Asus has launched an add-in HD DVD drive for PCs, pitching the product as a quietest of its kind - handy for folk building living-room systems.
Asus HR-0205T HD DVD drive Asus' HR-0205T: Ssshhh...
The HR-0205T is a read-only unit that can handled single- and dual-layer HD DVD media, and single-layer HD DVD-R discs, all at 2.4x …
I imagine most of the noise these drives emit is from the disturbance caused by the disc spinning - so make a very slow drive (15x for a CD? That's less than a third of the speed of most drives nowadays) and it will be quieter. I wonder what speed conventional drive they are comparing this with.
Notebook drives may also be noisier due to their size - there might be less physical screening. The comparison should be with the same form-factor of drive, to make it fair.
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Asus has launched an add-in HD DVD drive for PCs, pitching the product as a quietest of its kind - handy for folk building living-room systems. Asus HR-0205T HD DVD drive Asus' HR-0205T: Ssshhh... The HR-0205T is a read-only unit that can handled single- and dual-layer HD DVD media, and single-layer HD DVD-R discs, all at 2.4x …
Noise = disc speed
I imagine most of the noise these drives emit is from the disturbance caused by the disc spinning - so make a very slow drive (15x for a CD? That's less than a third of the speed of most drives nowadays) and it will be quieter. I wonder what speed conventional drive they are comparing this with.
Notebook drives may also be noisier due to their size - there might be less physical screening. The comparison should be with the same form-factor of drive, to make it fair.