Rip a DVD - any DVD-ROM?

[Killer Joe]

I want to buy a dvd-rom just to rip DVD to divx. so my question is: Does it matter wich DVD-Rom i have? it will afect the quality of the final ripped movie? That's all
thanks to everyone that replies.

[Sefy]

It doesn't matter which DVD drive you have, it won't do anything to quality, but if you want speed of ripping, i'd highly recommand the Pioneer drives.

[deltaboy]

i just bought the AOpen DVD-1640 PRO and it is SMOKIN!!! it costed me $90 CAD. i find it a lot better than my previous Pioneer (firmware issues). i can rip a DVD in about 8 minutes.

[Sefy]

Oh this is gonna hurt a bit, I don't know if you know this, but the Aopen (all the drives acutally) and your model the 1640 PRO is a Pioneer 106S (unless you got the Tray drive, then it's the 116T) Drive! yeah I know it's shocking, but if you want proof I can provide, but i'd need to give you a link to Region Free firmware, and I can't post it on the forum, so, enjoy your Pioneer

by the way, the reason the 1640/106 drive overperforms your previous drive is because it is the only DVD drive with UltraDMA66, unlike most other drives which either use the UDMA33 or PIO4!

[SlamminMOFO]

It actually doesnt really matter wha DVD you get.... I purchased the Delta 12x at Circuit City last month for 20.00 after rebate. I've been ripping some high quality sheet with it... Just my 2 cents