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Originally Posted by Theodoric
Are external drives usable when connected via USB 1.2?
Also, I only have one spare USB port which I can't tie up permanently as I use it for downloading my digital camera. Are there any known problems with plugging and unplugging an external DVD drive fairly frequently?
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I dont know of any DVD writers wich can opperate on USB1.1, basicly your maximum throughput on USB1 is 1,375KB/s wich is just about equal to a 1x DVDR, however due to overheads and such you never reach maximum speeds, would probably cause a lot of buffer underruns (Not nescesarily impossible though).
Have you considdered upgrading to USB2.0?? It would add a lot of new sockets (You said you where running short of spare USB sockets) plus I have found some USB1 products work better on USB2 ports.
From Ebuyer.... (I could have sworn I heard bifta hiss when I typed that lol)
USB 2.0 for PC
Here £7.04
USB 2.0 for Laptop
Here £12.92
As for an external DVD, It could be cheaper to D.I.Y.....
USB 2.0 Drive enclosure
Here £57.57
8x DVDR Dual Mode & RAM capable
Here £66.57
Total = £124.14
Very easy to assemble and you will probably find you will write better quality discs (Most externals I have found to be not so good quality at writing)
Or....
Pre Assembled
Here £106.99
hmm, I wasnt expecting the pre-packaged one to be cheaper, the D.I.Y one is higher spec though so that may be worth takin into considderation.
Also according to the reviews the pre-packaged one has trouble writing to Orange Bulkpaq discs (BEst Ive used in terms of quality to price)