Topic: New DVD Drive Found in Xbox 360: Philips VAD6037/21 (Read 584 times)

echto · « **Reply #120 on:** February 06, 2007, 10:09:00 PM »

QUOTE(xenomorphic @ Feb 6 2007, 07:45 PM)

GARYOPA - shouldn't you fulfill your promises on the Hitachi Firmware
before you start dabbling with another one?

Version 3.0 of hitachi firmware with media stealth was promised "next weekend"
in the beginning of October - it's now February !!!

WHAT? Are you his mother? What kind of comment is that?

Now calm down and go to your room!

dabomb506 · « **Reply #121 on:** February 07, 2007, 12:29:00 AM »

can someone post a picture of the new drive opened?

i have a new 360 with a production date of 11/16/06. my drive resembles a samsung and im guessing it is an ms28 drive.

that is unless the benq drives look exactly like the samsung drive with the tray opened.

bob626 · « **Reply #122 on:** February 07, 2007, 01:35:00 AM »

I dont know what dirve this is but it looks like samsung i know piture quality is low but the drive is quiet and the Manufacture Date is 2006-09-11 thats whats on the back of my Box

(IMG:http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/6703/drive2cx2.jpg)

backdown00 · « **Reply #123 on:** February 07, 2007, 02:14:00 PM »

http://www.xbox360fo...ead.php?t=29624

the picture of the drive there shows it with a chrome finish... which is different than the other pictures posted which show it with a dull white finish.

Strange

snaf · « **Reply #124 on:** February 07, 2007, 08:07:00 PM »

QUOTE(backdown00 @ Feb 7 2007, 03:21 PM)

http://www.xbox360fo...ead.php?t=29624

the picture of the drive there shows it with a chrome finish... which is different than the other pictures posted which show it with a dull white finish.

Strange

core 360s dont have the chrome finish on it.

swolgam · « **Reply #125 on:** February 07, 2007, 08:58:00 PM »

Friend took a dead 360 to eb for replacement and he was given a 360 with the new drive in it. He didn't allow me to open it but the tray looks identical to the phillips drive and the mfg date is dec from what i caught on the box. He was nice enough to give his old box to his son for me to mod. It was a ms28.

So what are the opinions here on MS finally signing the firmware?

backdown00 · « **Reply #126 on:** February 07, 2007, 09:09:00 PM »

so is this drive worth trading in a box for? is it that much quieter and better? This drive must also be cheaper to produce than the hitachi - LG if they are switching hehe. What does MS signing the firmware mean?

This post has been edited by backdown00: Feb 8 2007, 05:10 AM

backdown00 · « **Reply #127 on:** February 07, 2007, 10:09:00 PM »

which drive came first? was it hitachi then samsung then this or samsung then hitachi then this? And is this drive the best one out or would any of the other drives be better? sometimes I have found out newer is not always better. Thanks all!

This post has been edited by backdown00: Feb 8 2007, 06:10 AM

Edmolier · « **Reply #128 on:** February 09, 2007, 05:31:00 PM »

QUOTE(backdown00 @ Feb 7 2007, 11:40 PM)

which drive came first? was it hitachi then samsung then this or samsung then hitachi then this? And is this drive the best one out or would any of the other drives be better? sometimes I have found out newer is not always better. Thanks all!

WOW .. Thats alot of questions for 2 posts .... Here goes nothing ... " I " beleive the order would be Samsung - Hitachi - Philips - Then this one .... ( could be wrong ) Would I trade one in for this .... NEVER ... as Microsoft signing the firmware could only mean no " modding " As for one drive being louder than another " Who cares !! " Turn up your TV ... you'll never hear it !!! ... That is a shot at a couple of your questions .... Good luck with the others !!!

backdown00 · « **Reply #129 on:** February 10, 2007, 09:29:00 AM »

so would the samsung be better or the hitachi or there basically the same?

spike419 · « **Reply #130 on:** February 10, 2007, 11:47:00 AM »

as Microsoft signing the firmware could only mean no " modding "

lol..yah right like this drive won't get hacked eventually..lol

DuBob4432 · « **Reply #131 on:** February 10, 2007, 11:58:00 AM »

a buddy of mine just ordered a 360....wonder what drive he will get....he has little ones so he is hoping for at least a samsung....

backdown00 · « **Reply #132 on:** February 11, 2007, 10:27:00 AM »

QUOTE(DuBob4432 @ Feb 10 2007, 01:29 PM)

a buddy of mine just ordered a 360....wonder what drive he will get....he has little ones so he is hoping for at least a samsung....

why would he hope for a samsung? what is the difference between the hitachi and the samsung? thanks! My experience is I had a samsung, then a hitachi, both are same loudness, the samsung ate my cd's and tore em up and also had problem reading scratched cd's. The hitachi has none of these problems =).

This post has been edited by backdown00: Feb 11 2007, 06:38 PM

nick727 · « **Reply #133 on:** February 14, 2007, 10:36:00 PM »

I went to Best Buy today and bought a premium xbox 360 that was manufactured on december 14, 2006 (2006-12-14). I though the ones made after november 2006 had the new drives. I returned it and gonna try my luck on friday or saturday at a couple more stores. Anyone else have this problem?

y2j420 · « **Reply #134 on:** February 15, 2007, 07:15:00 PM »

Somewhere it was reported that the new BenQ drives would be placed in all Xbox 360's manufactured during and after November 2006...this is false and incorrect...

I just purchased my Xbox 360 3 days ago and I checked the manufacturer date: 12/04/2006 and it has the Toshiba/Samsung drive...

I can hear it spin during Gears of War for example, but it usually gets overshadowed by the game noise...

Just adding my 2 cents...

This post has been edited by y2j420: Feb 16 2007, 03:23 AM

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