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Sagittaria
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:07 am Post subject:
2nd DVD or 2nd CD? |
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Hooray, my DVD writer arrived today!
My computer only has 2 bays, so which of my other drives should I keep?
- my 16x DVD-ROM, so I can rip faster? According to
http://tinyurl.com/54xrg, "If you are using a DVD burner to rip the
DVD, don’t expect a rip speed much more than about 2.0x to 2.5x. If you
are using a DVD-Rom to rip the DVD, you can expect a much faster
ripping speed, upto the maximum speed of the DVD-Rom." Is this correct?
- or my 52x Lite-On CD burner, so that I can burn CDs faster and be
sure of their reliability? CDs are still the more common media that I
will be burning. And although cdfreaks.com tested the pioneer 108 as a
2-sheep cd burner, they did find some problems with
reliability/compatibility (http://tinyurl.com/6oor9). I have to be able
to back up my safedisc protected software.
Opinions?
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Comfortably Numb
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:07 am Post subject:
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me too. im buying new case this winter, but til then...i only have 2 bays
which contained 16x dvdrom and 48x burner, when my dvdrw came i actually
ebayed my dvdrom, i use dvdrw for everything dvd related, and i kept cdrw
just cuz its faster, dvdrw only burns cds at 24x (i think!). i burn a lot of
dvds but I still burn WAY more cds and doing it in under 2 min is more
important to me than ripping a dvd faster with a dvdrom drive!
Just my 2 cents, hope it helps!
Numb
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Comfortably Numb
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 4:07 am Post subject:
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++Did you vote for the giant douche, or the turd sandwich?++
Im Canadian and I was hoping Michael Moore was gonna come around with one of
his free guns and take em both out!
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Sagittaria
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 1:08 am Post subject:
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"Comfortably Numb" <oknitro@yaright.goaway> wrote in
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me too. im buying new case this winter, but til then...i only have
2 bays which contained 16x dvdrom and 48x burner, when my dvdrw
came i actually ebayed my dvdrom, i use dvdrw for everything dvd
related, and i kept cdrw just cuz its faster, dvdrw only burns cds
at 24x (i think!). i burn a lot of dvds but I still burn WAY more
cds and doing it in under 2 min is more important to me than
ripping a dvd faster with a dvdrom drive! Just my 2 cents, hope it
helps! Numb
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Thanks! I decided to keep the DVD -ROM for now. My DVD writer is
supposed to burn at 32x, and my 52x CD burner never gets above 32x
anyway - but I kept it around in case I change my mind. I'm not sure
how often I will really be ripping DVDs.
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Brian Wescombe
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Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:00 am Post subject:
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"Sagittaria" <sagittaria.nntp@emailias.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | "Comfortably Numb" <oknitro@yaright.goaway> wrote in
news:GQAkd.79706$E93.77595@clgrps12:
me too. im buying new case this winter, but til then...i only have
2 bays which contained 16x dvdrom and 48x burner, when my dvdrw
came i actually ebayed my dvdrom, i use dvdrw for everything dvd
related, and i kept cdrw just cuz its faster, dvdrw only burns cds
at 24x (i think!). i burn a lot of dvds but I still burn WAY more
cds and doing it in under 2 min is more important to me than
ripping a dvd faster with a dvdrom drive! Just my 2 cents, hope it
helps! Numb
Thanks! I decided to keep the DVD -ROM for now. My DVD writer is
supposed to burn at 32x, and my 52x CD burner never gets above 32x
anyway - but I kept it around in case I change my mind. I'm not sure
how often I will really be ripping DVDs.
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I've got four bays on my PC. One has a Pioneer 108 (16x DVD burning), one
has a Philips CD-RW (52x CD read/write), one has a LG 4120B (DVD-RAM writing
support), and one has a LG DVD-ROM (for 16x DVD reading/ripping). I added an
additional IDE controller card, so each drive is on a separate IDE channel
to the HD! I've got no read/write speed issues :-) It's a shame there
aren't any drives that support all formats at the highest possible speed!
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