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DVD or CD-rom

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 1:50 pm
by bluephi1914
i currently have a TDK Velo cd and a regular 52x cdrom,

will i see a performance decrease when i record from cdrom to cdrw if i replace my cdrom with a DVD reader.. i know DVD drives dont read DVD's at 52x... but for recording audio, will they still hit the faster ???

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 3:07 pm
by rdgrimes
How fast is your CDROM for ripping?

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 4:03 pm
by bluephi1914
not sure according to nero speed read, its average speed is (26.42). It does pretty good ripping audio though, despite the nero speed read test I just dont wanna loose recording speed if i swap this 52x cdrom for a DVDrom

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 6:46 pm
by Action Jackson
The LiteON LTD 16x series DVD-ROM have good ripping ability.

My LTD 163d rocks for that.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 7:44 pm
by rdgrimes
LiteOn 166s will rip audio, perfectly, at 40x+. Data on the fly at 48x.

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:26 pm
by bluephi1914
ok, so you all are saying that i shouldnt loose any speed when recoding from cd to cdr drive if i use a DVDrom instead of my regular cd-rom right??

PostPosted: Sun Jan 18, 2004 10:52 pm
by rdgrimes
bluephi1914 wrote:ok, so you all are saying that i shouldnt loose any speed when recoding from cd to cdr drive if i use a DVDrom instead of my regular cd-rom right??

Not as long as you get the right drive, you should even gain speed.

PostPosted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 1:10 pm
by jase
DVD-ROM drives are typically newer technology. As such, most of them are faster and more reliable for data ripping. There are of course exceptions, however I'd say LG and Lite-On offer a good balance of price and performance.