Originally posted by sfsi02:

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I posted this elsewhere on this site, but I did some testing of my own:

So I also jumped into this market and ordered many many many hp gdr 6162b and 8163b. I am not advertising, but I am here to confirm that the HP drives work perfectly. Moreover, the difference between the 8163b and the 8162b is pretty big. It takes about an extra hour to rawdump an 8163b, as you can see from my screenshots (again, that's my ebay name, but I am not advertising here, I just made those pics for my ad):
please advise ebay details
regards
gilberc













So if you look at the read rate during ripping, you notice that the 8162b is much faster than the 8163b, and moreover, the final completion time is was shorter for the 2. I tested these drives using both ide cable and then usb to ide with no additional drivers. All tests were done on xp pro. Hope this helps!

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Originally posted by sfsi02:

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Originally posted by Novanium:

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I made a thread about this, and was told to post here.

I am looking for a dvd drive that:

is external for laptop use

can backup wii games

can burn wii games/dvds

can burn dual/double layer wii games/dvds

can backup dual/double layer wii games

Would it be possible to find a drive that can do all of this? The most important thing is that its external (usb?) and can burn sl and dl dvd/wii games.

A guy mentioned an external dvd enclosure; how do they work?

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No, the gdr series can only read games. You can order a cable for around $13 that is usb to ide on ebay. No need to spend the $80 the losers on ebay are asking for a gdr drive with a dvd enclosure. If you do not already have a burner, you need to purchase one separately from the gdr-816*b drive used to read the wii games. Again, ebay is perhaps the best place to buy the burner as well. For full disclosure: I sell the gdr drives on ebay; fixed price, priority mail, $51. I cannot tell you who I am on ebay, but if you search for "gdr wii" it will come up on top :D

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Originally posted by uou:

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Yes, those are GDR-8160B, which has been reported to work by Wiible.

$25.38 is on the high side though, especially when you still need to add shipping on to that. Let us know how much shipping is if you decide to order.

Don't you guys know how to use eBay? You can get much better deals on these there and all you have to do is click the link I provided.

For example, why not get this 8163B here for about $13 including shipping and get a free powersupply with it, this was included in my search link in the first post:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130173597803

Of course, now that I posted it, you'll probably have to bid on it with others...

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