SLOT load ide dvd rw

I am going to upgrade my toughbook cd to dvd rw drive. I am having difficulty locating a ide slot load drive, all i find is sata. Was wondering if somebody could point me in the right direction

 

Um.... Have you looked on EBAY?

 

I use the slot load Panasonic UJ-825B 4x Slim DVD Super MULTI Drive.

 

Azrial, isn't this used in most macs?..[going by how sellers describe 'em on fleabay] Are they 'master' by default or do we still need to do the R2 solder mod?
Ron in SG

 

Well, I don't know about the Macs part, however that would make them compatible with my RAM! I bought mine new to go in my old IBM R40 Thinkpad.

I like them because, you are correct, they are Master by default and add DVD-RAM to the capabilities of the Toughbook.

It was replaced by the "newer" UJ-835-B and UJ-845-B which is a 8.5GB Dual Layer.

 

They are master by default (I'm pretty sure) but the ones I had were a lot noisier than the Sony Optiarc....

 

OMG silly me, i even clicked on that drive before. I assumed it was sata. tish tosh

 

wow i just found the panny for CHEAP http://www.buyaae.com/uj-845-b.aspx only thing is shipping is a definite KILLER

 

I believe that you can offer that guy around $55USD and he will take it. I've bought from him before... He ships quickly too.

 

Thanks i will try that. I found this http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ACER-ASPIRE-1690-DVDRW-DRIVE-UJ-845-C-CLOT-LOADING_W0QQitemZ380213439057QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item58867caa51#ht_2135wt_958C model in case, but would rather get the NEW drive.

I will ask him if he has the sony since they are quieter

 

What is a " Clot" loading drive?

 

When water comes in the system it clots it up so that it wont damage the mobo

 

Here's the drive I am considering for my new (to me anyway ) Toughbook (CF-29HTM50BM):

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390167674713

And, it's `local' to me.

 

dang didnt think they would make ide bray drives. its main usefulness would be bray backups as for playing the processor isnt powerful enough according to other members.

 

Check out this burner software's system requirements:

Minimum System Requirements:
•Windows XP (with Service Pack 2 installed)
•800 MHz Intel Pentium III class processor
•512 MB of RAM
•50 MB of disk space for StarBurn application data
•CD or DVD burner

Recommended System Requirements:
•Windows XP (with Service Pack 2 installed)
•2 GHz Intel Xeon class processor
•4 GB of RAM
•1 GB of disk space for StarBurn application data and log files
•Blu-Ray or HD-DVD burner

http://www.starburnsoftware.com/products/starburn/requirements

 

yes its fine for burning but not for playing

 

Yeah... You wouldn't get much from the blue ray video as in video quality in the Toughbooks as they are not really made for that... But you sure could burn a ton of stuff to disk! Please keep us posted!

 

Besides, 1024x768 would at best be the equivalent of 720P and with the video capabilities of the Toughbook, you are not going to see natural motion video at that resolution, not to mention the overhead of the rendering engine.

 

1360 x 768 = 720
1024 x 768 would be more around 480 which is fine for dvd

But ya you could back up the entire toughbook drive on a bray, its about $100 bucks more than i want to spend and the fact that its ide means its not future compatible if i got a newer toughbook later on

 

Nope, you are incorrect, unless you have one of them W id e S c r e e n Toughbooks...

Now I am just a dumb old ham, but this is pretty much how it goes.

480i (Standard Interlaced analog TV, otherwise know as NTSC, minus the scan lines. with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and therefore a display resolution of 640x480.)

480p (Progressive Scan DVD) Pretty much the same, except the frames are displayed progressively as opposed to interlaced. ) Progressive is usually better at capturing motion and will show higher vertical resolution than interlaced video with the same frame rate. . BTW, for an easy mnemonic notice that 480 is a part of the names used for these resolutions for a reason... a big difference from 768!

720p (1st level HD Quality) Here we have a vertical resolution of 720 pixels and a horizontal resolution of 1280 pixels. Not to break it down too much, but again, please notice that 1280×720 is a lot closer to 1024x768 SVGA then it is to 640x480 VGA (and 480i) as you so curtly contradicted.

720i (Technically possible, but mostly unused standard, so who cares...)

1080i (2nd level HD Quality - interlaced) Interlaced with a frame resolution of 1920×1080 at an aspect ratio of 16:9.

1080p (3rd level - Highest Quality Bluray and Videogames) About as good as it currently gets, or doesn't.. This is again a frame resolution of 1920×1080 and at an aspect ratio of 16:9.

These number vary somewhat, and there are other standards, but as I said and as should be obvious to anyone that can count, 1024x768 is closest to 720P. Even if due to video card limitations you will never see that on a current TB.

Schools out.

 

Positives about that drive

Will burn all types of media
On your cf-29 it will play dvd's

Negatives

Cost
Requires newest bluray writing software if you are using bluray disks (my roxio software cost $100)
Won't playback bluray movies,only cf-30mk2 and newer and cf-52 models meet the min hardware specs (with help from add-on software)
Will not provide as flexable record speeds as a standard dvd writer


Alex

 

Well dumb old man lol, i just go by widescreen in general as it is the main standard. I am sure you are technically correct, and it would be sweet if they made a 1080p TB it would be about 9 grand though.

 

Thanks. All considered I have decided to stay with the UJ-850 drive instead.