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Dear CDRLabs

Dear forum.

I seek for a cd or dvd rom only for ripping audio CD's
Can you please suggest me which drive is the best for this job?
I will use is ONLY for that purpose so I don't care at all about the ripping speed!!
I just want a drive that is the best in quality and accurete creation of audio CD's (mp3 e.t.c)

Can you please help me?





Thanks in advanced!!

CDRLabs kicks off the week with a review of LG's new 22x "Super-Multi" drive, the LG GH22LP20. This highly anticipated drive features some of the fastest reading and writing speeds available. The GH22LP20 is capable of 22x DVD±R, 16x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds and has a maximum DVD read speed of 16x. LG's new drive also offers a number of features, including support for technologies like LightScribe and ...

I have a new Samsung SH-S202 DVD Burner and an old Sony CRX320 CD Burner as a backup. I just tried making a backup of a studio session I did last week from a CompUSA (Lead Data) CDR. Using EAC, my new Samsung burner couldn't read the disc at all - sync errors on every track (this has never happened before on this drive), and when I tested it with Nero CD Speed, there were ...

Plextor PX-760A May, 06
Samsung SH-S203N May, 08

For speed testing I did a dvd rip of my Superbit movie I own called Johnny Mnemonic (only one near me for this test).

Plextor I Average Read Rate: 14,337 KB/s (10.4x) - Maximum Read Rate: 19,898 KB/s (14.4x)
Sammy I Average Read Rate: 12,407 KB/s (9.0x) - Maximum Read Rate: 17,688 KB/s (12.8x)


Is this normal? I just had the new drive delivered after reading how ...

Hello to all,
this is my first post here, and hope you'll be able to help me.
I have computer that is nearly 3 years old. Everything was working fine and I did usual maintenance job in order to keep it fully functional all the time.
Two days ago, very strange problem appeared. When tried to make virtual drive in Nero, my computer freezed and I was forced to perform reset (manually restart button). After ...

I just bought this model and everything works fine except for DL media. I suspect either firmware or media to be culprit. When I try to burn Verbatim 2.4X DL media maximum speed is set to only 4X max. With my previous NEC 7191A it was only 2.4X. When I use the same media in Asus 1814BL it shows 8X!?

Should I dump entire batch of Verbatim DLs or is it firmware? I had latest ...

Pioneer Japan has released the 1.06 firmware for its DVR-115 and DVD-215 series of drives.

http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/i ... 01r_e.html

Reduction of DVD±R Writing time.

DVR-S16/DVR-216BXL - http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/i ... W106EU.EXE

DVR-216 - http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/i ... W106EU.EXE

DVR-216CH - http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/i ... W106EU.EXE

DVR-216D - http://wwwbsc.pioneer.co.jp/product-e/i ... W106EU.EXE

DVR-A16/DVR-116BXL - ...

Pioneer Japan has finally announced their new top of the line DVD writers. Like the DVR-116 and DVR-216, the DVR-A16J and DVR-S16J feature 20x DVD±R, 12x DVD-RAM and 12x DVD±R DL writing speeds and Pioneer's Optimal Write Speed function. They also have the sweet looking bezel design that those of us outside of Japan no longer get :evil: and support for Labelflash.

http://pioneer.jp/press/2008/0715-1.html ...

Ok...so my 4163 still works but doesn't work with this media...since new drives are dirt cheap I figured why not just make the upgrade it's been a while. I've read through some of the more recent reviews but none of the drives really seemed to have made a big impression except maybe the Samsung 20XX line.

So of course the obvious question I'm posing, what would you recommend to pick up that would successfully burn ...

CDRLabs finishes up the week with a review of Lite-On's new EZ-DUB enabled DVD writer, the DX-20A4PU. While affordably priced, this external drive sports some pretty impressive specs including 20x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD±R DL and 12x DVD-RAM writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 16x. The DX-20A4PU also features many of the technologies we've come to expect from Lite-On including more advanced ones like SmartWrite and OverSpeed. More importantly, ...