[ltp] recommendation on external DVD reader/writer

[James McKenzie]

jcms wrote:
>   Thank you for your feedback.
>  
>    I may attach it to the firewire port first. 

This is definitely an option.

>    The other alternative is to put it on a USB hub
 >    or a USB switch so I can share the drive with another computer.

You might have problems using a USB switch.  I recommend the old unplug 
from one system and plugging it into the other.

>    I'm not sure also if the Thinkpad A30P's USB ports are 1.X or 2.X.
>    I have an USB hub attached to the dock station so I have the laptop USB
>    port free.

USB 1.1.  I had to use a PC Card adapter to get USB 2.0.  I decided to 
go with the Adaptec DUO-Connect card.  I would definitely ask about 
return policies before buying.

>    I am not going to burn duble layers DVD soon,

By the time the DL war ends, something else will come along.  The DVD+ 
and DVD- war is not over (yet) and we are dealing with two different new 
'standards'.   Sorta like Beta and VHS....and we know who won that 
battle but who owns a video tape unit now (unless you have an extensive 
tape collection like mine.)

> I'm just planing for the future.

I would get a drive that records at 8x speed for DVD, supports both DVD+ 
and DVD- and records at least 48x onto CD-R media.

-- 
James McKenzie