CDR vs CDRW

[Thomas Scheiderich]

I am new to CDR and CDRW and am trying to get the pros and cons of
getting one over the other. I was looking at a Plextor CDR drive (which

I have been told is one of the best), but am wondering if I am limiting
myself by not getting a CDRW drive. I was also told that I should get a

SCSI CDR as opposed to an IDE style. I can go either way.

Thanks,

Tom.

[Robert Schumacher]

Unless I'm way off the mark here you are talking about the media. The drive
will do either (at least every one I've seen, including mine, will). I have
an HP 8210i 4x/4x/24x CD Writer Plus, and it will write to both CD-R's and
CD-RW's. The only difference is the media type.

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[Thomas Scheiderich]

No, I'm not concerned with the media but the pros and cons of buying a CDR over
a CDRW. One drawback I've been told is you can't really do Music on CDRW as it
is not reflective enough.

[GLD...@hotmail.com]

Thomas Scheiderich wrote:
>
> I am new to CDR and CDRW and am trying to get the pros and cons of
> getting one over the other. I was looking at a Plextor CDR drive (which
>
> I have been told is one of the best), but am wondering if I am limiting
> myself by not getting a CDRW drive. I was also told that I should get a
>
> SCSI CDR as opposed to an IDE style. I can go either way.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom.

Plextor is not one of the best; it is the best. CDR is the way to go,
cost less for media and every cdrom can read it, unlike cdrw which some
cdroms refuse even to see the disk. Also if you own a cdr, why would you
need a cdrw? SCSI is faster than an IDE. Cost more but you get more in
exchange.
>
>
>

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[Thomas Scheiderich]

I thought it would be nice to be able to rewrite CDs for use in backups, but as
650MB (or 750) is the most I can backup, I might be better of buying a Jaz
drive (2GB) for backup purposes (I don't trust tape drives - but I do have the
HP Surestore tape 6000 that I can use for backups also).

Thanks,

Tom.

[Robert Schumacher]

Again, they are the same (at least every one I've seen). The drive will
write to either type of disk, CDR or CDRW. I have not seen a drive that
only did CDRW or CDR...the difference is the blank disks. The drives will
work with either type of disk.

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"Thomas Scheiderich" <t...@deltanet.com> wrote in message

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> No, I'm not concerned with the media but the pros and cons of buying a CDR
over
> a CDRW. One drawback I've been told is you can't really do Music on CDRW
as it
> is not reflective enough.
>
> Robert Schumacher wrote:
>
> > Unless I'm way off the mark here you are talking about the media. The
drive
> > will do either (at least every one I've seen, including mine, will). I
have
> > an HP 8210i 4x/4x/24x CD Writer Plus, and it will write to both CD-R's
and
> > CD-RW's. The only difference is the media type.
> >
> > --
> > Rob
> > "I live in Hawaii, if I want spam I can get plenty here."
> >
> > "Thomas Scheiderich" <t...@deltanet.com> wrote in message
> > news:3890DEA3...@deltanet.com...