External Firewire DVD burner? at DVinfo.net

Michael Wisniewski · January 27th, 2003, 10:19 PM

Has anyone successfully burned DVDs with an external firewire DVD burner.

I'm quite happy editing on my laptop so I'd just like to add a 1394 DVD burner.

Tom Voigt · January 28th, 2003, 06:18 PM

I have been using a Pioneer 104 (A04) in an ESBuy firewire enclosure for about 8 months now. All the DVD authoring software recognizes it just fine. No hassles under either Win98 or Win XP Home.

ESBuy.com is where you want to go. They have been a good source to deal with.

I had been using their media as well, but they switched suppliers for their ESBuy Gold 1x DVD-R and when all of them came back from my customers, I switched to Maxell - but thats a different story.......

Michael Wisniewski · January 29th, 2003, 01:47 AM

Thank you that's great news! And greatly simplifies my life :-)

Steve Thompson · January 31st, 2003, 08:13 AM

I use a Pioneer A04 enclosed in a Pyro Drive kit enclosure. Works great!!! I use Win 2000 and it instantly recognized the configuration. I purchaed both the drive and the drive enclosure at www.videoguys.com

Good luck! Steve

January 31st, 2003, 10:01 AM

We've been very happy with the great, inexpensive removable enclosures made by genica. Computer Geeks still seems to have the best on price on those (I was shocked to see it else where for three times that price!) Here is the link:

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GN210

Of course this won't work with laptops BUT I hope it helps others. It's FAR less expensive than all these external enclosures, and you never have to mess with power bricks, etc.

They use bus speed so they are very fast and they are backward compatible with older ATA standards, which makes them great for using those older hard drives for extra backups, etc. I will soon order their 2.5 to 3.5 adapter (http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108) so that I may reuse old laptop drives as well.

I have no relationship to the Geeks, just a satisfied customer.

Best,

Miles

January 27th, 2003, 10:19 PM	#1
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	External Firewire DVD burner? Has anyone successfully burned DVDs with an external firewire DVD burner. I'm quite happy editing on my laptop so I'd just like to add a 1394 DVD burner.

January 31st, 2003, 10:01 AM	#5
Miles J. Posts: n/a	Great drive enclosure We've been very happy with the great, inexpensive removable enclosures made by genica. Computer Geeks still seems to have the best on price on those (I was shocked to see it else where for three times that price!) Here is the link: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=GN210 Of course this won't work with laptops BUT I hope it helps others. It's FAR less expensive than all these external enclosures, and you never have to mess with power bricks, etc. They use bus speed so they are very fast and they are backward compatible with older ATA standards, which makes them great for using those older hard drives for extra backups, etc. I will soon order their 2.5 to 3.5 adapter (http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=HD-108) so that I may reuse old laptop drives as well. I have no relationship to the Geeks, just a satisfied customer. Best, Miles

January 28th, 2003, 06:18 PM	#2
Tom Voigt Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 92	I have been using a Pioneer 104 (A04) in an ESBuy firewire enclosure for about 8 months now. All the DVD authoring software recognizes it just fine. No hassles under either Win98 or Win XP Home. ESBuy.com is where you want to go. They have been a good source to deal with. I had been using their media as well, but they switched suppliers for their ESBuy Gold 1x DVD-R and when all of them came back from my customers, I switched to Maxell - but thats a different story.......

January 29th, 2003, 01:47 AM	#3
Michael Wisniewski Wrangler Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Makati, Metro Manila Posts: 2,706 Images: 32	Thank you that's great news! And greatly simplifies my life :-)

January 31st, 2003, 08:13 AM	#4
Steve Thompson New Boot Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Canonsburg PA Posts: 11	I use a Pioneer A04 enclosed in a Pyro Drive kit enclosure. Works great!!! I use Win 2000 and it instantly recognized the configuration. I purchaed both the drive and the drive enclosure at www.videoguys.com Good luck! Steve