Topic: What DVD drive do I have? (Read 941 times)

Kojak · « **on:** December 10, 2002, 11:55:00 AM »

Hello soon i´m going to buy me an xbox. I want 1.1 and i know how to identify it. But how do i know if i´ve got an 1.1 with a samsung drive??? Is there some way to indentify it, without opening the xbox??

And merry x-box-mas from Sweden to u all.

neptunetraks · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2004, 08:34:00 AM »

I have a thompson that plays Sky 2x movies but not games what is up with that? I know the game works bc it works in my friends who has philips

akillamuthafucca · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2004, 12:27:00 AM »

I've seen some philips drives that have the same tray as a thompson weird huh?
Mostly in one I get from wal mart but whatever hope this helps

The LukeMan · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2004, 09:31:00 AM »

Thomsons suck disc i had one wouldnt let me flash my bios install evox from slayers disc so i bought a samsung thomson suck i tried 15 media of cd-rw !

kaisersose77 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 27, 2004, 04:35:00 AM »

im about to an xbox, and i want to know what dvd drive would be the best for it. I have a dvd burner and buy dvd-r as i get them very cheap and never had a problem with them on dvd players. So i want to know what dvd drive is best for dvd-r discs?. As from what i have read here, im confused. I thought thompson drives were meant to be crap until i read here,and i am just wondering are they crap and people are just saying there good because thats the dvd drive they have and they wanna stick up 4 it and say nothing bad about it.

oxjeremy334 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2004, 01:40:00 PM »

You have a Thomson...so you want a new DVD drive huh? Get a lens replacement off of ebay for like $30 (which includes shipping). Type in Thomson Lens and you can get a new one...Why buy a new drive whenever this is cheaper and better than spending $80 or so for a Samsung...Your modified thomson will read all media at 2-5 times the original speed.

drako · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2004, 05:17:00 AM »

soooo... the xbox dvd drives are swappable so long as they are from an xbox even if its not the brand dvd drive meant for your model of xbox? can someone clarify that for me? cause i have a thomson and all i hear are horror stories.

thanks

seriouslysilly · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2004, 01:23:00 PM »

Isn't there also a list of what media works with each DVD drive?
I saw it once and can't seem to pinpoint it through the search (hundereds of posts regarding DVD, media, tray, samsung, etc.

digisatman · « **Reply #8 on:** March 07, 2004, 11:04:00 AM »

whats all the fuss!

I have a Philips drive which is "Supposed to not be able to read sum media's",

mines plays the cheapest dvd - r and cheapest dvd + r discs that i could find! 49p for 1.

It works PERFECT, even cd-rw etc etc. I have used them for a while and never had 1 problem whether i burn my discs at 4 x, 6x or 8x!

I got a pioneer 107 dvd rw in ma pc so i can burn at 8x!!

Many thanks

Please post!

frank10 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2004, 08:35:00 AM »

I have a thomson that reads DVD+RWs and CDRWs

It plays DVD movies on DVD-Rs, but doesn't like them otherwise. DVD-RWs do not work.

I haven't tried DVD+Rs.

I have a dual format burner and I prefer the + format, so I lucked out. The only downside is that I have a bunch of avi files burned on DVD-Rs that my box can't read.

Morien · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2004, 11:35:00 PM »

drako: Yes. You can also put in a PC drive but thats a little more tricky and won't perform the same as the original drive without extra modifying, etc (and only specific drives).

seriouslysilly: They all ended up pointless in the end. Drives read different media. One Samsung could read everything and another could read no DVD+R for example.

digisatman: But what about cd-r? Does it read all the types of that that you throw at it? Not everyone has access to dvd burners or cheap media yet.

Morien

Xerium · « **Reply #11 on:** March 09, 2004, 08:20:00 AM »

brahm2 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 12, 2004, 08:45:00 AM »

chilin_dude · « **Reply #13 on:** March 12, 2004, 01:26:00 PM »

I agree though, Thomsons are highly underated. For dvd-r's IMHO they are easily the best and they even read ANY cd-rw that I have ever thrown at them... Whoever says they don't MUST be burning them wrong, now lets not try to get off topic onto slayers but I will anyhow

This is the tool I origionally used and man did it rule!

conc3pt · « **Reply #14 on:** March 14, 2004, 08:43:00 PM »

in my opinion thomsons are better than philips.. had more philips drives go bad on me more times than thomson drives

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