Sunday, November 23, 2003
Macworld: FireWire DVD-R Drives - May 2003
Macworld: FireWire DVD-R DrivesI think there may be a newer set of revidews coming out ...
Formac Electronic: OS X DVD, Pioneer or Toshiba internals
Formac Electronic Inc.Uses their DVD burning s/w
DVD Formats
DVD Wars: Cooling Down?
from the article and others: See www.dvdtoday.com/recordable_DVD_test.htm
www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility
DVD Forum: (backed by Panasonic, Pioneer, Toshiba, and others): DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM recordable-DVD formats. Apple is in this camp.
DVD+RW Alliance (Sony, Philips, and others)
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DVD-R specification: had been split into two variants—DVD-R for General and the professionally oriented DVD-R for Authoring ... most new DVD-R drives are designed to read all three types of disc
DVD-R and DVD-RW are essentially write-once and rewritable versions of mass-replicated DVD-Video discs, and both initially targeted video storage and DVD-authoring applications. Compatibility with set-top DVD players and DVD-ROM drives was essential.
DVD-RAM: designed for data-oriented tasks such as computer backup and archiving. This format works more like random-access computer media than a sequential-read DVD-Video disc. Since it requires a different-wavelength laser than other DVD formats, it's rarely supported by DVD-ROM drives or set-top players.... DVD-RAM's robust defect management and error correction features make it a popular archiving and record-keeping platform in niche markets such as libraries, movie studios, and the medical community.... (but it is becoming a niche solution?)
DVD+RW: Similar to DVD-RW, but newer DVD+RW drives may include a random-access mode (CAV) that competes with DVD-RAM.
DVD+R: newest format, 2003 debut? Writes to 8-9 GB.
from the article and others: See www.dvdtoday.com/recordable_DVD_test.htm
www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility
DVD Forum: (backed by Panasonic, Pioneer, Toshiba, and others): DVD-R, DVD-RW, and DVD-RAM recordable-DVD formats. Apple is in this camp.
DVD+RW Alliance (Sony, Philips, and others)
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DVD-R specification: had been split into two variants—DVD-R for General and the professionally oriented DVD-R for Authoring ... most new DVD-R drives are designed to read all three types of disc
DVD-R and DVD-RW are essentially write-once and rewritable versions of mass-replicated DVD-Video discs, and both initially targeted video storage and DVD-authoring applications. Compatibility with set-top DVD players and DVD-ROM drives was essential.
DVD-RAM: designed for data-oriented tasks such as computer backup and archiving. This format works more like random-access computer media than a sequential-read DVD-Video disc. Since it requires a different-wavelength laser than other DVD formats, it's rarely supported by DVD-ROM drives or set-top players.... DVD-RAM's robust defect management and error correction features make it a popular archiving and record-keeping platform in niche markets such as libraries, movie studios, and the medical community.... (but it is becoming a niche solution?)
DVD+RW: Similar to DVD-RW, but newer DVD+RW drives may include a random-access mode (CAV) that competes with DVD-RAM.
DVD+R: newest format, 2003 debut? Writes to 8-9 GB.
MCE Lucid SuperDrive Portable FireWire DVD-R/RW Drive
MCE Lucid SuperDrive Portable FireWire DVD-R/RW DriveWill it work with a PC? How much as the AC Adaptor?
Saturday, November 22, 2003
Battery maintenance for your iBook
Battery maintenance for your iBook
Very useful description of a behavior I see in my old iBook battery -- an abrupt jump from 68% to 100%. Conversely, in use, it goes from about 38% to empty.
XBattery reads capacity when fully charged is 1.361Ah. A May 2003 battery had a capacity of 4.123 Ah, so this is pretty lousy.
Very useful description of a behavior I see in my old iBook battery -- an abrupt jump from 68% to 100%. Conversely, in use, it goes from about 38% to empty.
XBattery reads capacity when fully charged is 1.361Ah. A May 2003 battery had a capacity of 4.123 Ah, so this is pretty lousy.
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