Re: Looking for DVD combo drive

AZ Nomad wrote:
On Fri, 19 May 2006 21:20:46 +0100, Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
Dirk Bruere wrote:

Ian Stirling wrote:

Dirk Bruere <dirk.bruere@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Rene Tschaggelar wrote:

Dirk Bruere wrote:

... that does not have a tray that feels like flimsy plastic crap.
Does anyone do one? Such mech info seems extremely difficult to find.
I'm looking for the kind of 'quality' mechanism found on high end CD players (but obviously I also need DVD functionality).

With a target price of 30$, you only
get platic crap. You can always bring one
to your local mechanic and have it
remade from whatever material.
The target price is <$200

Now, order ten thousand at that price, and you may get beautiful results.
With onsies, you are not going to get quality for $200.

I'm not talking about complete CD/DVD players, but drives.
You know - the ones people put in computers to read/write DVD/CDs.
Typical price for crap - $30.
What quality ones exist?
I don't know of any, since in this business
there just one phrase : "It has to be cheap."

Why not spend 150$ on your local mechanic to
have the drawer milled from aluminum ? Then
anodize with a flash color and you're there ?

Because it would take us too long.

Even ignoring the time, replacing the plastic with aluminum will not
increase it's reliability. It'll lower it actually.

Tell you what - next time you have a few minutes and are passing a store that sells quality audio stuff drop in and ask to see a CD player costing in excess of $1000. Look at the CD player tray. Compare it to the average PC. That will give you an idea of what I'm looking for.

Dirk
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