[MacDV] Re: talkin' 'bout drives

[Video International]

>From what I've heard, old WDs used to be problematic. The newer ones are
supposed to be good. They are the fastest ATA drives available according to
some websites.

Yeah, my IBM died on me after very little use. Their newer drives have that
on-time limitation. They sold out their drive division to Hitachi awhile
back.

>For video I would go Maxtor or Seagate. I just got an IBM and I don't
>trust it. WD iwoudn't even try.
>Jim

>>Did someone here mention a problem with writing video to Western Digital
>>8MB buffer drives? I need to buy a new capture drive and was considering a
>>WD.