Topic: Is It A Thomson, Philips, Or Samsung? (Read 1143 times)

Kthulu · « **Reply #45 on:** August 30, 2003, 09:26:00 AM »

all of the games i own appear to be 6gb in size...is there anyway i can back them up to DVD-R (which from what i've read only has 4.75gb capacity)?

EDIT:
nevermind...just figured it out...they're not really 6gb...

Schweeze · « **Reply #46 on:** September 03, 2003, 10:29:00 AM »

my thompson hasn't failed to read anything yet...

i think you've given thompson a bad rep...

mine reads more than any of my friends sammy's or phillips...

it's all in the individual drive, every single one is different.

Blastomy · « **Reply #47 on:** September 08, 2003, 05:45:00 AM »

I know I'm not alone in this, but personally I think samsungs are overrated, who really needs to read a cdr. You can create multi boot dvd's to fit your smaller games on, and if it cant read a dvd+R I don't want the damn thing. I just bought another box and it's got a sammy i wont read the same cdrw that I have been using with the bios update on it, seems to me like the damn thing is way overrated.

Just My Opinion though

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #48 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:01:00 AM »

. Also think about Serious Sam, Unreal Championship, Crazy Taxi 3 and few others

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Kthulu · « **Reply #49 on:** September 11, 2003, 04:19:00 PM »

Sony DVD-R .............DVD/Game..................(Passed)
Maxell DVD-R ...........DVD............................(Passed)

I will probably backup a game on a Maxell DVD-R this weekend. I will also be opening the box to upgrade the HDD again, so i will check my Thompson model number. I will update this post accordingly.

My Xbox
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v.1.0
60gb maxtor hdd
Thompson dvd
TSOP'ed w/X2-4977
MXM v.9n6

Guyver-X · « **Reply #50 on:** September 12, 2003, 03:12:00 PM »

A.Z.BEST · « **Reply #51 on:** September 17, 2003, 05:53:00 AM »

. Funny

. I haven't tried DVD+Rs yet.

Anyway: that drive rox

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Scud VR4 · « **Reply #52 on:** September 19, 2003, 07:54:00 PM »

ronras · « **Reply #53 on:** September 20, 2003, 06:12:00 PM »

Can the Thompson DVD be changed out with the Samsung?

Scud VR4 · « **Reply #54 on:** September 24, 2003, 01:01:00 PM »

and for the people that are having trouble with Samsung's reading DVD+R media, what brand was used?
I'm planning on doing a Samsung DVD drive swap and want to be sure that all my DVD+R burned media will work fine with the new drive

Aron Parsons · « **Reply #55 on:** September 25, 2003, 10:00:00 PM »

I don't see how the Samsung drive can be so great. My v1.1 box has a Samsung drive and it won't read crap; it won't read my CD-Rs (Imation, burnt at 8x) and not even some retail DVDs (LotR - Extended Edition). What's with this?

Exobex · « **Reply #56 on:** September 30, 2003, 09:34:00 AM »

QUOTE (A.Z.BEST® @ Aug 22 2003, 11:34 PM)

I think it has to be mentioned something about replacing the drives.

None pc drive will read originals, unless it's a Samsung 616T, or 616F drive (FEBB, TEBB, FRPS will do). You also need to reflash that drive with SDG-605 firmware. No 616Qs will do, no 616QRPS will do.

If anyone in the UK is interested, PC World Business Direct do the Samsung SD-616BE-G (they also do the SD-616Q, so be careful).

I don't know if these can be modded in the same way as the T or F models, though.
Find them here.

skimmer · « **Reply #57 on:** October 12, 2003, 02:14:00 AM »

farmer99 · « **Reply #58 on:** October 12, 2003, 10:34:00 AM »

to those who are looking for samsung drives, i got two samsungs on xboxes made on 6/9/03. I don't know if all of them will have it. I had one on may 29th or something and it had a phillips. good luck

KANE79 · « **Reply #59 on:** October 16, 2003, 03:05:00 PM »

Which brand DVD drive is most common in new XBOX's? Are Thomson drives still used a lot, or are they mostly Philips now?

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