DVD-R/R+ ATA Internal vs DVD-R/-R Firewire 800 external?

Looking to add another DVD burner... Which is faster? Internal ATA or external Firewire 800? Does it really matter?

You can burn a DVD just as fast on a ATA connection as on a FireWire connection. My Mac Pro has a internal Pioneer DVR-111 ATA drive. My iMac has a external FireWire Pioneer DVR-111 Drive. On both i can burn dvd's and cd's with the same speed.
Hopefully this is the info you where looking for. Exact the same drive's on different connection's, same performance.

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