DVD-rom Life

[KrayzeViet]

I read somewhere on the internet that ripping DVD's is bad for the DVD drive on the computer. I have a Dell laptop and my DVD drive has already died twice. I have spent about $400 replacing it two times. Is this the result of ripping DVD's???

[pinoy2201]

no it wont hurt your DVD-Rom ripping a DVD is is just reading the DVD and Copying it to you Hard-drive that only thing that will hurt your DVD if you did a a conversion rite of the DVD..i hope this cleared up some of you confuseion

[Shabubu]

Ripping a DVD from the DVD drive itself can be very bad for your drive, but that's cause your drive laser will be on for anything from 6-25 hours (or more, depending on you processor). That's why we copy the vobs to a hard disc or use caching in DVDx (which also copies the vobs to your harddisc, though only does it a bit at a time, so if your low on discspace this is the way to go). Ripping directly from the DVD with stuff like the modified flask is definately not recommended.

[poopyhead]

in my experience, since DVD-ROMs and CD-RWs are generally more expensive than regular CD-ROMs...don't use DVD-ROMs and CD-RWs for playing regular CDs.....use them for their respective media...(less ware and tear...i dunno about you guys, but my dvd-rom prolly loses a year everytime i try to make it read a CD-R)

[Sefy]

I agree with Shabubu, I believe I even said it myself a few times, which is why I don't recommand the ripping direct from the DVD itself, a Laserbeam in the drive is based on heat, that is what a laser is, and if your drive has been overheated, the laser can't pick up the media anymore, and that usually causes the death sequence