Slot Loading Drive Vs. Tray

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Optical Drive Loading Mechanism [tray vs slot]
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  • I owned the top-loading McCormack Digital Drive SST-1 for quite awhile and while I have no idea if there’s any sonic advantage, the act of setting the CD into place, putting the magnetic puck on top and sliding the cover shut was a much more satisfying experience than pushing a button, dropping a CD onto the tray and pushing the button again.
  • Insert this card into the CD slot, above the disc, press down, and pull the CD out. Strange-shaped discs usually work in tray-loading drives, but some slot loaders can also accept them.

You can print on the back side of printed paper. Flatten any curls on the printed paper and insert it into the paper drawer (Loading Paper in the Paper Drawer) or multi-purpose tray, with the side to print face up (previously printed side face down).

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Optical Drive Loading Mechanism [tray vs slot]
Remembered a friend back in 1998 bought a slot loading optical drive, and had a debate of slot vs tray loaders.
So now I will resurrect this epic battle.
(for the uninitiated, the majority of optical drives are tray loaded (ie you press the eject button and a tray slides out for you to put your disks in) though there's a few slot loaders around the place)
24/06/2010 09:33 PM
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(24/06/2010 09:33 PM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote: Remembered a friend back in 1998 bought a slot loading optical drive, and had a debate of slot vs tray loaders.
So now I will resurrect this epic battle.
(for the uninitiated, the majority of optical drives are tray loaded (ie you press the eject button and a tray slides out for you to put your disks in) though there's a few slot loaders around the place)

i love slot loaders. the are usually smaller and definitely add a level of sleekness to the device.
24/06/2010 09:52 PM
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how so? with a tray loader, the tray can break off
a slot loader is a lot harder to break...
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When I first used a slot loader a few years back, it kinda scared me.
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(24/06/2010 10:28 PM)trademark91 Wrote: how so? with a tray loader, the tray can break off
a slot loader is a lot harder to break...

You've got to be extra stupid to break a tray, not sure but for some reason every slot loader I've ever met has had some issues. Maybe it's just my luck


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def slot loader,. tray's are lame! slots are cool!!
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(25/06/2010 01:48 AM)S7* Wrote: Tray Loader

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I was wondering how many people prefer Slot-Loading drives over Tray-Loading drives and why. This is because Apple uses a slot-loading drive on all Macs.
My personal preference is Tray-Loading because my try-loading drive can read 80 mm discs and if there is a power outage, I can retrieve my disc without having any trouble and put it to use in my laptop.

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