16x DVD for ripping

[deaconx31]

Looking to buy a fairly cheap, 16x DVD-Rom drive to rip movies. Please provide suggestions. Thinking about a Sony. Any thoughts?

[Bob W]

LiteOn 163 or 166 both are not locked and go for $39 or less online.

[poopyhead]

artec 16X DVD-ROM

works great...about $30 shipped

i was able to get in on a deal for $12 shipped....but that involved more work

http://www.buycyberpc.com/artec16xdvdrom1.html

http://www.pcrapids.com/home.asp?pw=y&pwl=search/productdesc.asp?lsskuid=CDDArt16X001993

http://www.compu-terra.com/spec.cgi?DVDARTEK1639+pw

http://us-depot.com/ar16xdvdromr.html

just goto www.pricewatch.com and click on DVD Drives..then click on 16X...there are some really cheap DVD-ROMs...some around $25 shipped.

[jdizzy40]

Bought two Lite On's at WM for 48.00 each. Black faceplate. They rip'em fast.

[budz]

Toshiba 1712 dvd rom is great and easy to make it region free. Take a look at these sites.

http://hijacker.rpc1.org/toshiba_nolimit/

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/portal.php

$32.00 for a bare toshiba 1712 drive at mwave.com

http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/index.hmx

[deaconx31]

Which is better, the Lite on 163 or the 166? I've heard the 163 works better for ripping. Im leaning towards one of the two

[jdizzy40]

I have the 166. Fast and dependable. Don't know or can't compare with the other one. Same company.

[kirpen]

jdizzy40 and poopyhead what speeds are you getting while ripping? Also poopyhead do you have the model# of the artec.

[jdizzy40]

Single Layer Disk up to 14x, Dual Layer Disk up to 11x.

[Metaluna]

Which is better, the Lite on 163 or the 166? I've heard the 163 works better for ripping. Im leaning towards one of the two

The 163 works better for *CD Audio* ripping because it doesn't do caching of the extracted audio samples. This makes cd ripping much faster when using high-quality audio extraction tools like EAC (Exact Audio Copy). I have not heard anything about the 163 being better for DVD ripping though. The 166 is an excellent DVD reader. In addition you will be able to run Liteon-only tools like Kprobe which will scan DVD-R media for bit errors and help you evaluate the quality of your burns. Some people claim that Liteons don't have the long term reliability of some other brands (Pioneer, Toshiba, etc.), but I haven't seen it personally, and at $33.99 w/free shipping from Newegg, they are virtually disposable.

[Sam Ontario]

Single Layer Disk up to 14x, Dual Layer Disk up to 11x.

Which software did you use to rip which movie? My 16X DVD ROM ripping speed is dependent both on ripping software and the movie, it seldom goes beyond 8x and the max I found is 8.3x and is not substaining this speed.

[vance43211]

i got a samsung sm-348b 16x rip 48x24x48 dvd-rom/cd-rw for $70

i had the best of 3 worlds

fast ripping, fast cd burning to go with my dvd burner

smartripper is what i use for my fast ripping