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DVD Burner in USB External Enclosure?

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Ensign

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I'm thinking of getting a DVD Burner and mounting it in my USB 2.0 External Enclosure so I could easily use it with multiple systems. How much of a speed hit will I take from mounting the DVD Burner internally? Will burning be as reliable while using it in the external enclosure?

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Thanks!
 
Well, I've never used an external DVD burner, but I would think they would be just fine based on USB2.0 transfer rates.

A typical DVD drive burning at 8X transfers about 11-12 megabytes per second. In comparision, high-speed USB2.0 has a maximum transfer rate of 60 megabytes per second (480 Mbits/second).

Granted, you'll hardly ever see the full transfer rate with any USB2.0 enclosure, but even if you get 30MB/second, that should still be good enough for even 16X DVD burning.
 
Sounds good to me. Thanks!


Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Well, I've never used an external DVD burner, but I would think they would be just fine based on USB2.0 transfer rates.

A typical DVD drive burning at 8X transfers about 11-12 megabytes per second. In comparision, high-speed USB2.0 has a maximum transfer rate of 60 megabytes per second (480 Mbits/second).

Granted, you'll hardly ever see the full transfer rate with any USB2.0 enclosure, but even if you get 30MB/second, that should still be good enough for even 16X DVD burning.
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I have an external Plextor PX-708UF2 - it is on Firewire and works beautifully. I also have three CD/RW externals, and they are also on Firewire an have worked great for many years. Going back to SCSI days, I have always used external burners - more reliable than internal - no power impact and less CPU impact when burning. The downside for some is they cost a bit more - but, . . . you get what you pay for. 🙂
 
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