Why cant they go higher then 52x??

[Caffinehog]

I don't know, but I'm sure we'll see it in a year or two.
I've seen clik-disk sized MO disks for mp3 players that hold a gigabyte each. Something like that is likely. Either that, or something like flash memory... Imagine 10gb flash memory sticks!

 

[rizge]

I've seen some with a whopping 72X

 

[Dark Disciple]

The 72x is a kenwood cd-rom, and they use multiple beams to read at that speed. They also suck and have many problems, so many in fact that they are no longer made.

 

[james.miller]

im sure i have seen drives other than kenwood that are 72x

 

[David]

I've got a 56x and have yet to have a CD shatter or explode or anything of the sort. Runs like a dream

Do you know definately that it is running at 56x? It could (and is very likely to be) averaging a speed up under 40x.

David

 

[ninthebin]

that a new system their dave?

 

[David]

that a new system their dave?

[thread hijack]

It is indeed

Cost £597.06 exactly alongside keeping my CDRW, FDD and Monitor and case.

Had to hack at the drive cage to fit the board in though, four DIMM slots makes it a big board.

I have posted the SiSoft Benchmarks here:
http://www.pcextreme.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=370
[/end thread hijack]

My CDRW is rated at 32x read, but performs perfectly adequately. And several dBA quieter than my old POS 48x....

David

 

[LiGhTBoY]

Er.....remind me again why you need those speeds?
Is it to toast cds in 0.00000001 secs? or to read and mount the cd in 0.000000000000000000000023secs?

Seriously guys, you don't need anything above 20 for reading, 10 for writing and 8 for dvds.






I have a 10x (yes ten) cdrom in my athlon and loving it, although i'm replacing it with a dvdrom or cdrw soon because it's starting to show its age ;-)

=P

 

[james.miller]

i agree. i run my cd-rom at 10x and it reads divx movies on cd with no problems at all, and it silent.

 

[BinarySuperman]

also i was wondering why laptop cdroms cant go higher then 24x??

 

[baqai]

my 2x and than 4x drives were the best, after that speed yeah increased but stablity decreased and i think cdrom overall life also decreased, i used my 2x and 4x drives for quiet some time, but now i have to change my cdrom relatively faster

 

[Caffinehog]

Hmm... don't need more than 10X write? Sure. But I'd rather have a CD done in 3 minutes instead of 8. I currently have a 48x16x48x, and I suspect that I will never buy faster. Even for CDRW. My next upgrade will be a DVD burner.

 

[Stumpjumper5200]

You want to power 48x or more from a tiny laptop battery?

Didn't think so

 

[Tipycol]

I've got a 56x and have yet to have a CD shatter or explode or anything of the sort. Runs like a dream

Who makes that CD-ROM?

 

[Dark Disciple]

You are right James, Kenwood was the only one I could think of at the time. I believe that the Kenwood had a class action suit involved, so they stopped making them.

 

[Tipycol]

You are right James, Kenwood was the only one I could think of at the time. I believe that the Kenwood had a class action suit involved, so they stopped making them.

A little off topic:
I know people sue all the time, but what makes one "class action"? What does it mean?


Thanks

Tipycol

 

[Tbird man]

also not all cds are perfictly balenced and also the gyroscopic action (slowly wobbleing off axis) increases with speed. eventually the forces on a cd-roms motor and secureing mechenism will wear out and allow a cd spinning at incredible speeds to touch the tray, scratching the cd badly. if you were to take a 52 or 56x cdrom and move it suddenly while it is at full speed you can say bye bye to that cd.

 

[Tbird man]

class action basically means that one lawer is sueing on behalf of anyone that is affected by the issue. for instance it would be terrably inefficent to have each person sue individually in a case involving hundreds of thousends of people. so they all do it at once. if you were affected you just sign up and have proof that you were affected.

 

[BinarySuperman]

K now another question, why aren't there faster DVD drives?? now heres what i think is the reason, 16x is more then enough to playback a movie? but what is people want a faster drive?

 

[dxiw]

Spin them much faster, and the cd breaks from centrifugal force. There are ones with multiple heads that read at 100X+, but they're cheap and rare.

if you ever find one TELL ME plz.