSi then they would expct higher quaility

In any event, I think that this is a moot point. Either they already have a SCSI reader or they will simply use their writer as one. Nor do I think they care if the reader is scsi or not.