Posted by Who Dat? on 10/21/05 13:57

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:03:31 -0500, Jeffery S. Jones
<jeffsj@execpc.com> wrote:

>On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:06:33 GMT, Who Dat? <Who Dat@ncat.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 10:51:10 -0500, Jeffery S. Jones
>><jeffsj@execpc.com> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:59:24 -0400, "Mike Kujbida"
>>><kujfamNoSpam@xplornet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Who Dat? wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:57:40 -0500, "Ken Maltby"
>>>>> <kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Who Dat?" <Who Dat@ncat.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:ja63l1teeqibtcmkc8lvitct5eg50e6v1i@4ax.com...
>>>>>>> Is there such a device that can hold at least 100 dvd disks and
>>>>>>> read/play them as well and can attach to a PC via a USB connection?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are various External Drive enclosures for USB2, a
>>>>>> couple of those with 300GB drives should handle that much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out www.buffalotech.com and www.provantage.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Luck;
>>>>>> Ken
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks I am aware of that however I would prefer the ability to keep
>>>>> everything on disk and read or play the dvd via the device. Keeping
>>>>> everything on a dvd is the main goal.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Do a Google search on "DVD jukebox" and you'll find several links.
>>>>I don't think you'll like some of the prices though :-(
>>>
>>>http://shop.store.yahoo.com/document-capture-scanners/pidvdcdjupis.html
>>>
>>> Not the only one, but if you want reliability it isn't cheap :-(
>>>
>>> We looked into DVD and decided that it was so much cheaper and more
>>>convenient to go to hard drive playback, that getting a mechanical DVD
>>>player, subject to loading delays and breakdowns, was simply not worth
>>>the effort. Hard drives are dirt cheap now.
>>
>>I am talking about something like this, except it must be able to play
>>CD's and DVD's data, music movies ect...
>>Here is a guide to the unit I have been talking about...
>>
>>http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/200504211/
>
> The Pioneer DRM-3000 will do that. Holds 300 disks, and acts like
>a supersized DVD drive. The price tag on it is the only drawback, but
>I am unaware of an equivalently functional DVD multidisk drive at a
>lower price. There are some somewhat cheaper models, but nothing
>which is remotely cost-competitive with hard drive playback.

Can the Pioneer be connected to a PC like the above model via usb???

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