Recommendation for DVD drive around $100

Evoluter

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I was wondering what experiences people have had with DVD drives in this price range. I will be watching movies on it and using it as my primary optical drive. I won't need to have a decoder board because my uncle can hook me up. Please give any recommendations you can! Black drive color would be cool too.
 

nealh

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Toshiba makes excelent cdrom/dvd drives..excellent choice..I just got a liteon 16x dvd..ltd163..very nice drive...and it is inexpensive
 

Aquinas

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I got the lite-on 16x from dell business with free shipping and a 10% discount. All totaled was like $46! I couldn't be happier with it. DVD performance is great and it has one of the fastest DAE (digital audio extraction- for ripping cd's) speeds of anything out there... check the "hot deals" forum for links to Dell and reviews...etc...cheers.
 

Torghn

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In my experence the Pioneer 116 and 106S are the best you can get. The pioneer 500M is ATA100, but I haven't had a chance to use it yet.
 

icjogger

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I have an Aopen (6x) that I got about 2 years ago, I think it is a pioneer with diff name, but it has worked flawlessly.