I need information on 2 different DVD drives

[Duckers]

My old DVD drive, a Matshita DVD-rom SR-8583 (5x/32x)suddenly stopped working. Gateway sent me a different DVD drive, a Toshiba DVD-rom SD-M1402.

I was wondering if the new DVD drive is better than my old one. Thanks

 

[thorin]

Here ya go....did the search for you (the longest took 1.47 sec):

SD-M1402:
Specs:
http://www.google.com/search?q=specs+SD-M1402
Reviews:
http://www.google.com/search?q=reviews+SD-M1402&hl=en&safe=off

SR-8583
Specs:
http://www.google.com/search?q=specs+SR-8583&hl=en&safe=off
Reviews:
http://www.google.com/search?q=reviews+SR-8583&hl=en&safe=off

Thorin

 

[MWink]

Matshita=Panasonic. Panasonic makes the BEST DVD drives IMO. I have had bad luck with Toshiba. Especially when using CD-R/RW discs. Have you tried cleaning the Panasonic? What is it doing?

 

[Angrymarshmello]

That Toshiba drive is awesome, I have the 1202. Its region free best of all Only prob was installing Office2K, it screwed up (I've done it multiple times with that drive, had one problem), but otherwise its been problem free.

 

[Duckers]

thorin

Thanks for the info man; I should start using Google.com as my main search engine The new drive is 12x/40x while the old one was 5x/32x

MWink

I can't clean the drive because the cd's won't spin at all. This problem has been troubleshooted by a lot of technicians and all of them concluded that there was something wrong with the drive.

Bitch

I am glad to hear your DVD drive is region free, I hope mine is too

 

[MWink]

Though it sounds like cleaning would not help, the way I meant was to physically take the drive apart and clean it. I have found Cleaning CDs to do a VERY poor job.

 

[Duckers]

OH well, that might help, but Gateway already sent me a new one so I don't need to bother doing it.

Anyway, after reading some specifications, this DVD drive seems a lot better than the old one. It reads CD RW's faster which is cool

 

[Warrenton]

My DVD is 16/40 and reads everything, CD-RW at 14-32X

For CD's its just as fast as my Plextor40X, except for audio. But it does top out at 40X while the plextor will keep going faster and faster to the edge of the disc. I think its because the Plextor has that special balancing system, which makes it more consistent.

 

[thorin]

"Thanks for the info man; I should start using Google.com as my main search engine The new drive is 12x/40x while the old one was 5x/32x"

No problemo man.....Google rocks. Anyway I hope the info helped.

Thorin