Hey guys, I'm looking to upgrade my sony 4x dvd-rom to a used pioneer
10x dvd-rom ide slot load. My main usage for the unit will be for dvd
ripping. My current unit rarely reaches the reported 4x speed,
usually ripping at 2.5x or 3.5x. So depending on the movie, most rips
take me 20-30 min. Does anyone know how this unit fares for ripping
purposes? The asking price is $25 canadian, but for twice that much I
can get a brand new liteon or lg 16x dvd-rom. However as I am a
starving student, every penny counts! Interested in hearing what
people have to say. Thanks!

On 4 Sep 2003 08:39:32 -0700, 7jw6 (AT) qlink (DOT) queensu.ca (Jason Wong)
wrote:

My Creative 12X IDE on a PIII-733 and a Pioneer SCSI 10X on a
PIII-1000 also rip about 2.5 to 3.5X. It depends upon the setup of
ASPI, or if using DVDdecypter the Windows API. Rarely, on rare
occasions, I see 5X. I don't believe there is much that can be done
about geting things faster but I may be wrong.

.. Steve .

7jw6 (AT) qlink (DOT) queensu.ca (Jason Wong) wrote in message news:<a07dedf1.0309040739.617cb021 (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>...
Okay so my 4x sony ddu220e dvd-rom only suppose multi-word dma 2
according to specs I found on the net and that's what it's loading up
as in WinXp. The 10x pioneer 104s supports up to ultra dma 2
(ultra/33), which seems to be the same for the cheaper 16x drives (LG
and liteon). $25 is a great price for me but if it looks like I'm not
going to see a huge improvement then perhaps I should just wait until
the price for the asus 16x dvd-rom to go down, which can do ultra/100
and is pricd at $75. For $50 I could pick up an aopen or pioneer
which support ultra/66. So based on all that, which would be the best
buy for my dvd ripping needs?