I'm on the market for a new DVD drive. The one I have (an old IDE HP branded one, I believe) is extremely finicky with ripping and playing back DVDs, even ones that play back without much trouble on standalone DVD players. I really want to get a new drive capable of copying the DVDs that my current drive can't copy. Are some brands better than others at reading data from scratched discs? This is something that doesn't seem to get mentioned in DVD drive reviews.
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Yes, absolutely. I've been telling people this for years.
BTC drives were the best.
The Pioneer 111 is one of the better readers.
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Hmm okay, so I guess the Samsung SH-S203B is probably a good choice right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151153
Any other thoughts? Thanks, guys.
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Originally Posted by davlor
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Originally Posted by pepegot1
To davlor: Good to hear you have INTEL SATA CONTROLLERS.
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Samsung does about the same as the Pioneer 111 does. Quite decent, but neither are stellar. Sadly, it's about as good as it's going to get. They will both get through some degree of damage, but both will be tripped up by scratches and read errors that other drives can handle.
LiteOn, BenQ and LG drives are pretty mediocre at reading. I believe Plextor was pretty unimpressive too, but I don't remember that one anymore (been a long time since Plextor actually made drives). Some of the NEC drives were miserable, some of them have been decent.
Funny how a number of those "scanning" drives read miserably. It's easy to see why scanning media is for fun only, as poor reading gives false negatives.
None of these even comes remotely close to a BTC drive, in terms of raw reading power. Interesting how the BTC was only a mediocre burner (several quirks) and could not scan accurately. Oh well.
A lot of it depends on the exact model, but brands tend to use many of the same parts and build designs model to model. So most of them are similar in several areas of functionality. It'll probably take some degree of trial and error with a disc you know is crappy (yet you ALSO know can be read), before you find the drive you want. Anytime I test drives, it gets tested against the BTC for read quality.
Better care of discs (don't use wallets that might scratch, for example) and cleaning discs (no devices, no toothpaste, just use soapy water and a gentle cloth) will go a long way too. Use good discs, not cheap crap. It's not just the drive, but the disc that also need to be good.
Software with retry abilities (DVD Decrypter) and error skipping is also imperative.
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Originally Posted by lordsmurf
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I do own one of the latest Samsung drive, plus an older one. I once again have access to a BenQ drive too. Several LiteOn, LG, NEC too. And the last Plextor died some time ago. I've not left any forum, I just don't have time to visit them all and no current need. Video amateurs / keyboard warriors such as yourself really get on my nerves.
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