choosing an external DVD burner

"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:

"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:
"Paul" wrote in ...
Jo-Anne wrote:
Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops. I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop, and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me, the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try this link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:

"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:
"Paul" wrote in ...
Jo-Anne wrote:
Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops. I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop, and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me, the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try this link. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

Schloicka wrote:

There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical outlet.
That to me is better than using the usb port for power.
Try this link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

That burner has good reviews. The exterior casing is a bit ugly for an
external drive, but it's what is inside that counts. I hate bold logos
on stuff. The version with white casing with black racing stripe is
just as ugly. That burner has its own power adapter, so there shouldn't
be a problem with power. It is a desktop drive anyway, and the peak power
would be 25W, which would be too much for USB bus powering in any case.

Paul

Schloicka wrote:

There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical outlet.
That to me is better than using the usb port for power.
Try this link.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

That burner has good reviews. The exterior casing is a bit ugly for an
external drive, but it's what is inside that counts. I hate bold logos
on stuff. The version with white casing with black racing stripe is
just as ugly. That burner has its own power adapter, so there shouldn't
be a problem with power. It is a desktop drive anyway, and the peak power
would be 25W, which would be too much for USB bus powering in any case.

Paul

"Schloicka" wrote in message
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"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:

"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:
"Paul" wrote in
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy
an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops.
I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop,
and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on
either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook
came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software
I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more
thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me,
the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is
to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at
home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook
was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have
to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might
be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners
that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know that?
I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

"Schloicka" wrote in message
...


"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:

"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:
"Paul" wrote in
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy
an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops.
I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop,
and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on
either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook
came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software
I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more
thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me,
the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is
to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at
home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook
was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have
to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might
be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners
that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194

Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know that?
I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:

"Schloicka" wrote in message
...


"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:


"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:

"Paul" wrote in
...

Jo-Anne wrote:

Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy
an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops.
I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop,
and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on
either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook
came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software
I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more
thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me,
the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is
to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at
home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook
was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have
to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might
be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners
that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know that?
I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne


Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Jo-Anne wrote:

"Schloicka" wrote in message
...


"Schloicka" wrote:



"Jo-Anne" wrote:


"airsmoothed" wrote in message
...
On Dec 10, 4:42 am, "Jo-Anne" Jo-AnneATnowhere.com wrote:

"Paul" wrote in
...

Jo-Anne wrote:

Now that I have my new netbook, running WinXP SP3, I need to buy
an
external DVD burner. I've read complaints from people who say the
burner
they bought will work only with netbooks or, sometimes, laptops.
I'd
like
to get a burner that would work with my netbook, my other laptop,
and
my
desktop computer (just in case the internal drive conks out on
either
of
the other two).

I might also want to play DVDs with this drive. I think my netbook
came
with Windows Media Player, and I'm hoping that's the only software
I'll
need.

What should I look for, and what should I avoid? (If there's a
particularly good website with this kind of information, I'd be
grateful
for a link.)

Thank you!

Jo-Anne

The drive behavior should be uniform as it is moved from one
computer to another. As long as the driver stack is the same
on the computers, or the driver stack has the same features,
the features of the drive should be available on either
computer.

An example of an immature driver situation, was the first copy
of Nero I bought. It wouldn't burn any media on a USB based writer.
It could only work with drives mounted inside the computer. Things
have changed considerably for the better since then, and that is
no longer a problem.

Drives have a large number of "tick box" features and you can see
these listed in the specifications for the drive. This is a
start at understanding what a drive will or won't to. Capabilities
might be media based - CD, DVD, BD, HD-DVD. Or read/write (burner)
versus read only. And some of the standards are associated with the
drive functioning as a hard drive (i.e. random access when writing
instead
of always writing in one long spiral), with standards such as
Mount Ranier or DVD-RAM.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/img/data...roInfoTool.jpg

You should be able to go to Wikipedia, and find articles on what
these various tick boxes mean. Other web sites may have more
thorough
technical info, as some of these articles are a bit thin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_R...packet_writing)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd-ram

To me, one of the defining factors, is the design of the
insertion mechanism for the media. I like a method that
is robust to wear and tear, doesn't damage the media, and
is easy to access. I select tray based load/unload of
media, and while having never tested them, would not
touch a slot load. I've tried a "springy hub" based
slim tray on a laptop, and found that to be less than
satisfactory. This choice has an impact on the size of
the drive, and the market dictates that customers always
buy the smallest optical drive, even if it means
sacrificing other characteristics. It means, if I want
an item as described, I have to build one for myself,
as the commercial offering (slim only) won't make me happy.

Paul

Thank you, Paul! This is just the kind of information I need. For me,
the
size of the external DVD drive isn't all that important. My plan is
to use
it for installing some programs and perhaps for watching DVDs at
home--but
when I travel, I'll leave it at home. The idea of buying the netbook
was
that it would make for easy portability, so the fewer things I have
to
take
with, the better. I'll definitely look for a tray, although it might
be
hard
to find a good one. The internal burner that came with my Dell laptop
seems
pretty flimsy to me, although it works.

Jo-Anne- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I suspect a fair few burner issues are down to lack of adequate power
supply to the burner, some manufacturers try to get round this by
going down the two USB port option, but this still assumes that the
USB ports on the PC are capable of sourcing 1A each, which is not
always the case IMX. Although it's messier to use I'd look for a
burner with external power supply. FWIW I've been using one of thes
efor about 3 years light usage with no hassle:-

http://tinyurl.com/yfnyyyo

Thank you! It hadn't even occurred to me that there must be burners
that
plug into a regular electrical outlet. I'll see what I can find.

Jo-Anne


.
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know that?
I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne


Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

snip
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know
that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd mention
in the specs?

Jo-Anne

snip
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know
that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd mention
in the specs?

Jo-Anne

Jo-Anne wrote:

snip

There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know
that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q


Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd mention
in the specs?

Jo-Anne



I don't write their "tech spec sheets", but you would think so. grin

Jo-Anne wrote:

snip

There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm confused. If
this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet, how do you know
that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a power supply...

Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q


Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd mention
in the specs?

Jo-Anne



I don't write their "tech spec sheets", but you would think so. grin

Jo-Anne wrote:
snip
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power.
Try this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm
confused. If this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet,
how do you know that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a
power supply... Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd
mention in the specs?

Although I have seen external hard drive enclosures that don't need AC
juice (then again, I'm pretty sure they still all have that option), I
would imagine that there is no such thing as an external DVD burner that
wouldn't require an AC connection.

Jo-Anne wrote:
snip
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power.
Try this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm
confused. If this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet,
how do you know that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a
power supply... Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd
mention in the specs?

Although I have seen external hard drive enclosures that don't need AC
juice (then again, I'm pretty sure they still all have that option), I
would imagine that there is no such thing as an external DVD burner that
wouldn't require an AC connection.

"Daave" wrote in message
...
Jo-Anne wrote:
snip
There are a lot of external burners that plug into the electrical
outlet. That to me is better than using the usb port for power. Try
this link.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151194


Thank you again! I looked at this burner at Newegg, and I'm
confused. If this is a burner that plugs into an electrical outlet,
how do you know that? I couldn't see anything in the specs about a
power supply... Jo-Anne

Look at this picture of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ImageG...del%20SE-S224Q

Thank you, Bob! Now I see it. But shouldn't that be something they'd
mention in the specs?

Although I have seen external hard drive enclosures that don't need AC
juice (then again, I'm pretty sure they still all have that option), I
would imagine that there is no such thing as an external DVD burner that
wouldn't require an AC connection.

Hi, Daave,
I've been told that many (most?) of the external DVD burners get their power
from two USB ports rather than from an AC connection. Some people have said
that theirs work OK with only one USB port.
Jo-Anne