Survey of DVD-ROM drives for ripping speeds

[Regrett]

Looking through different threads and forums its hard to distinguish what drives are capable of what when it comes to ripping because many do not list specific models if they are having success. Since I am in the market for a drive I thought maybe I could enlist the help of the fine members here to see what experience people have had with theirs. Here is the info I think would be helpful.


Manufacture
Model
Stock Firmware
Updated Firmware
$$ at time of purchase?
How fast (low and peak) does it rip?
Or is it Locked at 2X?
Do you get errors with ripping programs?

[Gazorgan]

Digital Research / IOMagic

$59.95 List, $39.95 on sale/MIR

16X Listed speed

Rips only at 2x, but sometimes can 'unlock it' to get up to 4x, is only UDMA66

Tech support basically said F**K You, it plays DVD's.

[BarryHL]

Here Goes.

Manufacture: JLMS
Model: XJ-HD166S
Stock Firmware: DS14
Updated Firmware: DS14
$$ at time of purchase? £31.50 http://www.dabs.com
How fast (low and peak) does it rip? 6x-16x
Or is it Locked at 2X? No
Do you get errors with ripping programs? Yes, DVD Decrypter, has been fixed for next version.

Also the drive is very easy to make multi-region.

Best Regards.

Barry

[Regrett]

Here are the ones that I have tried

Liteon 165H / CH11 downgraded to CHOU
Aprx 38$ 1 month ago
3x-9x Rip speeds
Brute Force errors with DVDDecrypter
Sensitive to scratched media easily (lots of retries)

Liteon 166 / DS14
Aprx 40$ 2 Weeks ago
4x-9x Rip speeds
Brute Force errors with DVDDecrypter
Sensitive to scratched media easily (lots of retries)

Toshiba SD-M1502 / 1002revb
Aprx $50 1.5 years ago
Locked 2X
No Brute Force errors with DVD Decrypter
Solid drive with good optics - performed well with scratched media

Toshiba SD-M1212 / 1R22
$ too old to remember
2x-5.6x Rips speeds
No Brute Force errors with DVD Decrypter
Solid drive with good optics - performed well with scratched media

[Treebeard]

Lite-On 16x
163
have not changed firmware (kept stock)
$33 w/ shipping @ http://www.nexthardwareshop.com
3x-14x avg8x
only used smartripper - never an error

whatever you decide on enjoy your new toy

[SaSi]

Pioneer 116
Changed firmware to latest release for Region 0
Purchased for ~$150 1.5 years ago, now should be around $50
Rated for 16x data
Rips CD-Audio at 15x ~ 17x
Rips Video at ~ 5.3x if it's dual layered, ~8x for single layer
More than 50 rips with Smartripper with no errors and then 5 garbage rips in a row on Stargate episodes. Switched to DVDDecrypter and happy for now.

SONY DRU500A (recorder)
Locked at 2x

BTC (model can't remember)
Rips at ~ 0.9x
Don't ever buy a BTC DVD-ROM

[Regrett]

More! More! More!

Thanks a lot!

[deaves]

Manufacture: Pioneer
Model A05
Stock Firmware 1.21
Updated Firmware 1.30
$$ at time of purchase? $165usd

How fast (low and peak) does it rip? 2x on most movies... up to 14x on bootlegs and unlocked movies (just ripped bootleg of Chicago at 9x average!

Or is it Locked at 2X? Yes.. but only on non-bootlegs

Do you get errors with ripping programs: almost never... i will get errors sometimes on my liteon 16x dvdrom and this guy will read right through the errors. (liteone 16x is not locked at 2x)