News of CD-ROM and DVD-ROM Drives

I am trying to use Nero CD Speed to test how fast my cd drive can rip to my computer. The speed of the extraction only goes up to 16x, but when I have a data cd. It goes up to 40x

I am running WinXP SP1 and the drive is a Pioneer DVD-106

Can someone please explain why this is happening?

thanks in advance,
willie

Yes, I have heard of it. It's made by a company called ECS (http://www.ecs.com.tw). It uses a chunk of hard disk space to act as a buffer. The bigger the chunk, the higher the "X" rating. If you use 650 MB of your hard drive, the size of a full CD-ROM, you may achieve 100x speeds. That's pretty much the same as copying the entire CD to your hard ...

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So far I've tried the UDFreader thing and ASPI drivers but with no luck...any ideas?

Which is better ? Here in Brazil the Liteon is cheaper.

BTW, I can't find anything about the Liteon 64x at http://www.liteonit.com.tw/english/engl ... htm#CD-ROM

I opened a thread at http://www.liteonit.com.tw/english/engl ... p?tno=5381

I think the drive may be falsified.

Does anyone have experience on which cd-rom reader performs the best with data media recorderd on other machines with various brands of media? I find media that reads on drive A but not B, and other times media that will read on B but not A. I am looking for a drive that is the best in reading various media. any opinions?

Added info: My current cd-roms that are giving us problems reading are all ...

Greetings one and all. I'm currently looking to buy a new CD-ROM drive to replace my old one. I don't need / want a CD-R/RW drive, as I already have one, but I do like having a regular CD-ROM.

Now I really must throw myself at your mercy, O people who know much more about this stuff than I. I'm simply looking for a drive that has few if any errors, and most importantly, one ...

i have a 52x creative cd-rom tested in CDRLabs test. I run on windows XP and for whatever reason when i try tests with Nero CD SPeed, i get reads speeds of about 18x! when i burn on the fly it burns at like 8x max on a 48x burner! the cd-rom is sec. slave to burner. why am i having this problem? thax

8) http://www.xbitlabs.com/storage/8-cdrom-roundup/

why isnt anybody replyimg to my thread
please do hrlp me out

Hi there
i have this samsung cd rom SC 152 C
the prob is that sometimes if i want to eject an cd or just open the tray to pop in a cd the drive makes a noise as if the tray is closing and then the whole machine hangs up the only remedy is to leave a cd in it if this is done it works as smooth as butter
another prob i dont ...