external dvd burners

[Scuff]

I heard that external drives that use usb are slower. Are there any other issues with external drives. Firewire ports any better? Any decent external dvd +/- drives anyone can recommend?

[gibbonsl]

yes they are slower because the max across fire wire or usb 2.0 is 39-43 megs

ide can get up to 100 meg

saying that I really like my Plextor PX-716UF

it is DL 8X drive

not problems, and fast too