DVD drives and Writers capable to read scratched discs

janitha · 18-06-2005, 07:20 PM

Could somebody suggest brands of DVD Writers/ Drives capable of reading even scratched discs like some of the DVD players. Also how?

V.Prem Kumar

Chirag · 18-06-2005, 07:45 PM

U shld go for Pioneer. It is the best DVD writer that can also read scratched discs and it is rated golden buy by digit.

So Pioneer is the best

drgrudge · 18-06-2005, 07:47 PM

Samsung Drives, no matter how bad their tray is, is the best of reading scratched discs.

Keith Sebastian · 18-06-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by animator21

U shld go for Pioneer. It is the best DVD writer that can also read scratched discs and it is rated golden buy by digit.

So Pioneer is the best

My vote too.

-k

janitha · 18-06-2005, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Keith Sebastian

Quote:

Originally Posted by animator21

U shld go for Pioneer. It is the best DVD writer that can also read scratched discs and it is rated golden buy by digit.

So Pioneer is the best

My vote too.

-k

May I know roughly how much the Pioneer will cost, ie. D Layer?

Keith Sebastian · 18-06-2005, 11:14 PM

INR 5500/- or less.

-Keith

Chirag · 18-06-2005, 11:25 PM

Keith Sebastian is right it will not cost u more than 5500 Rs. I am also going to buy Pioneer DVD Writer.

AcceleratorX · 19-06-2005, 04:52 AM

Sony is excellent at error correction, you can consider Sony as well.

Samsung is also quite good.

janitha · 19-06-2005, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AcceleratorX

Sony is excellent at error correction, you can consider Sony as well.

Samsung is also quite good.

The latest meodel Nos. of Pioneer and Sony please. Samsung I dont prefer since everybody seems to be against it in case of optical drives.

Thanks to you all.
V.Prem Kumar

drgrudge · 19-06-2005, 11:13 AM

Sony:
720-b

Pioneer:
107D

But better than these to we have Benq 1620/1640

Biplav · 19-06-2005, 11:35 AM

samsung has the BEST lens among all the dvds and cds.
it will read almost anything
but yah the only con is the tray problem

Keith Sebastian · 19-06-2005, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by drgrudge

Sony:
720-b

Pioneer:
107D

But better than these to we have Benq 1620/1640

Pioneer should be 109D or greater. I bought a 107D in mid 2004 in Aus for AUD165. It's too old and dated. BTW it's single layer (write) only. 109D's where as cheap as AUD95 in March.

-Keith

Sourabh · 19-06-2005, 12:53 PM

the tray problems in Samsung has now been solved in all the new drives isnt it?

Biplav · 19-06-2005, 12:55 PM

no idea saurabh. about the tray problems.
if it has been then samsung shud get gud response NOw from the market

AcceleratorX · 19-06-2005, 08:11 PM

The latest Samsung models have made some revisions to the tray design, and the tray problems have noticeably reduced from before (I personally dont have any tray problems with my Samsung combo).

janitha · 21-06-2005, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by AcceleratorX

The latest Samsung models have made some revisions to the tray design, and the tray problems have noticeably reduced from before (I personally dont have any tray problems with my Samsung combo).

Then what about the cost of Samsung. And the latest model no. If possible, cochin prices because I am from Thrissur in Kerala

rollcage · 21-06-2005, 11:57 PM

I think Pioneer,
my frd has a dvd writer...
spl. bcoz his cds n dvds are scrached up,
he is very careless in keepin those...
it plays all....

Hells_Fury · 22-06-2005, 10:18 AM

Actually, Liteon DVD writers have the best lens.

arunbj · 28-07-2005, 11:51 PM

Go 4 liteon or asus. They have the best error reading capability. I own a asus
dual layer dvd writer which reads scratched dvd's not read by sony dvd roms

AlienTech · 01-08-2005, 10:53 PM

Well I just take out the DVD reader from my desktop player and hook it up to my PC. It seems to work the best. Haven't had much luck reading scratched DVD's on any PC ROM drives. Or maybe I do but I am impatient and give up after its been running for 5 hours. But those DVD players, they have turned off error correction and since after 2 tries you cant read the data back properly anyway, it just sends the data it got. PC drives will keep trying for ever to fix the bad data. The only drive you can turn it off on is the Plextors.

janitha · 07-08-2005, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by AlienTech

Well I just take out the DVD reader from my desktop player and hook it up to my PC. It seems to work the best. Haven't had much luck reading scratched DVD's on any PC ROM drives. Or maybe I do but I am impatient and give up after its been running for 5 hours. But those DVD players, they have turned off error correction and since after 2 tries you cant read the data back properly anyway, it just sends the data it got. PC drives will keep trying for ever to fix the bad data. The only drive you can turn it off on is the Plextors.

I feel that may be the exact reson for the diffrence between drives and players in reading scratched discs. Thank you for the information. BTW how did you connect the player to the computer.

V.Prem Kumar.

QwertyManiac · 07-08-2005, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by drgrudge

Samsung Drives, no matter how bad their tray is, is the best of reading scratched discs.

U r really right bout thier trays, my friend has a tray that is broken and swivels 180 deg. and comes out,

But thier quality is very good...

AlienTech · 08-08-2005, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by janitha

I feel that may be the exact reson for the diffrence between drives and players in reading scratched discs. Thank you for the information. BTW how did you connect the player to the computer.

V.Prem Kumar.

They use identical IDE drives. You can actually install a PC DVD reader onto the desktop with some slight adjustments to the tray and get a huge boost in seek, scan and 8X play etc. The desktop drives are really cheap drives. You have to hook them to a PC anyway to flash the drive BIOS. Although the destop device bios can be flashed by using a self boot CD.