News of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives

Drive: Toshiba SD-R1612
I received some DVDs that this drive will not play the audio, the video is OK. Also I don't have a problem, with audio, playing other DVDs, like Grease.

The DVD is DL, Version 1, OTP, NTSC 4:3 Mpeg2 per Nero Tool

I made a backup copy w/DVD Shrink onto a Verbatim DVD+R, it also will not play the audio.

Mother BD is Abit NF-7Sv2, sound works for everything else.
I have ...

burned a backup of a movie with my BenQ DW1620 B7T9 onto TDK 8x DVD+R TY T02.
i checked the transfer rate on the Toshiba DVD-ROM (see below) and was alarmed. but when i did a transfer rate at 12x and 8x, both on the Toshiba and on the BenQ, the curve was smooth and nice. see pics below, also Disc Quality.
did another burn - first with DVD Decrypter, second with Nero (to rule ...

I'm about to throw my PC out the window, so...I'm hoping someone can shed some light.

I have a 2 month old Dell Dimension 9100. It has an HL-DT-ST DVD/CD ROM GDR8163B in Drive D and a Philips DVD+/- RW DVD 8631 in Drive E.

My problem at this point is NOT with the Philips Burner, it's with the ROM Drive. The ROM Drive will recognize and play almost everything without a problem: Purchased DVDs, ...

Hi,

I have a JLMS XJ-HD166S that has been working just fine for years. Yesterday, I insert the install CD for a new DLink router into the drive and it just spins and stops, but won't launch anything. I manually eject the cd from the DVD drive and insert it into my CD-RW and the disc works fine. When I try to close my DVD tray, it does close and then opens right back up. ...

Before I bought these two DVD-ROMs, I read some reviews/results/comparisons among various DVD-ROMs and came to the conclusion that the Lite-On (retail) was better for CD-Rs and the Asus (OEM) was better for DVD-Rs and that the Lite-On, apparently, had better error correction. Well, it seems when using EAC (latest version), the Asus may be better at ripping the music off bad CD-Rs (labelled and maybe some scratches) when using detected error-correction settings. I usually ...

Check here:
http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#SOHD-16P9S

Hello... I want to buy a dvd rom(without writer). But I don't know which brand is better... want use it to copy dvds(especially dvd ram) & play games... I want a quality, quiet, speed and can read all format(include dvd-ram)... Can anybody help me...? Advance ThanX....

I have this drive and I am rather tired of it ripping a DVD9 dual layer movie at what looks like an average of 3x. Currently using the latest OEM firmware and I am aware that there are faster firmware's out there for different read speeds, but what should be a safe maximum speed for this drive?

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/download/item.aspx?ModelName=DVD-E616P2&Type=Latest

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Just curious if anyone has a Lite-On SOHD-16P9S. I'm thinking of picking one up from Newegg.