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The quietest DVD-ROM?

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Chu

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Hello all. My whisper quiet 12x Toshiba DVD-ROM drive got fried, and I am looking for a replacement. Since this is for a home theatre PC, my number one requirement is the drive must be ABSOLUTELY QUIET. My old Toshiba fit this requirement, my new drive must also.

Well, it looks like Toshiba does not make their 12x drives anymore, but their 16x is $38 shipped on pricewatch (from a reseller with high raitings). How much louder is the 16x drive? Also, in the hot deals forums, there is a Lite-ON drive 16x for $38. How does it compare acoustically?

Also, is there a brand I am leaving out? The drive must be able to do good DAE, and also be able to read CD+R/+RW and DVD-R/RW, but almost all modern DVD-ROM drives fit these requirements. I am willing to pay a bit more if there is an even quieter drive then the Toshiba or Lite-ON.

Oh, and I cannot stand slot loaders at all . . .

Thanks in advance,

-Chu
 
Never had the Toshiba 12x but I can tell you my Toshiba 16x (M1612) is very quiet. I can barely even here it running most of the time.
 
Originally posted by: Heretik
Never had the Toshiba 12x but I can tell you my Toshiba 16x (M1612) is very quiet. I can barely even here it running most of the time.
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Yep, I have the same drive a 16x. I had ordered a 12x but they didnt carry them anymore, and decided to ship me the 16x without notifying me (z-buy.com). Anyway, the 16x is really quiet when its playing DVDs, which I often watch late at night when everyone else is asleep (I use headphones, BTW 😀)

keep in mind that many people have said that the 16x has been modified to rip DVDs at only 2x or something, so ripping will be alot slower on teh 16x than it probably was on your 12x. Go figure 😕
 
Another note: Many people love the Pioneer 106S (slot loading) but the one complaint they have about it is that it is extremely loud, compared to the Toshiba. This is why I chose my Toshiba DVD-ROM over the Pioneer last year
 
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keep in mind that many people have said that the 16x has been modified to rip DVDs at only 2x or something, so ripping will be alot slower on teh 16x than it probably was on your 12x. Go figure
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I do a lot of encoding, and something I noticed was that my Toshiba 12x sometimes refused to get above 2x or so, and sometimes would rip happily around 7x. I've always wondered about this . . . but somehow I don't think it is isolated to DVD ripping, since DVD-ROM's and DVD-VIDEO disks are essentially identicle at the level the DVD-ROM cares about, unlike CD-ROM's and CD-AUDIO disks.

-Chu
 
You know, now that I think about this, this would also explain some stuttering on some of my high bitrate DVD's. I have some 2 hour films that use the full 9.6 gigs, which could easily put it above 2X in certain scenes using CCE in multipass mode if you were a little careless with your encoding settings. Hrmm . . . this might be something to investigate.

-Chu
 
Originally posted by: Chu
You know, now that I think about this, this would also explain some stuttering on some of my high bitrate DVD's. I have some 2 hour films that use the full 9.6 gigs, which could easily put it above 2X in certain scenes using CCE in multipass mode if you were a little careless with your encoding settings. Hrmm . . . this might be something to investigate.

-Chu
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this wouldnt affect playback, I would think. Isnt DVD playback only 1x?
 
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