Can ne1 plz recommend a 16X internal DVD player?

[pwangdel]

Greetings:

Could someone please recommend a good/excellent 16x DVD drive? I intend to use this player along with a multiformat 4X/8X DVD burner and DVDXCOPY software.

Advance thanks for any suggestion and help.

[jtommyj]

I HIGHLY recommend the JLMS (Lite-On) XJ-HD166S. Can be had on sale for less than 40 USD. Rips single layer DVD's up to 15x and double layer @ 6-8x.
I got mine at Circuit City (was a Starlogic, re-badged Lite-On) for 9.99 after MIR.

Not sure where you are located but Best Buy carries them in the US.

[ghoster]

I HIGHLY recommend the JLMS (Lite-On) XJ-HD166S. Can be had on sale for less than 40 USD. Rips single layer DVD's up to 15x and double layer @ 6-8x.
I got mine at Circuit City (was a Starlogic, re-badged Lite-On) for 9.99 after MIR.

Not sure where you are located but Best Buy carries them in the US.

yep i secomd that..........

[scrotus]

yep newegg has that burner for almost $30 USD and probably free ship.

I just got the 48x CDRW/16x DVDROM last week. I can rip movies in less than 15 minutes and that was Black Hawk Down Special Edition.

[Hardcoreruss]

Whereabouts in the world are you ?

[pwangdel]

Thank you alll for your recommendation.

Between LiteOn 163 and 166s model. Which one will you pick? I just find out CDRInfo review highly recommend the 163 model.

Fortunately, I am in the US and both store Best buy & Circuit city is near by.

Forgive my ignorance, does "rip" mean backup entire DVD movies from one drive to another? If so, 15min for a movie is pretty impressive.

By the way, did anyone try to play Chinese DVD on this drive? Does it work? I had a collection of Chinese DVD for US region (NTSC format, english subtitle), it does play on my set-top Pioneer DVD player and my Inspiron 8000 laptop. However, for unknow reason, it just stop playing on the Laptop.