Post by: bleugh on June 08, 2004, 03:42:00 AM
Post by: oxjeremy334 on June 08, 2004, 04:50:00 AM
Post by: bucko on June 08, 2004, 05:15:00 AM
Post by: Mineralvatten on June 08, 2004, 08:43:00 AM
but why should i get a Samsung and not a Philips?) And dont get me started on my old WORTHLESS Thomson 
Post by: lordvader129 on June 08, 2004, 08:00:00 PM
99.9% of samsungs read cd-rs flawlessly
one disadvantage they have is that the firmware wont attempt to read any disc withthe dvd+r booktype setting, however not all +r buners use this setting, and others can be changed in the firmware, for the most part this doesnt matter though, as most people use -r anyway, which the samsung loves
Post by: Pizza Pizz on June 08, 2004, 09:08:00 PM
I bought about 3 faulty xbox's with moody dvd rom drives - all the first type of philips - they just seem to give up the ghost
Heck had one die in front of me testing it on so-so cheap dvd-r's - before I even got a chance to tweak a laser - my kids life it bloomin' dropped dead - jeez
Thomson may also be a iffy drive but a lot of thomson's out there are getting on a bit as they go back to 2001 some of them - but a "good" thomson wipes the floor on dvd-r against a good philips
OLD Philips also are hit n miss on cdr - some play cdr some don't
If a philips plays a cdr it plays it better than a samsung - I got SIMS on a cdr and one of my philips played it 101% perfectly where as my samsung jitters just a tiny bit on some of the intro fmv - not a lot but wasn't any jitter on the philips
Don't get me wrong you can still get an iffy or so-so samsung 605b
Think the best drives in order
Samsung 605b
New "clunky" philips - will wait n see if they still good in say 6/12 months
hmmmm - if dvd only needed then perhaps thomson or maybe if a good old philips is cheap enough then maybe that if it will read cdr's
personally I am in no rush to buy either of the last 2 drives
as for pc drives in xbox for reading only backup's
Liteon/sony - quick drives but not the best at reading shite media
LG - bit slower but a little better on cheapo media
Samsung - nice all rounder, but got a couple of moody ones in the past that needed returning
confusing init
Post by: Mineralvatten on June 08, 2004, 09:29:00 PM
what about +RW?Most of my games are +RW burned since i didnt find many +R that my Thomson read. And what was that about changing "firmware"?
I only got a + burner
Post by: Pizza Pizz on June 08, 2004, 09:36:00 PM
a samsung may work - but for some peeps it don't
I sold one to a m8 that had a +r and the sammy booted +r & +rw no problems but depends on your writer
If you got a 605b and it didn't work out then you should have no probs getting back what you paid for the 605b as they are sought after as good all rounders
Altenative is to upgrade to a dual format writer as they are getting so cheap with dual layer writers now on sale
With a dual format then you should be able to find some media type that may work ok with your present xbox dvd-rom unless it is on it's last legs
Post by: Mineralvatten on June 09, 2004, 03:44:00 AM
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Post by: Mineralvatten on June 11, 2004, 12:08:00 AM
Post by: Mineralvatten on June 11, 2004, 07:06:00 AM
Post by: Mineralvatten on June 11, 2004, 11:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (verawarez @ Jun 11 2004, 06:21 PM) |
| and phillips they are versions that can read cdr and dvd+-r/rw |
So the philips from the 1.4 Xbox is one of those?
Post by: shadow23 on June 11, 2004, 10:40:00 PM
| QUOTE (bucko @ Jun 8 2004, 02:15 PM) |
| Jesus how many times has this been asked before? Samsung all the way.......... |
EHHHH!!!! Wrong answer! I bought a new xbox with samsung drive in it and it won't read my backups and no I don't get the dirty deic error as well. Just won't read some DVD-R's and definitely doesn't like CD-RW. So in reality any dvd drive can be good or bad. I modded an xbox with a philips drive in it and it read better than the samsung I have.