DIGISTOR 5.25" DVD Burner Slot-Load SATA Drive

dvd drive slot-load...i love it, The optical drive on my 1 yr-old desktop quite literally gave up on me -- it just wouldn't read my CDs and DVDs anymore, let alone burn and do my back ups. And so I asked my brother for help in replacing the optical drive. While we we're picking out what drives to order from Amazon, I told my brother "Wouldn't it be nice to have one of those drives that didn't have trays on my desktop?"

He told me that they were called Slot Loading drives. We were afraid that they were not designed for desktops because I frequently saw them on my friends' laptops. After a bit of research, we finally came to the DIGISTOR website -- [...] -- and found that they had some for desktops. I ordered them off Amazon and now I've had them for at least 2 months now.

It's been working wonderfully -- it reads all my CDs and DVDs, and burns my back ups as well. It's a speedy drive, I didn't have to wait as much as with my old DVD burner. My brother told me to be careful with the slot load mechanism, as there was no "emergency eject" hole on this one, but so far, no problems with it at all. I'm very satisfied with the product.
It gets the Job Done for a lot of Money, This is a laptop drive mounted in a half height, 5.25" adapter. I use it with a Linux machine (Debian Lenny) and find it reasonably fast and quiet. It mounts near the top of the 5.25" adapter, so consequently, the slot sits very high when compared to conventional DVD burners.

The price is $30 more than conventional DVD burners, a difference not justified by its performance.

Media write speeds: DVD-RAM - 5X; DVD-R/RW - 8X/6X; DVD+R/RW - 8X; CD-R - 24X; CD-RW - 24X Features Panasonic DVD optical media technology.

Half-height. Can fit another half-height optical drive such as a Blu-ray burner.

DVD Burner: read and write most standard CD and DVD media.

SATA: drive utilizes the new, faster slimline SATA data connection.

Slot Load DVD Drive: featuring button and software eject mechanism.

Media write speeds: DVD-RAM - 5X; DVD-R/RW - 8X/6X; DVD+R/RW - 8X; CD-R - 24X; CD-RW - 24X Features Panasonic DVD optical media technology..Half-height. Can fit another half-height optical drive such as a Blu-ray burner..DVD Burner: read and write most standard CD and DVD media..SATA: drive utilizes the new, faster slimline SATA data connection..Slot Load DVD Drive: featuring button and software eject mechanism.. This DIGISTOR DVD drive is the World's Only 5.25" Slot-load DVD Writer Solution.Optical Media write speeds: DVD-RAM - 5X; DVD-R/RW - 8X/6X; DVD+R/RW - 8X; CD-R - 24X; CD-RW - 24XThe DIGISTOR DIG-61040 is a complete solution for integrating (1) slot-load SATA DVD Writer into (1) single 5.25" drive bay. This drive is a unique DVD burner product offered only by DIGISTOR. Perfect for desktop computers that need to fit two (2) half height optical drives in one 5.25" Bezel.