Not Bad: Toshiba 16X DVD OEM $53

[shogunsho]

Linkage

 

[badluck]

Fixed Link

 

[6thElement]

Newegg have it for $56

 

[LordThing]

Now if only this had a $50 rebate like the Yamaha.... <starts dreaming>

 

[RaginCajun]

Nice price and a good find, but their shipping is too high for me. I will get it from Newegg instead. Thanks for the post

 

[smartt]

<pours bucket of cold water on LordThing>

 

[Einz]

lol. anyone know if this is any good? can it be made region free or is it already?

 

[netjack]

my cousin has this drive and it's real quiet and fast. I'm looking to spend a little less and willing to settle for a good 12x/40x drive. anyone know of a good deal?

And honestly does the X make a huge difference in playing back DVDs?

 

[pulse8]

Not when playing DVD movies. I'm pretty sure they all just play at 1x...

 

[randomlinh]

yeah, they all play at 1x.. the rest is just for rippin

 

[Thorin78]

If anyone's looking for the Pioneer 16x
http://www.ussa.com:80/ussaonline/product.asp?pf_id=100-140-1001879

Dunno why it won't link, but www.ussa.com has it on the front page

I've got the Toshiba 16x from newegg, bought it when it was $65. It's great.

 

[drewdogg808]

this drive is great for just watching movies...really quiet...however, ripping dvds isn't ideal with this drive - only rips at 2x. the 1402 (12x) drive ripped dvds alot faster..10-12x.

 

[gariig]

highly recommended for clonecd...it's right on the cloneCD webpage. I got this today from another place to go along with my acer...I hope to get it and see if i can backup my SD2 stuff

Gariig

 

[MOgeeks]

Can anyone tell me what does ripping mean?
Thanks.

 

[SP33Demon]

MoGeeks,

Ripping means to extract a movie/song off cd/dvd into digital format (a file) on your computer. HOpe this helped... Now my question, what does &quot;region free&quot; mean? Thanks

 

[MOgeeks]

SP33Demon,

Thanks...my turn..
According to my understanding, dvds are encoded with region,USA is &quot;region 1&quot; and Europe probably &quot;region 2&quot; and different part of earth has different region. So a &quot;region free&quot; refers to dvd player/rom that can play any region. Normally dvd player/rom that are available here can only decode region 1 and you cannot playback dvd that were from europe/asia.

region free info
has more info.

 

[Salvador]

What's better, the Toshiba or Pioneer? Better to get it at Newegg?

Thanks,

Sal

 

[Linh]

the toshiba is a better all around drive than the pioneer. it rips faster, more compatible with clonecd

 

[Rhodent]

There is a little difference in playback with regards to drive speed. The faster the drive the less likely it is to freeze for a second when a DVD switches layers. My 12X Toshiba does not freeze at all. A friend of mine has an 8X and it freezes for like a full second or two.

 

[randomlinh]

are you serious, does this thing only rip around 2x?? dang.

 

[MichaelD]

Is this THE drive that they mention on the CloneCD webpage? I tried to make a copy of my UT CD the other day using clone CD and got an error message that my 12/40 Hitachi DVD doesn't support &quot;separate audio and video tracks&quot; whatever that means.

 

[gaboon]

i have the pioneer a05s (front loading) which is the same thing i guess since it has the same speed 16X/40X. But it does rip at 14-18x for an mp3. I bought mine in japan for like 53 bucks or so and the first thing i did was make it region free by upgrading the firmware.

 

[polotek147]

This is a nice cheap drive. Just gotta add a decoder card.

 

[Salvador]

Why do you have to add a decoder card?

Sal

 

[drewdogg808]

yes, this drive is clonecd compatible...copies of UT work just fine. and the 2x ripping for dvds is a bummer.