[MacDV] External DVD Drives-Experiences-Recommendations

[Gowyn Wilcox]

I'm in the same boat.  667 DVI with the OWC DVD-R and DVDSP.  Works great.

On 07/12/02 15:29, "Rod Duncan" wrote:

> I did post this on the Powerbook Titanium list too, so apologies to
> subscribers of both.
> 
> I am looking to buy an external DVD burner for use with a Ti 667 DVI.
> The idea of a portable DVD burner in the Ti sounds great but the
> reality of the 1X burn speed isn't. I have decided to suffer without
> true DVD burn portability and iDVD but will have, in compensation, 4X
> burn speed with the new Pioneer.
> 
> I am looking at the Formac burner with its Devideon (in-house)
> software. Any comments on this combination? Other World Computing and
> other companies are bundling the Pioneer in external firewire boxes
> and are offering ClarisMac's Discribe with their packages. Any
> experiences with these? Or is it just as good/cheaper to buy a bare
> drive and throw it in a firewire box? Any other suggestions?
> 
> Please and Thanks.