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Posted May 8th, 2003 23:00
i see but will there ever be one for the 8200???425
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Posted May 9th, 2003 02:00
Not likely, in my opinion. Dell is primarily working on the 8500 (and maybe the rumored 9100?) now. While it would be a good idea for them to go back and release a C-Series modular DVD burner, I honestly don't see it happening...425
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Posted May 9th, 2003 17:00
Your best bet is a DVD recorder in an external 1394 case.
Bonus to this is that most DVD recorders have substandard CD recording speeds. Fastest CD-R speed I've seen on DVD-R drives is 16x. A laptop DVD-R is probably even slower.425
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Posted May 14th, 2003 14:00
Does anyone have the part number for the DVD+R drive for the I8500? I'm guessing the drive itself is standard size. So if I buy one I might be able to put it into a standard I8200 media bay tray, the only thing that might not fit is the face cover where the eject botton is located.
I swapped the internal DVD/CDRW combo drive from my I8200 into a media bay drive for an old Latutide CPH. I just needed the face cover from Dell for like $5. What make is the DVD+R drive in the I8500?
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Posted May 14th, 2003 22:00
Dell is so wrong for not releasing a DVD BURNER for the 8200.
I bought this machine in hopes that a DVD burner would come out for it. Not
so Dell can label it EOL.
P.
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Posted May 15th, 2003 14:00
theres always the m50.... its still around... they could release a DVD+RW drive for it, and it would work in the 8x00 if its fixed and c-series if a media bay option, but it'll probably be a fixed drive if it happends
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Posted May 18th, 2003 20:00
Well it seems there might be a DVD-RW drive already out for both the fixed bay and modular bay. I don't know if this guy is full of it or not but on ebay a guy has both for $495 a piece which is out of my price range. I would rather have an external +-RW since it supports both standards anyway.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3416720189&category=31564
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3416720240&category=31564
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Posted May 19th, 2003 15:00
Those auctions look fishy... Dell is currently backing the +R/RW standard and hasn't released a -R/RW drive; not even in their desktops. (At least, from what I've seen in my research.)
The external +/- drive will be your best bet. It supports both standards (which is nice) and will burn much faster. (4x compared to the 1x those auctioned drives claim.)
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Posted May 20th, 2003 13:00
@nanakivii wrote:
Those auctions look fishy... Dell is currently backing the +R/RW standard and hasn't released a -R/RW drive; not even in their desktops. (At least, from what I've seen in my research.)
The external +/- drive will be your best bet. It supports both standards (which is nice) and will burn much faster. (4x compared to the 1x those auctioned drives claim.)
I agree. Go with an external drive. Cheaper, and more importantly, MUCH faster.
I have a Pioneer DVR-105 in an external 1394 case. It works wonderfully with my 8200.
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Posted May 8th, 2003 14:00
Sturdy,
Thank you for using the Dell Community Forum.
No, the Inspiron 8500 is a D-series system and the 8200 is a C-series system. The two series are not compatible with each other.