Which CD RW?

[Rich Edelman]

On Wednesday 25 September 2002 07:46 pm, Jim Herrmann wrote:
> 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 seem to remember hearing it's all the "Burn-free" buffer underrun technology 
that allows new drives to have smaller caches, yes. Still though, maybe I'm 
oldschool, but I like big caches. :)

> 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.
Hey that sounds like a pretty good deal to me. :)