I just recently got a DVD Burner. A NEC 3500. I was wanna to buy a DVD rom also, but was having trouble deciding on one. I was hoping you guys here can help me with one. I need one that's fast and can rip movies quick. Thank You
Your search should begin and end with the Lite On 167T. There isn't a faster or more accurate ROM out there as far as I'm concerned. I got two and a half years of extremely hard use out of my Lite On 166S and just replaced it with a 167T. These are some speed tests done with Nero CD/DVD Speed Utility. Lite-On 166S Tetsuo: The Ironman/SL @ 3.14GB Start: 6.37X Average: 10.81X End: 14.03X Elapsed Time: 3:48 minutes Seven Samurai Criterion Edition/DL @ 7.58GB Start: 3.31X Average: 6.05X End: 7.96X Elapsed Time: 16:56 minutes [/b]Lite-On 167T[/b] Tetsuo: The Ironman/SL @ 3.14GB Start: 6.39X Average: 10.79X End: 14.01X Elapsed Time: 3:48 minutes Seven Samurai Criterion Edition/DL @ 7.58GB Start: 3.30X Average: 6.03X End: 7.93X Elapsed Time: 17:00 minutes Plextor PX-708A with SpeedRead enabled. Tetsuo: The Ironman/SL @ 3.14GB Start: 3.36X Average: 5.42X End: 7.03X Elapsed Time: 7:25 minutes Seven Samurai Criterion Edition/DL @ 7.58GB Start: 3.37X Average: 6.18X End: 8.13X Elapsed Time: 16:35 minutes
Yeah, I love my Lite On 166S. It's still ripping strong after a year, and it's totally fast! It helped to flash the drive with hacked-firmware (to unlock ripping speeds). I got the firmware here: http://flashman.rpc1.org/ [Install at your own risk, of course!]