DVD-RomS! what do you THINK?

[scottiej]

Hey Everyone,
lookin to get a DVD-rom for my comp, want a pretty good one...interested in both ends of the price spec. i was looking at

creative labs PC-DVD Encore 12x with Dxr3

pioneer DVD

any suggestions, what does everyone think bout those?
THanks in advance,

~Scott

 

[John]

Hi, The SEARCH feature works well here.

Pioneer or Toshiba make excellent drives.

 

[RudeMood]

i had a pioneer 16x DVD slot loading and it worked great. i think i used my geforce to decode. no problems. the dxr3 card is great tho, my bro has one in his computer, and it works fine.

 

[Adrian Tung]

Creative is crap, stay away from them. I have one, I know.


atwl

 

[Syborg1211]

Pioneer is good. They make some good drives and the 16 is pretty good.

John- This isn't any flame or anything, but every time I see you post it has a first comment about telling people to search through the forums. Not to say that isn't a good thing, if people used the search to answer all their questions the forums would have a lot less posts. This is what is keeping the forums popular with plenty of new posts. Also, each person is in their own situation with a system that may confilct with a part that was recommended to a person without the part. I know I have posted a few times with more specific questions than the ones I have found by searching, so I just posted because I felt my questions would be better answered and possibly with a different one. When I posted that, sure enough you were there telling me to use the search. No offense, but seeing you posting that all over the forums is very annoying!


Edit: Oh yea, I forgot to mention no matter how appealing the deal is or anything, don't buy I/O Magic drives. They have horrible performance and my 8x dvd-rom drive has the most horrid time with burned cds and it freezes my computer for a whole minute while trying to read any cd!

 

[Hyudra]

I have the toshiba 16x dvd. Real nice and quiet, way better than my creative 52x cd-rom. I also have tried the pioneer 12x slot loading dvd, which is nice too and quiet.

 

[PCResources]

Pioneer drives are the best of the best, that is what i use in the computers i sell...

Go for it, you will not be sorry...

Patrick Palm

PC Resources

 

[John]

<< No offense, but seeing you posting that all over the forums is very annoying! >>



Syborg1211, I appreciate your comments, but you are a little out of line. I seldom ask people to use the SEARCH feature. I think this makes the 4th time in a span of 2months....possibly longer.

I posted &quot;use the search feature&quot; in a total of two threads today. Each week someone asks &quot;what is the best DVDROM&quot; and &quot;what is the best xx monitor&quot;. In fact last week you asked about DVDROM recommendations, and YES I asked you to use the search. However just like everyone else, I also left an answer to the initial question. If we can promote the use of the SEARCH feature to the new people, then forum clutter will be reduced.


* on a lighter note, the Pioneer has excellent DAE but is a little loud. However if you have a lot of fans in your case, the sound issue is moot.

 

[scottiej]

you guys recommend a decoder card? i have a matrox G450. any comments?

~Scott

 

[AAjax]

Got a 16x Toshiba myself, love it verrrrrry quiet. Newegg has em for 59$

 

[hifimaster]

The pioneer slot load 16x is the BEST dvd drive I have used.I got mine at frys for $129.

 

[scottiej]

decoder card? comments? suggestions?

 

[Noriaki]

I had a Pioneer 10x DVD ROM...worked very well but it was very loud when reading CDs...I'd try a Toshiba they are suppose to be much quiter when reading CDs.

If your CPU is 400Mhz+ the only reason you'd need a Decoder card is for TV-out. I've never tried a G450 in that regard, but the H+ has much nicer TV-out quality that the video cards I have tried.

(H+ = Hollywood Plus, which is the Sigma Designs self branded Decoder card, the Dxr3 is just a rebagded H+ with different drivers)

 

[Strych9]

Toshiba SD-M1502 16X

 

[bigbootydaddy]

you dont need a decoder card now a days, unless you want tv output. plus creative dxr2 and 3's and the dvd inlay entry decoder card they have have crap win2k support, if any.

of course, they are just H+ cards rebadged, i think.

if you have like a radeon or a card with decoder support, why waste the extra money??? and a valuable pci slot?

 

[junthin]

Whatever you do...
stay away from Creative DVD drives. They have one of the highest failure rates ever.

 

[scottiej]

thanks everyone, i think i'm gonna get a toshiba.