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Is it worth it to get a DVD-Rom drive in addition to a DVD Burner?

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bgc99

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Should you get a DVD-Rom for ripping, in addition to your burner? I read somewhere that the burners weren't so good at ripping?

Thanks,
BGC
 
Some burners do rip slowly. Some have hacked firmwares that will support faster rip speeds. I use a Lite-on DVD-ROM with my NEC 3500A.
 
I use a NEC 3520A. It has a rip lock but I defeated that with hacked firmware and now rips at full speed. I don't see many instances where you would want to burn on the fly using two drives. The only beneficial reason I see is having a dvd rom to read and the burner to burn in only to help increase the life of your burner. But really though that is really pointless because the best dvd burner(nec) is only about $50 and by the time the drive wears out and goes bad if ever you may want to get a new one that is more upgraded.
 
Main reason I heard was that getting a DVD-ROM for ripping would reduce wear on the components of the more expensive DVD writer. But that was back when DVD writers were over $100. Now that they're so cheap, it might not really matter.
Quality varies too. My HD166S DVD-ROM shows more soft errors than my LDW-851S DVD±RW drive, so in this case, the writer would actually be better for ripping.
 
Yea, I have a DVD-ROM with my DVD-RW since DVD-ROMs are so cheap and I might as well reduce some wear for my DVD-RW.
 
There is a valid argument about saving your burner for burning, and using a DVD/CD-ROM for day to day disk reading. My Plex burner is external, and I only turn it on when I actually need to burn something - that is maybe once a week. The ROM drive is internal, and is used daily. It may not be necessary, but it sure is more elegant. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: wseyller
I use a NEC 3520A. It has a rip lock but I defeated that with hacked firmware and now rips at full speed. I don't see many instances where you would want to burn on the fly using two drives. The only beneficial reason I see is having a dvd rom to read and the burner to burn in only to help increase the life of your burner. But really though that is really pointless because the best dvd burner(nec) is only about $50 and by the time the drive wears out and goes bad if ever you may want to get a new one that is more upgraded.
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Originally posted by: DaFOBulous1
Yea, I have a DVD-ROM with my DVD-RW since DVD-ROMs are so cheap and I might as well reduce some wear for my DVD-RW.
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Same Here.

Plus, your case looks cooler when you have two optical drives. 🙂

RoD
 
There are numerous reasons to have a DVD-ROM in addition to a DVD+/-RW.

-Coping from CD to CD on the fly.
-Watching a movie while the burner is ripping/burning.
-Greater compatibility (some disks read better on certain drives, with 2 drives you increase your chance of compatibility).
-Installing software on the DVD-ROM while burning or otherwise using the 2nd drive for something else

Numerous others of course, and a DVD-ROM is only about $20, so why not? I can see not doing it if you are building a compact HTPC type case which only allows you 1 optical drive, but on a standard computer case, I would want a DVD-ROM.

 
My BENQ DVD burner isn't good even for reading own disk, so I have to have a regular DVD drive. I hope other vendors make better burners.
 
Originally posted by: IeraseU
There are numerous reasons to have a DVD-ROM in addition to a DVD+/-RW.

-Coping from CD to CD on the fly.
-Watching a movie while the burner is ripping/burning.
-Greater compatibility (some disks read better on certain drives, with 2 drives you increase your chance of compatibility).
-Installing software on the DVD-ROM while burning or otherwise using the 2nd drive for something else

Numerous others of course, and a DVD-ROM is only about $20, so why not? I can see not doing it if you are building a compact HTPC type case which only allows you 1 optical drive, but on a standard computer case, I would want a DVD-ROM.
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I would probably get a combo CDRW/DVD ROM drive as they aren't much more expensive than the one trick ponies. But some read only drives are better at some things than any combo. It's really up to what you need - but definitely worth having two opticals of whatever mix that suits.

.bh.
 
I use DVD Writers cause the cost is valid and I can burn Homemade Movies on the fly esp if I hook up and external DVD Optical...
 
Originally posted by: bgc99
Should you get a DVD-Rom for ripping, in addition to your burner? I read somewhere that the burners weren't so good at ripping?

Thanks,
BGC
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just get a combodrive.
 
Originally posted by: CalvinHobbes
Some burners do rip slowly. Some have hacked firmwares that will support faster rip speeds. I use a Lite-on DVD-ROM with my NEC 3500A.
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Nice... I got the exact same set up... rips and burns like no other!
 
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