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CD/DVD external drives are niche commodity products. The brand makes almost no difference. You’re unlikely to find high quality equipment since they’re now extremely niche products with next to no market for them.

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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
there’s still a difference. whether they can run libredrive firmware, max speed, how well do they handle scratched disks

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- GreenBeard@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  And how many typical users who are using it for backing up old albums or movies or burning a one-time disk for the sake of keeping some woe-begotten antique that hasn’t been modern since Alan Turing built it himself happy, are going to know or care about the very small and exceptionally niche differences. In any case, those kinds of features aren’t exclusive to a brand, they’re model specifications. My point stands, brand is effectively irrelevant as long as you avoid the obvious scammers.
  
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  - WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    backing up movies? oh they will absolutely care. if old movies, then for the scatches. if new movies, then for libredrive support.
    
    In any case, those kinds of features aren’t exclusive to a brand, they’re model specifications. My point stands, brand is effectively irrelevant as long as you avoid the obvious scammers.
    
    I don’t think unknown brands are supported by libredrive
    
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