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Faster DVDRW desktop drives

mikeymikec

mikeymikec

Lifer
I remember reading a while ago something that I personally summed up as "the drive for quieter DVDRW drives has resulted in drives that don't perform anywhere near expectations", ie. if you want to rip data quickly from an optical disc, quiet drives don't help you do that. This all seems reasonably logical to me, a rule of thumb being 'the quieter the drive is, the slower the disc is being spun'.

In the days of optical drives being in common and regular use, a quiet drive was certainly helpful - who wants a drive that sounds like a vacuum cleaner starting up because they wanted to watch a DVD on their computer or retrieve a few not particularly large files.

It seems however that since the idea of a quiet drive caught on, the fast drives have died out (or at least aren't advertised as such / are a lot less common).

However, I've found a drive that is pretty loud but performs a heck of a lot better, and I'm running some tests at the moment (and so far so good). The model is a Pioneer DVR-S20LBK.

I'm comparing it to the two optical drives in my system, a LiteON iHAS24 drive and a TSSTcorp SH-223C. I'm using Nero's CD-DVD speed utility, running a ScanDisc operation at full speed, and I'm using the same disc for each test, a brand-new Windows 7 SP1 64-bit OEM install disc.

The Pioneer started scanning at just over 6x speed and finished off at around 14x speed. The LiteON started at about 4.5x speed and finished at 5.4x speed (however it ran virtually silent). The TSSTcorp started at 6.4x speed (fairly loud) and finished at 14x.

If anyone wants to share their findings feel free. I'm using Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.7.16 for the record on Win7 SP1 64.
 
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You can have both speed and silence. My LiteOn BD-ROM drive is loud when it speeds up, but my Sony-badged Optiarc DVD-RW is quiet no matter how fast it's running. I just assume LiteOn cut corners to keep the price down on the BD drive, which is why I kept my Optiarc around.
 
Insert_Nickname said:
Of course its good, its a Pioneer. They where (and are) among the best ODD drives available... 😉:thumbsup:
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Used to be, now they are just re-badged. Pioneer got out of the optical disc market years ago. Computer drives are made by QSI. Home theater BD players are made by Sharp.
 
WilliamM2 said:
Actually, in the last few years they have re-badged Liteon and Samsung drives. I think they just go with whoever is cheapest at the time.
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Then they are certainly using a different firmware, as ALL Liteon/Samsung/Optiarc I have access to (and that's quite a lot actually) have been mediocre at best. Try burning a CD/DVD and check it for errors using Optidrivecontrol or Nero. I can tell you that every drive I have tested has made more errors then the Pioneers.
 
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