DVD Drives

"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying to get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a DVD
drive.
Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website reviews of
these products. Thanks a lot.

They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer is nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

Gareth

Cool. That's pretty much what i figured. I just needed a backup opinion.
Thanks a lot, buddy.

-Dimas

"Gareth Church" wrote in message
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"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying to
get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a DVD
drive.
Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website reviews
of
these products. Thanks a lot.

They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer is
nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

Gareth

Gareth Church wrote:
"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying to get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a DVD

drive.

Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website reviews of
these products. Thanks a lot.


They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer is nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

I'd go with Lite-On - they are cheap but they certainly don't act like
it. My Lite-On DVD drive happily plays rental DVDs that won't even play
in my regular DVD player.

"BarryNL" wrote in message ...
Gareth Church wrote:
"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
...

I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying to
get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a DVD

drive.

Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website reviews
of
these products. Thanks a lot.


They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer is
nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

I'd go with Lite-On - they are cheap but they certainly don't act like
it. My Lite-On DVD drive happily plays rental DVDs that won't even play
in my regular DVD player.


Why bother when you can get an APEX regular DVD palyer from Wal-Mart for $50
?

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Gareth Church wrote:

"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying to

get

top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a DVD

drive.


Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website reviews

of

these products. Thanks a lot.


They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer is

nice

too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

I'd go with Lite-On - they are cheap but they certainly don't act like
it. My Lite-On DVD drive happily plays rental DVDs that won't even play
in my regular DVD player.



Why bother when you can get an APEX regular DVD palyer from Wal-Mart for $50
?

Well, my "local" Wal-Mart being a few thousand miles away for a start.

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"BarryNL" wrote in message
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Gareth Church wrote:
"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying
to
get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a
DVD

drive.

Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website
reviews
of
these products. Thanks a lot.


They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap. Pioneer
is
nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying about
something more important like the motherboard.

I'd go with Lite-On - they are cheap but they certainly don't act like
it. My Lite-On DVD drive happily plays rental DVDs that won't even
play
in my regular DVD player.


Why bother when you can get an APEX regular DVD palyer from Wal-Mart for
$50

Ripping DVDs to SVCDs is one of the fun things you can do with a DVD drive
and is very easy. All you need is this free bundle
http://www.dvd2svcd.org/
and the cinemacraft exe that you can find on p2p

Most movies will fit on two CDs, which you usually can get for free after
rebate. You'll need PowerDVD or WinDVD to view them on your PC tho. Stand
alone players all play SVCDs.

rAD

I tried a lot of the converting programs and this one was by far the easiest
to use. Everything you need from start to finish.
http://members.eezi.net.au/~phatjeff/

Choose XVCD and it will max out the bitrate so as to fill up the 2 discs.
Instead of two 1150k/bs VCD's you get the most out of the discs without
blank space. The quality is between VCD and SVCD. And they play with WMP
as well....

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"BarryNL" wrote in message
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Gareth Church wrote:
"Dimas Guardado" wrote in message
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I'm building a new computer to take up to Cal with me. I'm trying
to
get
top of the line parts for good prices. I'm now on the hunt for a
DVD

drive.

Any suggestions? I would also appreciate magazine and website
reviews
of
these products. Thanks a lot.


They're all much the same. Lite-on tend to be pretty cheap.
Pioneer
is
nice
too. I say just buy any old DVD, and spend your time worrying
about
something more important like the motherboard.

I'd go with Lite-On - they are cheap but they certainly don't act
like
it. My Lite-On DVD drive happily plays rental DVDs that won't even
play
in my regular DVD player.


Why bother when you can get an APEX regular DVD palyer from Wal-Mart
for
$50

Ripping DVDs to SVCDs is one of the fun things you can do with a DVD
drive
and is very easy. All you need is this free bundle
http://www.dvd2svcd.org/
and the cinemacraft exe that you can find on p2p

Most movies will fit on two CDs, which you usually can get for free
after
rebate. You'll need PowerDVD or WinDVD to view them on your PC tho.
Stand
alone players all play SVCDs.

rAD

I tried a lot of the converting programs and this one was by far the
easiest
to use. Everything you need from start to finish.
http://members.eezi.net.au/~phatjeff/

Choose XVCD and it will max out the bitrate so as to fill up the 2 discs.
Instead of two 1150k/bs VCD's you get the most out of the discs without
blank space. The quality is between VCD and SVCD. And they play with WMP
as well....

The quality with www.dvd2svcd.org and cinemcraft mpeg2 is nearly as good as
DVD as long as you don't zoom it. It's faster than TMPGEnc too. But you do
have to be a bit dishonest and swipe the small cinemacraft 2.5 exe file.

BTW, this is a great test for a new computer cuz it runs the CPU and memory
at maximum for several hours.

rAD