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EZQuest launches Boa 8x dual-format DVD-/+ drives

updated 09:35 am EST, Tue January 6, 2004

Boa 8x dual-format DVD


external drives. It writes to DVD+R and DVD-R at 8x; DVD+RW and DVD-RW at 4x; CD-R at 24x; and CD-RW at 10x speeds and they read DVDs at 12x and CDs at 40x speeds. The Boa 8x FireWire model is available in two versions: One bundles Toast Lite and Dantz Retrospect Express software for $250, while the other features Toast Titanium and Dantz Retrospect Express for $300. A USB 2.0 model is also available for $250 (bundled with Sonic My DVD and Dantz Retrospect Express).


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    Beware of EZQuest...

    I purchased 3 EZQuest drives in 2 years and 2 of the 3 no longer function. The DVD burner stopped opening and closing and one of the power supplies on an external hard drive stopped working. Tech support was unhelpful as it took almost a month to establish that my drives were no longer under warranty. No offer of help or suggestion was given to help a customer who spent over $1000 on 2 firewire hard drives and a DVD Burner.

    These drives were used side by side almost daily for video editing and they were unreliable for me. I wish I had purcased LaCie or something else. You experience may vary but heed my warnings.

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    EZQuest drives

    I have four EZQuest FW drives - most over over a year and they all work fine. One set (75GBx2) is setup for RAID-0 and the other are just single 120GB on the FW bus.

    They are a bit noisey however with the big plastic case and fans. My LaCie 185GB drive is much quieter & smaller, but the powersupply (brick) is outside of the case.

    I do not normally run these drives 24x7, but they do seem durable. Now my 1 year old BusLink FW drive seems to have fragged itself - maybe its just needs a reformat?

    For best reliability with RAW drives Seagate is the best IME and when you get that rare failure (I had one 3 years ago) they pay for shipping BOTH WAYS and do not ask many questions either (like IBM). My Seagates run 24x7 and even the IDE/ATA drives have not failed yet (knock on wood :)).

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