fast, good drive for ripping DVD's?

[waylman]

what is a good fast drive for ripping dvd's? any suggestions?

 

[bjc112]

NEC 3520/3500

 

[Baked]

Lite-On 167T if you don't care about the noise. Toshiba 1912M if you do. I use the latter w/ speed hack firmware. NEC DVD burners are good at burning, not at ripping and error correction. Both Lite-On and NEC drives cache when ripping, the Toshiba doesn't.

 

[Lemodular]

I rip with a Toshiba 5112 not only that it's fast, it will read disk in poor condition. My BenQ 1620 is also a very fast ripper. My bro has the NEC3520 and it deoes not rip as fast as either of mine.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Plextor is the real deal.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Baked
Lite-On 167T if you don't care about the noise. Toshiba 1912M if you do. I use the latter w/ speed hack firmware. NEC DVD burners are good at burning, not at ripping and error correction. Both Lite-On and NEC drives cache when ripping, the Toshiba doesn't.

My 3500 @ least has quiet going for it.

 

[Away]

Plextor makes the fastest and quietest drives on the market. The are more expensive than everyone else, but you get what you pay for.

 

[Baked]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
Plextor is the real deal.

Originally posted by: Away
Plextor makes the fastest and quietest drives on the market. The are more expensive than everyone else, but you get what you pay for.

Dumb and Dumber.

 

[Away]

Never had any problems with my Plextor drives. Your problems could be user error.

 

[waylman]

Originally posted by: Away
Never had any problems with my Plextor drives. Your problems could be user error.

The point he is making is Plextor drives are not worth the money. There are plenty of drives equal in quality that can be had much cheaper. ie. NEC 3520

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Lite-on, plextor are not what they used to be

 

[BlueWeasel]

I love my Lite-on 166S DVD drive for ripping...even though it's a little on the noisy side.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: waylman
what is a good fast drive for RIPPING DVD's? any suggestions?

* First Choice... Plextor PX716A :thumbsup::laugh::thumbsup:
* Second Choice... Sony DRU-720A :thumbsup::thumbsup:
* Third Choice... BenQ 1625 :thumbsup:

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: bjc112
NEC 3520/3500

Agreed...that's what I use

 

[mshan]

Doesn't the stock firmware of the NEC-3500a limit dvd playback speed and rip speed to like 4x for quiet operation?

(this may have been modified in the 3520)

 

[wchou]

he's not interested in burning dvd's
just ripping them, any dvdroms will do :roll:

 

[Anonemous]

benq/plextor for ripping

pioneer is also pretty good


link to the read comparisons on cdfreaks.com
scroll down that 716A review and it compares it to other drives.

Average
Read Speed
Comparison DVD-Video
Single-Layer DVD-Video/Dual-Layer
BenQ DW1620A 11.87x 6.01x
LaCie d2 DVD±RW DL 3.74x 3.47x
Mad Dog MD-16XDVD9 3.74x 3.43x
MSI DR8-A2 8.67x 6.37x
Philips DVDR1640P 11.97x 6.02x
Pioneer DVR-A08XLA 11.80x 9.38x
Plextor PX-716A 12.00x 8.95x
Samsung TS-H552B 12.08x 6.42x

 

[Anonemous]

Originally posted by: mshan
Doesn't the stock firmware of the NEC-3500a limit dvd playback speed and rip speed to like 4x for quiet operation?

(this may have been modified in the 3520)

you can 'unlock' the rip lock using firmware.

 

[Rock Hydra]

I like Lite-On drives for ripping. They are zippy and reliable.

 

[CameraShy]

The AOpen 1648/aap pro. $25 bucks retail - with 3 different faces. Some solid testing/benchmarks done on the CDRinfo site, by Gabe, under the heading; "My little DVD-Rom-Roundup."

I would have linked it, but Im not sure of the rules here where it regards linking to other sites.

 

[awolkoff]

Originally posted by: The Boston Dangler
Plextor is the real deal.

:thumbsup: