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bg88 - Sep 4, 2006 - 9:35 am

Hi,

I'm running 10.3.9 on a PPC 450Mhz and have the following internal CD burner SONY CD-RW CRX140E:

Manufacturer: SONY
Model: SONY CD-RW CRX140E
Revision: 1.0n
Drive Type: CD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk2
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No

I'd like to know what the best internal DVD burner to get preferably under $100 CAD that reads and writes all formats and multiple layers?

DeltaMac - Sep 4, 2006 - 10:09 am

Check out the deal on this page - http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optic...ives/powermac/

bg88 - Sep 6, 2006 - 4:34 pm

A friend suggested Pioneer model #111D. As a result I have a further couple of questions related to this issue. What is the difference between single and double or dual layers and will they play on my G4 450MHz tower? Will I require any other software not supplied by Pioneer?

DeltaMac - Sep 6, 2006 - 5:08 pm

A dual-layer burner (such as the Pioneer you are looking at) will burn either single-layer (the standard DVD-R or DVD+R), giving you as much as 4.7 GB of storage on a single disk. It will also burn dual-layer DVD+R disks, which are different, and have, well, dual-layers. This type of disk will store twice as much, up to 9.4GB, on a single disk. Most commercial movie DVDs have been dual-layer for years, so any DVD drive would play those, A special burner (that Pioneer for example) is required to burn the dual-layer DVDs, and of course, the special DL DVD+R disks have to used for that.
Pioneer, as far as I know, supplies no software that you could use on a Mac, so the selection of a variety of packages on the linked page that I gave you. You will see listed a variety of other software. Toast is very good for a variety of burning tasks. The iLife software does several different types of work where you might use a good burner. You might also want some good backup software - several of the packages include that. It also depends on what type of work that you will be doing.
- Dale

bg88 - Sep 6, 2006 - 5:26 pm

Sorry I forgot something and that was will I get the speeds that pioneer mentions or slower ones given my 450 processor speed?

DeltaMac - Sep 6, 2006 - 5:38 pm

My opinion only - you will be limited because of your low end processor. Ask this question at the Macsales (OWC) site - they have live support, and have always heard that they will help you out with those type of questions.
I think you will not be happy with burning DVDs, if you expect to do that. Most DVD burns require a lot of the processor, and you don't have much to give.
Ask OWC about that, and check this other page for processor upgrades
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/accelerators/
and take a look at this for less than $250
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/PowerLogix/PF47S1600AG/
You would be amazed....
- Dale