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jbslow
11-26-01, 10:03 PM
Who makes th e good stuff?

Should a DVD player record DVD's and read and write CD's also?
jbell
11-26-01, 10:34 PM
Go PIONEER


never go wrong with them!
Krome
11-26-01, 11:22 PM
for a DVD Burner, I don't know... I can't afford one. Regular DVD ROM i've had my Hitachi GD-2000 for 3 yrs now no problem, and now with my new Radeon... can we say CLEAR digital playback. hope that helped.
Slychilde
11-27-01, 12:43 AM
Personal experience: Pioneer! I bought the 106pioneer, the slot loading one and it rawks! I've been watching anime non-stop since and loving every minute of it! I have two other rl friends who also have pioneers that have told me the same.

Non-personally: I've heard good things about Toshiba's. They're cheaper and supposedly are great.
Kryten
11-27-01, 01:55 AM
Toshiba are the leaders in home theatre stuff especially the top of the line stuff $1000+, but I dont know how their computer range is I am also looking for a DVD reader (contemplated a DVD-RAM for all of 2 minutes) at this point I would lean towards the Toshiba I figure they would share their technology but that's only a theory I will be interested to see what other have to say too.
eobard
11-27-01, 02:00 AM
You know that company called "ANYONE BUT SONY!!!"? Well they make good product.
Krome
11-27-01, 04:22 AM
Originally posted by eobard
You know that company called "ANYONE BUT SONY!!!"? Well they make good product.

I love my 19" Sony Trini, as for "regular" home audio/video you gotta get the "ES" stuff, it's among the best.
Mike K
11-27-01, 04:37 PM
Do the toshiba come with the decoder built in or do they give you software with the decoder on it or do you have to buy one yourself?
Just wanted to make sure before I buy one so I don' t blow all that money!:burn:
Krusty
11-28-01, 02:58 PM
I bought a 12x toshiba OEM drive that works flawlessly. It doesn't have hardware decoding though, but my gainward gf3 came with windvd 2000, so I'm all good.
_Will_
11-28-01, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by Krome
for a DVD Burner, I don't know... I can't afford one. Regular DVD ROM i've had my Hitachi GD-2000 for 3 yrs now no problem, and now with my new Radeon... can we say CLEAR digital playback. hope that helped.

I have a GD-2500 and the "low" speed doesn't hinder dvd movie playback at all. I have a geforce2 pro and with WinDVD the picture is wonderful.
Mike K
11-28-01, 05:28 PM
So as long as I get WinDVD or some other hardware encoding program I' m good right?
Krome
11-28-01, 07:30 PM
Originally posted by m_mike_k
So as long as I get WinDVD or some other hardware encoding program I' m good right?

i'm using the ATI DVD software that came with my new Radeon, it's the shiz...haven't encountered any "wrong region" errors or anything... Big ups to my old a$$ Hitachi...oh...and ATI!!!
Mike K
11-29-01, 01:05 PM
Can you buy WinDVD or some other program like it separately?
Oni
11-29-01, 02:41 PM
Originally posted by jbslow
Who makes th e good stuff?


I've never had a problem w/ my Toshiba.
FRANK
11-29-01, 04:09 PM
I bought a generic DVD ROM at CompUSA about six months ago. I use Power DVD software decoder, and although I'm satisfied with the DVD performance, it no longer reads CD's.

I would suggest going with a major manufacturer. From what I see above, Toshiba looks good.

My .02

Good Luck!
Mike K
11-29-01, 08:13 PM
thanks:D
I' ll probly get a Toshiba-Do they have a slot loading drive? You know like the ones in car cd players?
:eek:
FerrariF50
11-30-01, 12:44 AM
Originally posted by Krome
for a DVD Burner, I don't know... I can't afford one. Regular DVD ROM i've had my Hitachi GD-2000 for 3 yrs now no problem, and now with my new Radeon... can we say CLEAR digital playback. hope that helped.


heheh I have the Hitach GD-2500
FerrariF50
11-30-01, 12:45 AM
Originally posted by Krome


I love my 19" Sony Trini, as for "regular" home audio/video you gotta get the "ES" stuff, it's among the best.


The "ES" stands for Elevated Standard
FerrariF50
11-30-01, 12:46 AM
Originally posted by m_mike_k
thanks:D
I' ll probly get a Toshiba-Do they have a slot loading drive? You know like the ones in car cd players?
:eek:


why do people like that kind of cd-rom drive?? so eazy for dust to get in... yeah it may be faster to load a cd....But still.
MadGamer
11-30-01, 03:25 PM
first as u said FerrariF50 is easier to load second u are less likely to break the tray off.
yes m_mike_k u can buy the software separately but its cheaper to go for the OEM softs.usually u get them with vid cards or dvd drives(retail ones).
Mike K
11-30-01, 07:50 PM
Originally posted by FerrariF50



why do people like that kind of cd-rom drive?? so eazy for dust to get in... yeah it may be faster to load a cd....But still.

I was just wondering if they made those
I don' t think I will get that kind because my CD-RW does not have that kind of loading:burn:
yog
11-30-01, 08:50 PM
For a drive I would go with a Pioneer. I got an AOpen that was supposed to be a slot load, but I got a tray instead. Make sure the drive is atleast 16x, then it will read CD's at 40x which is pretty decent if you are also going to be using it for CD's. WinDVD and PowerDVD are some of the best software out there and they come with almost everything. I got one with my old video card and the other with my drive. I wasn't real fond of the ATI stuff. Just make sure you get a retail drive (they aren't too expensive) and it will come with some form of decoding software. Some of the higher end cards (Radeon, and GF3) are supposed to have on board decoding, but it didn't work for me. The decoding software eats up some computing cycles, but you aren't going to be doing anything else while watching a movie, are you? Although playing solitare is pretty cool at the same time.

Hope this helps.