Wishful thinking about future SuperDrives.
A couple of weeks ago I purchased a Panasonic DVD Recorder at Best Buy. The thing is a marvel mostly because it burns to DVD-R discs that my PowerBook can read and DVD-RAM discs, which I think it's the best format out there (even with the limited compatability thing).
Anyway, I was just browsing the net for a good DVD-Ram drive and I didn't have a lot of luck, but I thought it would kick ass for Apple to include DVD-RAM burning on the next gen of SuperDrives. It's like having extra hard disks on cheap sub-4 dollar DVDs... they can be erased 100,000 (one hundred thousand) times, and they're random access. No need to erase the whole contents of the disc. They're mah-velous.
Point is/question is, does anyone think future SuperDrives will support this format?!
Anyway, I was just browsing the net for a good DVD-Ram drive and I didn't have a lot of luck, but I thought it would kick ass for Apple to include DVD-RAM burning on the next gen of SuperDrives. It's like having extra hard disks on cheap sub-4 dollar DVDs... they can be erased 100,000 (one hundred thousand) times, and they're random access. No need to erase the whole contents of the disc. They're mah-velous.
Point is/question is, does anyone think future SuperDrives will support this format?!
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JVC also supports DVD-RAM in their recorders.
Edit: As an aside I was wondering does the Panasonic DVD recorder support DVD-RWs? Interestingly enough they often only state DVD-R.
Originally posted by Telomar
Just for reference the current iMac often ships with Panasonic's slimline DVD writer (I know because I have one). It is meant to support DVD-RAM discs but in fact has it switched off in firmware (I assume). Apple did ship DVD-RAM drives with the original G4s and I agree in that I love it but unfortunately the additional cost of them meant they didn't ever really take off
JVC also supports DVD-RAM in their recorders.
Edit: As an aside I was wondering does the Panasonic DVD recorder support DVD-RWs? Interestingly enough they often only state DVD-R.
RW works.