external dvd burners..

surewood · #1 27-01-2003, 07:59

without spending a ton of money, are there any good external burners out there that will get the job done right and can support programs such as dvd-cloner and/or dvdxcopy?

bighap · #2 27-01-2003, 10:07

Depends what you call a ton of money. There is the Sony DRX-500UL. I consider paying $400 for this to be a ton of money especially when you can get a good internal burner for $200.

surewood · #3 27-01-2003, 11:51

Yea im with ya on that...$400 is a ton of money...

The problem is i have a laptop and I cant find any internal ones for it so i figured external would be easier...

bighap · #4 27-01-2003, 12:03

Yeah that does suck. Kind of a no win situation.

Chris174 · #5 27-01-2003, 14:28

I have tried both a CD-R and a DVD -R external and every one i have tried of them they have never worked.

So im giving up and buying only internal writers from now

bighap · #6 27-01-2003, 17:20

Sounds like you got a messed up pc Chris.

Chris174 · #7 28-01-2003, 04:55

Nope, wouldn't say anything was wrong with the PC at all.

Both of the writers have been USB and my USB and USB2 are working fine.

affie · #8 12-02-2003, 14:09

external drive case from ADS for about $80, here's a link with a review on the case. usb connection to pc, you can stick a dvd/cd - rom/rw, hard drive in the case. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20030116/index.html

Chromedome · #9 15-02-2003, 15:58

Here's a link for a UK case. Takes any sort of writer.

www.starmount.co.uk/usb_cd1.htm