Topic: Best DVD Drive (Read 270 times)

nolem · « **on:** October 05, 2004, 05:36:00 PM »

I have both a phillips and a samsung drive, and don't know which one to use. Which have you guys had the best experience with? As far as reading backups, noise level, etc.

nolem · « **Reply #1 on:** October 05, 2004, 05:56:00 PM »

halofreak007 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 05, 2004, 06:04:00 PM »

samsung

then philips

then thompson

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #3 on:** October 05, 2004, 06:12:00 PM »

whichever reads your discs... and you say "best for backups" then samsung would be lower on the list, as phillips and thomson can read dvd+r
(which i can get 100 riteks for 30 bucks) so in my opinion.. thomson works out to be teh best for my situation (since i have one that reads as fast as a sasmsung, plus reads teh +R format)
everyone will disagree... but whatever. just opinions.

cwindsor2003 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 05, 2004, 08:04:00 PM »

Samsung!!!!

Thompson..... How has even heard of thompson before the xbox....

P.S

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ferrari_rulz_02 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 11, 2004, 02:41:00 AM »

well if u go by reputation, the sammy are by far the best. but i have had a phillips that would hardly read originals, one that has troiuble reading most things, and a thompson that reads everything.
it all depends on how lucky you are. each drive is a bit different.
i have no luck, and thus have had 2 drives that dont work properally.

if i could get me hands on a samsung 616t, then id be fine. get me dad to mod it, its all good

but that can wait for now. if you have a drive that has some trouble, tweak it. thats works wonders

halfie1485 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 21, 2004, 09:21:00 AM »

i have a thompson... it was working fine until it started to go bad... now it had dirty disk errors all over the place, even with brand new games the first time i try playing them (yes i tried other copies of the same game) so yeah... i dont think it matters much if all youre doing is originals... but if the drive is over 2 years like mine (launch day) then thompson could end up sucking ass in the long run. im gonna swap it out for a sammy in about a week anyway

flashfreak · « **Reply #7 on:** October 27, 2004, 05:57:00 AM »

who voted for thompson. the only reason would probably be the quietness, but whats the point if it doesn't read much?

CreziB · « **Reply #8 on:** October 27, 2004, 01:45:00 PM »

I say sammy cause it can read cd-r's no prob, but I cannot get it to read dvd+r. Whereas my friend's 2 year old Thomson reads dvd+r's no problem. It loads them within 5 seconds. My samsung makes a bunch of noise and then says error or empty. My other friend uses a phillips and it reads cd-r's aswell. I have not tested it with dvd+r. I have had no problems on any of the drives with dvd-r(compusa brand).

bleugh · « **Reply #9 on:** October 28, 2004, 03:45:00 AM »

the poll is poo due to the fact that there are two types of stock Phillips drive
two types of stock samsung drive, and a further two types of samsung drive that will work with the xbox!

man_of_war2081 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2004, 10:37:00 AM »

gsgleason · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2004, 07:04:00 AM »

I voted for thomson because this poll is silly.

lordvader129 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 07, 2004, 06:06:00 PM »

there are more than just 3 xbox drives

Thomson
Philips v1
Samsung v1

those are the 3 most preople refer to

there is also...

Philips v2 (does not read dvd-r)
Philips v3 (best drive over all, reads cd-r and dvd+r)
Samsung v2 (reads jack crap)

ILLusions0fGrander · « **Reply #13 on:** November 07, 2004, 06:26:00 PM »

dont for get the thomson 2003 model... which works great in my opinion

lordvader129 · « **Reply #14 on:** November 07, 2004, 06:39:00 PM »

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