[MacDV] External hard drive for video work

[sgtgeorgecarter]

Same here, I even still have an old 80 meg LaCie still in service.
I've never had an ounce of trouble with them. Unlike Western Digital
and Maxtor.

Donna

On 12/3/06, Allan <allan at dsol.co.uk> wrote:
> Odd isn't it. I use 4 Lacie 800/400 at home and service a couple of
> labs with over 25 4oo Lacie drives between them. No problem at all.
>
> Allan Johns
>
>
> On 4 Dec 2006, at 00:38, Neil Poese wrote:
>
> > Brett,
> >
> > I've used a variety of external FW400 drives over the years in my
> > high school Mac video lab. My most recent drives are a G-Drive
> > bought from B&H and a Promax drive. Both of them have been great
> > and seem to run cool. Absolutely stay away from LaCie.
> >
> > Neil Poese
> >
> > Brett Conlon wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm looking into purchasing a 400-500GB external drive for
> >> assisting me in doing my home (and maybe in the near future
> >> freelance) video work.
> >>
> >> I've been looking primarily at FW800 drives but these all come at
> >> a premium price. It'll be my Christmas present and funds are quite
> >> tight so I'm not able to openly "throw" cash at a solution. I'd
> >> like to go 500GB but think 400GB is going to be the more likely
> >> outcome cost-wise.
> >>
> >> In your experience is FW800 that much faster than FW400? Is anyone
> >> quite happily using USB2 drives for their video work, seeing that
> >> USB2 drives are more common and cheaper?
> >>
> >> I believe that you can't boot a G4/G5 off a USB2 drive (you can
> >> with Intel Macs) but that may not be such a big issue for me as I
> >> currently have a 120GB ext FW400 drive which I would use for those
> >> sorts of tasks.
> >>
> >> I've been told to avoid the LaCie drives as their failure rate is
> >> quite high. Any other drive recommendations, including raw drives
> >> if I end up purchasing drive & case separately?
> >>
> >> Your suggestions are most welcome!
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Cojcolds
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