[OT] Tray-loading vs. Slot-loading

Digital Wokan plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Sun, 05 Aug 2001 19:24:07 -0400


Tray loaders usually have an emergency means of ejecting the tray should
everything else about the drive just crap out.

"Michael J. Astrauskas" wrote:
> 
> Money not being an object, what are the advantages and
> disadvantages of a slot-loading CD/DVD-ROM drive
> vs. a tray-loading drive?
> 
> I imagine a slot-loading is more convenient since no tray
> needs to be moved, but I've heard they can break easily.
> 
> Any comments?
> 
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>  - Michael J. Astrauskas
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