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Poll time: CD-ROM useless?

How fast is too fast?

Now that CD-RW drives read and do clean DAE at 40x and above, do you:

Still have a trusty CD-ROM for CD to CD copying
19
63%
I have 2 CD-RW drives for CD to CD copying
9
30%
Sorry, one CD drive. CD to HD to CD copying works for me!
2
7%
I use floppies, none of this Mt. Rainier buffer under-run 99 minute 48x CD-RW junk for me!
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Total votes : 30

Poll time: CD-ROM useless?

Postby Boone on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:03 am

Poll time!
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Postby hoxlund on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:04 am

Well I have 1 DVD drive and 1 liteon 48x cdrw drive, i mostly burn cd images, so i dont burn from cd to cd. Everything is copy protected now, so you need to make a cd image
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:04 am

Acer 56x, Asus 52x, Pioneer 106s, Teac W540E ... and add whatewer comes out to my liking - wild & FAST :o 8) :P
Wake up ATI :-)
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Postby hoxlund on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:04 am

hehe, i firmware changed my aopen slot dvd to the pioneer 106, now i can watch any region dvd, my aopen was region locked. i still keep the old aopen firmware just in case.
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:05 am

Actually, that's exactly what I did too ! - I consider it an ORIGINAL Pioneer - Made in Japan 8) :D
Wake up ATI :-)
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Postby hoxlund on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:05 am

we are sneaky, hey eliminator, which firmware file are you using? pm me, i might be intrested in taking a look at the file.
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Postby eliminator on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:05 am

Wake up ATI :-)
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Postby WEH on Thu Jan 01, 1970 3:05 am

I bought a DVD burner (Pioneer) and a CDRW combo drive (Plextor).
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Postby manni on Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:36 am

My Sony 52x CD-ROM is still in daily use. When it's time for CD to CD copy, it works well with Sony 12x/8x/32x CD-RW.
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Postby NeilPeart on Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:36 am

While I love my Lite-on LTD-165H and Teac CDW-540E, no drive can match the quality/speed ratio of my Plextor UltraPlex 40Max 40TSi (though my Asus CD-520 52X CD-ROM comes damn close). It's unfortunate that the newer drives are still lacking one great feature: accurate (above all) and fast DAE. I've recently read that Plextor may be ceasing production of the 40Max. I may have to purchase a couple "back-up drives" if that fateful day ever arrives. If I don't, my venerable Plextor 12/10/32S may miss his older brother. :wink:
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Postby Ian on Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:36 am

I think they have ceased production of those drives. What they're selling now is just the stock they have in warehouses.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
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Postby NeilPeart on Thu Jan 01, 1970 6:37 am

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:( :( :(

Thanks for confirming the sad news, Ian.
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Postby cfec on Tue Nov 12, 2002 5:00 am

I'm not sure about clean DAE from CD-RW drives. Read this thread:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 9659#39659
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