Thread: slim dvd vs. regular dvd

Originally Posted by nl4jy

Speaking of slim DVD drives. Anyone know a cheap place to buy a slot-loaded slim dvd drive? I'm planning to get rid of my full size slot-loaded dvd drive because of power consumption.

I've been down that road and let me tell you it sucks..... There just isn't much choice or availability in Slim Line Slot Load DVD drives....now there is several SLSL DVD+R / CDR drives if you want to spend more on the DVD drive then you spend on the rest of the computer.... like $280 I think... there is a post on here somewhere that gives the Makes and Models...

I went to eBay to get my SLSL DVD, it was $15. It is the iMac drive, made by Matsu****a (or something like that) 8114 (I think is the number).... but I have yet to find an adapter that will take it from the Drive connector to a standard IDE cable. The iDot one is backwards, and I think all the ones you see on eBay are backwards too.....

There is one that is posted somewhere around here that is supposed to work, from AllMacs or something like that.... but it is $30 (twice what I paid for the drive)....

Sorry to muddy the water...

Seems that other than the convenience of having a D/DVD drive the only big "need" is for DVD - so why not just rip your DVDs to DivX and stick them on the hard drive?

Chris.

I might have a source of slim dvd drives with a standard ide connector if anyone is interested...

Originally Posted by hevnsnt

I might have a source of slim dvd drives with a standard ide connector if anyone is interested...

interested here.

Originally Posted by hevnsnt

I might have a source of slim dvd drives with a standard ide connector if anyone is interested...

interested as well...

I am Interested

Earlier in this thread I think Ashlawn Kemling said he had them for 15 bucks if he does i want one.

I will see what kind of price I can get em for, but I doubt it will be better than $15? That is an awesome deal if they are standard ide...