Best XBOX DVD-Rom Drive?

[FearlessFly]

Apparantly the XBOX DVD-Rom Drive has three different manufactures:

Phillips, Thompson and Sumsung.

For more info check out: http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.htm

I was going to pick up a second hand XBOX (didn't want to spend $299 on that expensive pack and the old HALO and some crapola tennis game!)

Does anyone know which DVD-Rom Drive performs the best?

Is one model faster than the other....or reads all types of media such as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Dual Layer DVD+R, etc.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated! :D

[Tuomas Salo]

FearlessFly wrote:
> Does anyone know which DVD-Rom Drive performs the best?

Samsung is generally considered to be the best quality Xbox DVD drive,
and my personal experience supports this view. Thomson drives have a
high fault rate and generally read discs poorly (including original,
unscratched Xbox discs). So go for Samsung.

Tuomas

[spacedout]

the brand new xboxes (xmas bundle with ncaa football &tennis), come with
either the samsung or philips dvd drive. i have the sdg-605b samsung in mine
and agree it is great! but after reading around on a couple forums, found
out that the new samsung is a version F and doesnt read all formats like the
old b, In fact the new philips drive(also a slightly new design) is
actually better in that respect.
go out and get a new xbox, and youll get one of these great drives.
"FearlessFly" <FearlessFly.1h6tta@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> Apparantly the XBOX DVD-Rom Drive has three different manufactures:
>
> Phillips, Thompson and Sumsung.
>
> For more info check out:
> http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.htm
>
> I was going to pick up a second hand XBOX (didn't want to spend $299 on
> that expensive pack and the old HALO and some crapola tennis game!)
>
> Does anyone know which DVD-Rom Drive performs the best?
>
> Is one model faster than the other....or reads all types of media such
> as CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, Dual Layer DVD+R, etc.
>
> Any comments would be greatly appreciated! :D
>
>
> --
> FearlessFly

[luvthisgame]

How can you tell what DVD-ROM drive you have? and does any
of them support DVD-R or DVD+R?

[Nick]

Go to the top of this posting. The
http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.htm link was
already posted

--
Nick W
GamerTag: StalkerofHades
nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com


"luvthisgame" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> How can you tell what DVD-ROM drive you have? and does any
> of them support DVD-R or DVD+R?

[FREEXBOX]

I had that poorly disc problem until i adjusted my pot on my drive now drive
reads all my disc. I opened the drive and did the adjusting to the laser now
it can read all my disc without any problems . This makes the Laser brigter
the default was set at 1400 the lower that pot setting the brighter the
laser. I lowered it to 1084. Now I have no problems reading disc.
"Nick" <nfwilson@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Go to the top of this posting. The
> http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/xbox_dvd_version_comparison.htm link
> was already posted
>
> --
> Nick W
> GamerTag: StalkerofHades
> nfwilson@nospam.hotmail.com
>
>
> "luvthisgame" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:136901c4e211$8a1d3d70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> How can you tell what DVD-ROM drive you have? and does any
>> of them support DVD-R or DVD+R?
>
>