Does anyone still make a slot load DVD drive?

[tvih]

I've always wondered about the lack of slot-loading optical drives in the computer market. They seem much more convenient to me than ones with trays. I've looked around in Finland and there's not that many models sold here, around 4 different DVD and one Blu-Ray drive, and there's always a price premium over tray models. And all are slim ones, though my next drive is slim anyway.

 

[corkyg]

Can't a slim drive be adapted into some sort of 5.25" tray? I still have my Pioneer slot loader and a spare new one in the closet I got about 4 years ago.

 

[sprockkets]

Well, most if not all my new case builds involve mini-ITX cases, so I buy these now. The PATA version was only sold at Directron.com for a long time, then it sold out. The slot loader from Pioneer was on hiatus for like a year.

There is no mention if it works with small discs. Anyone care to try it? I only know of the Wii drive taking small discs.

I still have my AOpen slot loader DVD drive, which was a Pioneer drive anyhow. It was made in Japan, back in the old days of Pioneer.

I still have the 5 CD changer from many years ago. Shame it only works in like Win9x. All other OSes, including Linux, see only one drive.

 

[corkyg]

To my knowledge, the only one that works with mini-discs is the Panasonic. Pioneer will not.