can an external dvd burner work as well and an internal?

[Carnage7p]

[U.S.Amateurfilmaker]

Common sense would tell me that an internal would be somewhat faster than an external. But with a firewire connection, an external might move as fast (I'm not sure). However, the higest speed right now for a DVD-RW drive is about 4x, so you can't get any faster than that.

My external DVD-RW burns at 4 times though, so I guess it can be just as fast come to think of it. Just be aware that they are much more expensive. Mine ran about $300.

[Carnage7p]

yeah the only reason i ask is cause i have an external hard drive that i run through firewire on one computer and usb 2.0 on another and when i run it with firewire sometimes when i watch movies from it, it lags. and lagging with a burner is not good.

[U.S.Amateurfilmaker]

Just remember, just because the data rate might be slow, that doesn't mean the burning will suffer. The burning is only as fast as the data being fed to it, so even if you have a slow connection, you should still get a perfect burn (in theory).

I have a 4x Sony hooked up to a firewire connection. I've never had any flaws

[El Brenty]

Forget about Firewire if you want true external performance - Go for SCSI! The SCSI card sits in the PC, and you can then either use the drive in the PC, or in a caddy via a cable.

If the data rate is too slow, you'll get buffer-underruns, and you'll either mess up disks, or find the drive will slow down to compensate.

[Carnage7p]

i think i'll just get an internal drive.

[Jerry Jones]

I'm running the Firewire/USB 2.0 version of the Panasonic SW-9571 pictured here:

http://www.jonesgroup.net/vdrm30steptwo.htm

It performs perfectly.

If you buy an internal model, connect it to its own IDE channel.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

Originally posted by Carnage7p
i think i'll just get an internal drive.