Topic: What DVD drive do I have? (Read 998 times)

moep · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2004, 05:54:00 AM »

I've had 5 boxes so far, and in my point of view, the NEW Philips drives are just as good as any of the Samsungs. I'd never want to own a Thomson-Drive again, though. Same thing for the old Philips drives - they were horrible.

The new Philips drives (from the 4th Q of 2003 and on) will read anything I throw at it though - I've tried 6 different CD-RWs, they all worked. I tried 4 different CD-Rs, they all worked. DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, DVD+Rs, DVD+RWs... they ALL work! The new Philips drives are just as good as the Samsungs, IMHO. I haven't found anything that it won't read so far.

gibbut · « **Reply #16 on:** March 28, 2004, 11:21:00 AM »

i have 3 modded boxes in my house, 2 have samsungs and one phillips.

samsungs will play almost anything, phillips is a contankerous peice of crap!

will hardly play anything!!!

troy

phreakffs · « **Reply #17 on:** April 02, 2004, 03:55:00 AM »

jaehoodva · « **Reply #18 on:** April 04, 2004, 08:25:00 PM »

ibilisi · « **Reply #19 on:** April 10, 2004, 05:51:00 PM »

Hey all-

I just bought a new Xbox and It looks like I have the Philips drive.

SHould I return it? I'm looking to mod it out and only use backups while keeping the originals safely tucked away (seriously). So I would like it to read Ritek G04 dvd-r or other medium quality media.

Lemme know if you have a sec.
Thanks
G

xxZ0NExx · « **Reply #20 on:** April 11, 2004, 08:59:00 PM »

jbleon · « **Reply #21 on:** April 15, 2004, 09:09:00 PM »

I have a Philips Drive in my Xbox. Sony DRU-500a Burner. I had the original Sony dvd+rw 2.4X media that came with it it worked fine untill i wore it out. Xbox would read it fine! Now i go out and buy media at local stores Memorex,Maxell, and Generic CompUsless all 1X dvd+rw not one worked out of 100 pcs. Meanwhile i am burning backups with no problems on Princo dvd-r 1x media!! then i purchased a sample pack with (2)Ritek, (2)Optidisc, and (2)Princo all dvd-rw 1 x. Tried every disc, out off (6) only (1) worked i thought ok the drive is picky no prob. I will just use this one Princo dvd-rw 1x for testing before creating the final backups on my xbox. So now i got (1) good Princo 1X drv-rw media. Well finally i wore that one out. So now i have a delima i know that it will be hard to find media that is going to work! So i go online and order a 25 pack of Princo dvd-rw 1x media. When it arrived i was ready to backup so stuff. put in the first disc made a backup of something i have previosly backed up just so i knew i was working with good ISO.
Well it Failed, I was ok with that. then i tried the second disc the third the fourth, Now i AM PISSED!! none of them work.... Read some post in this forum about which drive is better which one sucks. Then i realized that i had my old xbox that i fried " Don't ask Long story" it had a Thompsons drive in it and i know they donot read cd-r's but they do read most DVD's. I pulled it out of old Xbox put it in new one. booted it up and now i can read all the backups that failed!!!!!!

Bottom Line Thompson Drive Worked when Philips Failed!!! I wish i had a samsung to test also but i don't I will try to backup to the other media besides the Princo dvd-rw 1x in the future and might post if people request....

glauber55 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 18, 2004, 08:52:00 AM »

I'm confused, I have a ver 1.0 and I have and old philips I am worried because I dont know if I will be having any problems with it reading Dvd-r, I just ordered a toshiba dvd burner with a pack of go4 ritek 1x-4x dvd-rs, please let me know if will have problems with this drive reading my media, or if you have a similar setup let me know how it been working for you.

nachonut · « **Reply #23 on:** April 19, 2004, 07:55:00 AM »

booboo · « **Reply #24 on:** April 20, 2004, 05:19:00 AM »

well i have the phillips drive, and ive found riteks are very buggy with it, the game will work for like 3 days and then it will stutter and have trouble reading giving dirty disc readings, ive switched to virbatim and TDK's and its working fine so far..
anyone with a phillips drive what DVD-Rs u guys using that work properly?

GWT · « **Reply #25 on:** April 21, 2004, 10:08:00 PM »

Is there any way to identify which drive you have from the serial number before you walk out of the store?

katmikaze6969 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 22, 2004, 07:29:00 PM »

I have thomson drive i was wondering what cd burning software u used and what cds or dvds u used and did u out in a UPC code

Wartorment · « **Reply #27 on:** April 23, 2004, 09:43:00 PM »

ikar · « **Reply #28 on:** May 04, 2004, 04:42:00 PM »

Which dvd drive is best for dvd+r and/or dvd-r? I currently have a phillips (and can return it). Can it read those kinds of dvds? Or does the brand matter?

verny · « **Reply #29 on:** May 09, 2004, 11:54:00 AM »

I have a philips dvd drive in my xbox, and it reads many of my cdrw's and i have alot of cheap brands also. It also reads my dvd+r's and dvd-r's also. Some people just depends on their luck. The only thing i wish is that it could read cdr's because i have alot of local band cd's and theirs isn't the OFFICIAL cd which companies make, so theirs is the personal cd burner kind :-/ hmm yeah

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