iPod: The Battery Status Indicator Is Approximate
Apple will service an in warrantee (1 year) iPod with poor battery performance. This tells you how to test.
Also, AppleCare for the iPod is $59 and extends the warrantee to 3 years. Since the battery will need replacing before 3 years have passed, this is a pretty good deal -- unless you lose or sell your iPod.
Tuesday, November 25, 2003
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?
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