optical drivesYousef, dwaters, Vinod_SQL, Henrike, NickB, randguth, HumanCompiler, BestSnowman, tina, Jenp, extreme, Clint, Nogare, Sampy, Anaquil, VolkerW, kunjal, Charles, Grace, tokianuki, IvanaTilca, MrNAP, Fabian, JeanGray, mkleef, Chenley, Sasza, loper, Guerra, cykho, DaveMorehouse, markjo, Miguel, qixing, MS Recruiting, BuckWoody, leonardopires, Tao, TechNetMagazine, pseudotot, MJV, Max, Matt_Duffin, SaNdMaX, zeddy, SilkeChristina, bsarica, Ellery, feder, wolfh, gogole, Jaguar, eminay, madd0, magicMajid, Olaf, bietiekay, Yizhe, BipinPaulBedi, chidioc, sarahintampa, onyourmark, Ian, imkin, gbarnett, sriram, littleguru, Joey, Laura, dmelanchthon, HilaryP, Exsilio, gmarchetti, akinoriy, Surfer, edunhill, smanus, masakit10051, Lean, fuady, SampyLive2, ethelcilla, MWahby, ZachSkylesOwens, anmari, narenda, tendulkar, UrJiT, Michael_Greene, neil, TheContempt, wperr, Diane, SecurityGuy, AdamBomb, JamesSun, alanle, ASchabus, compozer, Fernik, gkrishnaa, jaircazarin, arnostevens, steffenk, Farol, Daniel, Larry, gsmodi, mesmann, erickingfrog, alain, DiegoNogare, Arun, campusK0der, ronald, KenR, Johnny_Yu, bencoley, Pascal, Lisa, tunckanat, sos, AlexJimenez, SanilSingh, anoop, armanhal, Barbara, System, krobi, Beatriz, Carla_Silva, Duncan, Elisa, Ata, AlfredTwo, RaidDawghttp://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/Channel8/images/feedimage.pnghttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/optical+drives/optical driveshttp://channel8.msdn.com/Tags/optical+drives/en-usFri, 04 Jan 2008 21:21:06 GMTFri, 04 Jan 2008 21:21:06 GMTEvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3229.2473, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)<img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/Link/332b46fc-6014-46c8-9f3b-f38164606eaa/" border="0" /><p>I have to say I’m impressed with the amount of research and thought you all have been putting into each component in our Build a PC series. We are getting really close to ordering all the parts and building this sucker!</p> <p></p> <p>Already covered is our <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/">case</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/">CPU</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-III-The-Motherboard/">motherboard</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-V-Hard-Disk/">hard disk</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-IV-RAM/">RAM</a>, and <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VI-The-Graphics-Card/">graphics card</a>… but we still have a few more decisions to make. Next up are the optical drives—and I don’t expect this will be a simple decision.</p> <p></p> <p><br /><br />The Pointers:</p> <ol> <li>For over a year now we have been amidst a new “high definition” format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray</li> <li>I personally am leaning towards an HD-DVD solution since it tends to be slightly cheaper and has better backwards compatibility with today’s DVDs</li> <li>Brand I will leave up to you guys, I know Asus has an HD DVD drive out… who else? </li> <li>Should we also get a DVD burner? Which one?</li> <li>Lastly, does it matter if we go SATA or IDE?</li></ol> <p><br />Ok… go drop some knowledge--comment style&nbsp;:)</p> <p></p><img src="http://channel8.msdn.com/945/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0" height="1" width="1" alt="" />http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VII-Optical-Drives/I have to say I’m impressed with the amount of research and thought you all have been putting into each component in our Build a PC series. We are getting really close to ordering all the parts and building this sucker! Already covered is our case, CPU, motherboard, hard disk, RAM, and graphics card… but we still have a few more decisions to make. Next up are the optical drives—and I don’t expect this will be a simple decision. The Pointers: For over a year now we have been amidst a new “high definition” format war between HD-DVD and Blu-Ray I personally am leaning towards an HD-DVD solution since it tends to be slightly cheaper and has better backwards compatibility with today’s DVDs Brand I will leave up to you guys, I know Asus has an HD DVD drive out… who else? Should we also get a DVD burner? Which one? Lastly, does it matter if we go SATA or IDE? Ok… go drop some knowledge--comment style&nbsp; http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VII-Optical-Drives/Fri, 04 Jan 2008 18:33:00 GMThttp://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VII-Optical-Drives/3490http://channel8.msdn.com/945/WebViewBug.aspx?EVT=0<p>I have to say I’m impressed with the amount of research and thought you all have been putting into each component in our Build a PC series. We are getting really close to ordering all the parts and building this sucker!</p> <p></p> <p>Already covered is our <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-I-The-Case/">case</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-II-The-CPU/">CPU</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-III-The-Motherboard/">motherboard</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-V-Hard-Disk/">hard disk</a>, <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-IV-RAM/">RAM</a>, and <a href="http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VI-The-Graphics-Card/">graphics card</a>… but we still have a few more decisions to make. Next up are the optical drives—and I don’t expect this will be a simple decision.</p> <p></p> <p>Ready… Set…. Comment!</p>MaxMax29http://channel8.msdn.com/Posts/Max-Builds-a-PC-Series-Part-VII-Optical-Drives/RSS/http://channel8.msdn.com/945/Trackback.aspxbuild a pcmax builds a pc seriesoptical drives