(A toss-up whether this is general H/W or video Q, but I'll post here. I've scanned the forum and don't see it discussed elsewhere here.)
Is there any concensus as to what ATAPI DVD's are most reliable/compatible at a decent price? Or is there a standard site recommended for details/comparisons? I'm interested in using this as my ATAPI CD unit as well -- my SCSI's haven't always been available in Win98 crash recovery.
Or are all the $50-$75 drives about the same these days?
I've never had a DVD on my computer before... 'hope I'm not making any dumb assumptions about them working well with the Radeon 8500 or as simple CD drives. I'm leaning towards the Toshiba 1622 or Pioneer 106s/2 (those are from memory and may be flawed id's).
'Have to justify the Radeon 8500 I just ordered with a DVD drive! Okay, my ATAPI CD's acting flakey too. My monitor's as big as my TV, anyway, so it might as well have a DVD drive too.
Apologies if this is the wrong forum: it seemed this group would have the most familiarity with DVD drives.
Is there any concensus as to what ATAPI DVD's are most reliable/compatible at a decent price? Or is there a standard site recommended for details/comparisons? I'm interested in using this as my ATAPI CD unit as well -- my SCSI's haven't always been available in Win98 crash recovery.
Or are all the $50-$75 drives about the same these days?
I've never had a DVD on my computer before... 'hope I'm not making any dumb assumptions about them working well with the Radeon 8500 or as simple CD drives. I'm leaning towards the Toshiba 1622 or Pioneer 106s/2 (those are from memory and may be flawed id's).
'Have to justify the Radeon 8500 I just ordered with a DVD drive! Okay, my ATAPI CD's acting flakey too. My monitor's as big as my TV, anyway, so it might as well have a DVD drive too.
Apologies if this is the wrong forum: it seemed this group would have the most familiarity with DVD drives.