Sony MPDAP20U

[hirmando]

Has this site done a review of the MPDAP20U

[http://www.sonystyle.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/USD/SY_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=uHqX7e0XpX6Xt9DVJfOd5qIZjA1l3S2BB7s=?ProductSKU=MPDAP20U]

and

[http://www.storagebysony.com/products/productmain.asp?id=185]

The product specs say that it will burn a CD-R at 24X max. As I understand it, the device is built for USB 2.0 with backwards compat. for 1.1. I'm sure I'm running USB 1.1 and wonder how this might affect the CD-R burn rate.

Thanks

[Ian]

Nope we haven't looked at it yet. Using USB 1.1 is going to slow its reading and writing speeds down considerably. Most likely, you'll have a maximum CD read speed of about 6x and a write speed of 4x. You can forget about viewing DVD's with USB 1.1 too.

[hirmando]

Thought it was to good to be true.

Think its worth getting a USB 2.0 port for the laptop? Is PCMCIA card only way?

Anything comperble to this product in terms of depth of media?

I could care less about the memory stick (unless it came with one :) ), but I don't have a DVD player at home or a CD-RW. Seemd like a good buy especially with the portability and rechargeable battery.

Thoughts?