Drive Hardware (WRITER or ROM issue?)

[dcsos]

BELOW-FROM TOSHIBA 's DESCRIPTION of this DVD-ROM reader...
it seems to give your own burns differing treatment from STORE-BOUGHT fare.
That is..the specs clearly state that it plays "-R" slower than "-ROM"
WHY would a drive be so WRITEABLY CHALLENGED and why is my Sony so different?
It reads -R and ROM up to the 16x- this drive is rated to do as well-
on "ROM ONLY" (or can't I read?)

ATAPI Half-Height
DVD-ROM DRIVE 16X/48X
SD-M1712
Toshiba's new SD-M1712 16X DVD-ROM drive is the drive of choice for consumers that want the fastest access to hundreds of multimedia, gaming, reference and educational titles on DVD.
2X DVD-RAM playback
16X DVD-ROM playback
4.8X DVD-R playback

Does this in fact explain why some DVD-ROM drives WON'T do smooth FastFoward on home-burned stuff!?
Is this drive only able to read at 4.8 times or copy at that slow speed?
It means its faster to RE-RIP the whole disc rather than simply copy off a already ripped disc!
INTERESTING

[MrSnake]

With -R discs they mean DVD-Recordable media and with DVD-ROM they mean pressed DVD discs.
Atm, a pressed DVD disc always has a higher reading speed (unless you have hacked firmware or smth,...)

I found also the info a bit disturbing.
Discs don't playback at 16x or 4.8x, playback is always at 1x
The 16x indicates the "ripping" speed or the max data t ransfer (NOT playback).

It's very logical that re-ripping the whole disc (a pressed DVD-ROM in your case) is faster than copying it from an already ripped disc (being a DVD-R).

There's no big deal here actually.

[dcsos]

Now I'm upset..
because any DVD I try to RIP MAXXES out at the DVD-R read rate
NOT THE STATED READ SPEED FOR DVD-ROM (16x)

That is as we've agreed, the specs state a different read rate for DVD-R
than DVD-ROM

So I see when I rip I'm gettin' the -R rate (max 4.8x) not the Rom rate
Should I be upset?