Fastest DVD ROM drive?
 

I had a couple of questions regarding DVD-ROM drives...

1. Why is it that some games/movies rip at slower speeds than others. I use DVD Decrypter, and some DVD's or games I back up rip at like 4.0X, some at 16.0X. Why is this?

2. What make and model DVD-ROM drive to you recommend for doing DVD and game rips with? I want something that rips as fast as possible. Any drive with a good cache and so on? I don't know much about them.

I know these aren't directly related to PS2 back ups, but pretty close. Thanks for all the help!!

Just a straight forward recommendation really, but I have an LG-8160B and it rips a full PS2 DVD in around 8-10 minutes at 16x. Great drive and ultra reliable image making, even at that speed! :)

Ive read that the closest to true 16x are the Toshiba's. I personally have a Toshiba SD-M1712 with hacked firmware to be able to read dvd movies as fast as possible.

About your question on why dvd movies rip slower, its because dvd drive manufacturers set a 2x or 4x speed limit. Its just the way it goes. So if you can find a firmware hack that disables that limit then your golden.




Tyler!

Yep. I have a pioneer dvr 106. It used to be able to burn games quicker than it could read the image as it was limited to 2-4 speed ripping. With the hacked firmware it now rips at up to 12 speed so well worth looking for hacked firmware.

Pioneer is good but I don't care about speed seeing as I backup all my games at 2x.

So did I. Back when dvd burners first came out.




Tyler!

Have a link to a good hacked firmware site?

Thanks biggie. So are you back in action like loonie toons or somethin else? :p





Tyler!

Yeah it is in need of changing. :(