WHICH DVD ROM DRIVE TO BUY?

[tango_cash]

hi, i want to know which dvd rom drive i should buy. i already have a L.G cd writer (52x). so i dont want to buy a combo drive. my vendor has a sony dvd drive 16x but i thought i would do some research before buying.
i have heard that some dvd drives dont play certain format dvd's . i want to know what is the meaning of dvd+r/rw and dvd-r/rw also what is dvd audio and can these drives play dvd audio. i was told that dvd drive would cost around 1600. my p.c config is intel 2.8 h.t ,915gav(intel orignal),512 mb ddr(400mhz),80g.b sata 7200 segate h.d.d,L.G 52x writer. do i need a graphic card?? so please tell me which dvd drive plays dvd+r/rw and dvd-r/rw . i forgot to ask what double layered dvd's are and which drive plays it.
please mention some specification of the drive u recomend.

does anybody have a sony 16x , should i buy sony(afterall "it's a SONY)??

[shivaranjan.b]

Go for Lite-ON.

[drgrudge]

go for samsung dvd rom's ...., it is good and it can play scrachted disks too(upto .3mm)...

it costs rs1750 in chennai...

we get softwares like powerdvd and get a IDE cable as well as screws too...

Originally Posted by tango_cash

do i need a graphic card??

no, u dont..., u need 128mb of ram but...(but first i had 64mb ram and it played in win 98 )

Originally Posted by tango_cash

i forgot to ask what double layered dvd's are and which drive plays it.

double layer disk r those which has media on both sides and has capacity upto 20gb(not sure), unlike ordinary dvd of 4.7gb capacity

[theraven]

GOD i hate this minimum time between posts !!!!
anwyasy here i type again sigh

dont go for samsung
samsung sucks
samsung gives tray problems
most forum members will tell u the same
no offence to dr grudge

go for lite on drives .. they are the best .. unless ur gettin a dvd iter then dont get a lite on go for pioneer

dont go for combo dirves they do have a failure rate
also its better to have a separate writer and a separate dvd rom

all dvd players play all the formats ... atleast the new ones ...
the problem comes if u write a dvd on one drive .. it might not be detected on another companies dvd rom or dvd writer
but this is rare

dvd 5 /single layered single sided = 4.7gb
dvd 10/single layered double sided = 8.4 gb
dvd 9/double layered singlesided = 8.4 gb

for dvd 10 the data is written on both sides of the disk and u have to flip the disc to read the other side
dvd 9 does not require flipping
this is the only diff between the 2

for more on dvd formats
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8554

[Prashray]

Lite-On.

[drgrudge]

Originally Posted by theraven

dont go for samsung
samsung sucks
samsung gives tray problems
most forum members will tell u the same
no offence to dr grudge

ok mate i suggested coz, i have it... been using it for the last 6 month and no sense of trouble...

[pradeep_chauhan]

dont buy a samsung drive EVER. They are the worst .

[cooljeba]

i am using the sony DVD rom and it's damn cool. it's been a year now and haven't faced any probs yet
sony always lives up to it's expectaions
so i recommend u the sonx 16x DVD rom

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

[ice]

Originally Posted by cooljeba

i am using the sony DVD rom and it's damn cool. it's been a year now and haven't faced any probs yet
sony always lives up to it's expectaions
so i recommend u the sonx 16x DVD rom

..:: peace ::..
Jeba

Me too, except as darklord told me, sony has 2 16x dvd drives, du1661 or sumthn like that and 1663 or somehting, one is made by some asian producer, and the other by liteon. The non-liteon drive is slow.[i own it]. My luck eh. Slow in the sence , after a i put a cd/dvd it takes a while for the autorun to load. Otherwise the drive is top notch. No complaints.

[tweety_bird_bunny]

ya samsung sucks.... i'ved seen more than a dozen samsung cd-roms going trash in just a few months....
i've liteon..its quite good & no compatibilty problems & works fine providing good speed..jst for approx. 1300.....

[techno_funky]

Liteon
go for eithier of this model
LITEON XJ-HD166S or
LITEON SOHD 167 T
they are fantastic rippers they can actually rip DVD's at the speed of 16x

[Delpiero]

Why go for samsung when sony exist ?. I use the sony 16x Dvd rom and never had a problem. Not a single jerk while playing DVD movies.

[PraKs]

Never go for Samsung

Its the worst I have ever seen

I dont know why, Everywhere I saw it, It gives problem with Tray
the worst I have ever seen

U start using it, then Tray alignmet will go off after few months

Then to close the Tray u need to Push the Tray with ur hand LOL

So we friends Used to call HAND DRIVE

Better go for LG

Rankwise I will give u as

SONY
LG
IOmega

Chalo Bye..
Take care

One Advice - Go for a DVD COMBO

Means U can Read DVD, Write CD's & Read CD's
All in One So Really Helpfull

Bye.

[cooljeba]

i think he has a cd writer already

..:: peace ::.
Jeba

[xenkatesh]

Go for Lite-ON that is cheap and good in speed!