Sony U1 firewire 800? at DVinfo.net

James Venturi · December 13th, 2009, 10:31 AM

Is the bottleneck on the U1 the drive or the USB protocol? Has anyone tried taking the unit apart and installing it in a firewire 800 capable enclosure or would this be a waste of time given the read speed of the drive? Is this even possible? Is the drive SATA or ATA?

Alister Chapman · December 13th, 2009, 11:06 AM

The bottleneck is the drive. The maximum data rate of the discs with a single laser is around 80Mb/s, well within the capabilities of USB. Firewire would be no increase in performance.

December 13th, 2009, 10:31 AM	#1
James Venturi Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NYC Posts: 81	Sony U1 firewire 800? Is the bottleneck on the U1 the drive or the USB protocol? Has anyone tried taking the unit apart and installing it in a firewire 800 capable enclosure or would this be a waste of time given the read speed of the drive? Is this even possible? Is the drive SATA or ATA?

December 13th, 2009, 11:06 AM	#2
Alister Chapman Inner Circle Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bracknell, Berkshire, UK Posts: 4,957	The bottleneck is the drive. The maximum data rate of the discs with a single laser is around 80Mb/s, well within the capabilities of USB. Firewire would be no increase in performance. __________________ Alister Chapman, Film-Maker/Stormchaser http://www.xdcam-user.com/alisters-blog/ My XDCAM site and blog. http://www.hurricane-rig.com