Which CD RW?

[Jim Herrmann]

Perhaps the faster drives don't need as large a buffer because they get it 
written to disk faster?  It seems like it would need a LARGER buffer to keep 
the laser fed with data.  Hmmm..  The Sony has something called buffer 
underrun protection technology.  I think the TDK has something like this as 
well.  

I think I'm going to go with the TDK AI401248 40x12x48 CD-RW Drive from 
Amazon for $99.00 and a $40 rebate, bringing the total to $59!!!  If it 
doesn't work for me, it's not too much of a loss.

I'll let you know how it comes out.

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 09:48 am, Rich Edelman wrote:
> TDK drives are nice. :) I forget though, do they have any with bigger than
> a 2mb buffer? My first cdrw drive had an 8mb buffer, that was nice. But now
> even finding ones with a 4mb buffer is getting hard, kinda like finding an
> IDE HD with bigger than a 2mb cache (except for those nice WD's with the
> 8mb ones :) ).