Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 1155 Location: Philly, PA
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:07 am Post subject: Please rate the DVD drive of an Xbox.
Ok I was reading and reading and wow I was stunned. I assumed that all the bad stuff with DVD drives where tommy models. Well I got the xbox a long time ago and just assumed that I had a tommy drive. I have heard great things about phillips and sammy's, alot of good things. Now I have been have a heck of a time getting my DVD drive to run DVD-r's. I come to find that I have a Phillips DVD drive. So I asked the guy that chipped my box and he said these are the worest drives??? Not the tommy?? I am shock and wanted to see your views?
TIA _________________ The mighty V6 Passat came to chew bubble gum and kick%^* and shes all out of bubble gum!
impwiz V.I.P. Lifetime Xbox Version: all Modded: everything
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Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:12 am Post subject:
your chip guy is wrong. my philips drive and samsung read everything i've thrown at them. any my thompson can't read cd-r's _________________
hoyas111 Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: all Modded: everything
Joined: Jun 17, 2006 Posts: 357
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:34 am Post subject:
yeah, i agree with impwiz, i have a samsung, and it reads whatever i need it to.
Pson Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: all Modded: everything
Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 1155 Location: Philly, PA
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:
impwiz wrote:
your chip guy is wrong. my philips drive and samsung read everything i've thrown at them. any my thompson can't read cd-r's
Thats what I was thinking too. But mine is acting funny that odd for what I have read about them _________________ The mighty V6 Passat came to chew bubble gum and kick%^* and shes all out of bubble gum!
Greven Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: Xbox V1.6 Modded: Xecuter 3 CE
Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: 2755 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:02 am Post subject:
Any piece of hardware can break. Have you tried cleaning it? Any funny noises? _________________ Hotswap|HDD Upgrade|X3 Guide
roo465 Moderator
Joined: Apr 29, 2005 Posts: 982 Location: ACT, Australia
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:26 am Post subject:
As far as I know, the older samsungs (SDG-605B) are better than the new ones that are in the the v1.6 xbox (SDG-605F).
The new one won't read CD-Rs unless the drive is tweaked? _________________
hellblazer55 V.I.P. Lifetime
Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 6381 Location: Canada
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 2:28 am Post subject:
I have had my thompson read everything i threw in it, the tommys just burn out faster is the only thing, and the samsungs just crap out with any reason as to why it does, then again most electronics do that anyways lol _________________
ren3gade Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: xbox v1.0 Modded: MA- Krayzies 1.1 w/ Aid 4
Joined: Jan 29, 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Dark Side Of The Moon
Pson Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: xbox v1.0 Modded: MA- Krayzies 1.1 w/ Aid 4
Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 1155 Location: Philly, PA
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:06 am Post subject:
Your telly me...I swaped the HDD out 3 times...lol. _________________ The mighty V6 Passat came to chew bubble gum and kick%^* and shes all out of bubble gum!
italian_ice Xbox-HQ Elite Member Xbox Version: 1.4 Modded: Xenium Ice
Joined: Jun 10, 2006 Posts: 341 Location: USA
Posted: Sat Aug 26, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:
From my experience, here's how I rate the drives I have played with. I have also done some experimentation between the Sammy SD-605 and the Hitachi and found that a 3GB Xfer by disk has only a 13 second difference in transfer times.
Sammy A+
Hitachi A
Phillips B-
Thompson C-
Now, that basically is more or less in transfer times. As far as reading various types of media here are my experiences.
Sammy A+
Hitachi A
Phillips C+
Thopmson D+
I have actually had some stubborn Phillips drives which is why I only rated it the way I did. I always keep a spare sammy around just in case I try to run an installer on someones machine and they have a drive other than a sammy. _________________ Xbox 1.4
Xenium Ice
200GB HD
Refs: Pson, dbeal, impwiz
adamskite Xbox-HQ Enthusiast Xbox Version: Xbox v1.4 Modded: Xeno FX
Joined: Aug 14, 2006 Posts: 33
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 12:17 am Post subject:
I reckon the phillips are good. my brother has an xbox(never bothered to check what cd drive he has) he cannot get any copied media except dvd-r to work. He paid €200 for it. (around $230 for any americans). I bought my box for €70 ($85) and it reads all media i throw at it. I know its definitely phillips cos i opened up my box and had a look. i also got the 10gb stock hard drive, am I lucky or what??
Pson Xbox-Hq Genius Xbox Version: Xbox v1.4 Modded: Xeno FX
Joined: May 06, 2006 Posts: 1155 Location: Philly, PA
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 2:04 am Post subject:
Well compared to me yes...but that seems to be everyone. Nope I have a phillips and its crap...no noises just is very hard to read disc. I have read a ton and would love to get a sammy _________________ The mighty V6 Passat came to chew bubble gum and kick%^* and shes all out of bubble gum!
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