I am looking for a DVD player for my PC that will read copied dvd's, imported dvd's (mainly copies from Taiwan) rw cd's and just about n e thing I put in the case. I currently have a Sony DDU1612 DVD which does not read my copied dvd's. Any help would be greatly appreciated. madwolf
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php This is a good link because it provides the compatability for many drives. This would be a good place to start, then search for reviews for the one that fits your needs.
My first (& only) dvd unit is the nec 2500. Got it at http://www.newegg.com for $119 (black) + free t-shirt and free shipping, Nec was manufacturer for PLEXTOR until most recent 8x burner. check out this link http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/134/1
My Lite On 166S has served me quite well - reads all my burned discs fine (CD and DVD). $33 at newegg.
That Lite on DVD ROM drive is now $29 at newegg... Also has free shipping. I just bought one myself to decrease my rip times. Especially, since it doesn't seem that 20x DVD ROM's are coming anytime soon. Currently, ripping to harddrive takes 30-40mins with my Pioneer 106D. I'm hoping the Lite on will get me down to 10mins or so. My CPU should be fast enough (overclocked my Intel 2.4C "Northwood" to 3.1GHz. Also have OCZ 4000 EL Gold 2x256 on an IC7-Max3 mobo... So, I should have any bottlenecks). Does it matter between the (Lite on and the pioneer) which is master and which is slave, if I'm not copying on the fly?
RussReef - I have my ROM slave to my burner and haven't had any problems, I don't ever do on the fly. Nice choice with the Litey - your rip times will go way down with it. Nice system too, I sooo want an IC7-MAX3.
Thanks man! The IC7-Max3 is nice, but there is a Vtt/Vdimm problem over 2.8volts to memory, that Abit isn't really addressing. The onboard RAID0, and all the other features are SWEET! It's just the darn Vtt/Vdimm problem that's irritating. I'll probably do a custom mod, since I'm handy with a solder iron and have built electronic circuits in the past with sucess. If I was to buy a board now, I'd wait a few months until the 64-bit processers get repectable, and see what chipsets are out there that support them! Anyway, I'm glad to hear that I made the right choice with the Litey. I think I'll try it first as the master, just cause that's what's easiest the way my chassy is configured at present. Wonder if I can watch a DVD on the Litey while simultaneouly burning (from my Hard drive array) on my pioneer A06? Seems like that would be less demanding than an "on-the-fly" copying scheme - which I wouldn't do anyway... media is still too expensive to risk a buffer underrun.
I always burn direct (on the fly, straight to disc using AnyDVD) and have had no problems (usually use B's Gold for DVD 5's). Mostly I use InstantCopy 8 (movie only). Start it and just walk away. Both the reader and burner (both LG) are on the same IDE channel. The only program I shut down is an email notification app (MailWasher). XP sr1, AMD +2600, 512ram.
I must be lucky or something becouse I just have a crappy celeron 1.3ghz w/384 megs of ram and I rip to my HD in about 50 mins useing my NU DDW-081 burner. Then another 8 min to burn. I also bought one of those lite-on dvd drives to cut down on my rip time. I hope it helps.
