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davidt800
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28. March 2005 @ 14:10 |
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Hi
I currently have a phillips drive in my xbox, and we all know that samsung are the best so does anybody know of a good site where i can buy one? They must be able to ship to the United Kingdom (England) as that is where i live.
Many thanks
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PimpDawg
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1. April 2005 @ 15:35 |
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I would check ebay, I would think that most would ship to the UK?
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1. April 2005 @ 20:51 |
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I have a Samsung drive but your Phillips drive is not too shabby..the thing I don't like though is that some of them don't read cd-r other then that they are great drives from what i've heard and read. You must be getting those dreaded dirty disk errors hugh...anyways, check ebay and compare prices because i've seen some as high as 100 bucks and as low as 50 including shipping.
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PimpDawg
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2. April 2005 @ 15:35 |
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I personally think that the philips drives are the worst for Xbox when it comes to reading backup dvd's and cd's. I do agree that the Thomson does not play cd-r's very well, but they still have a higher compatibility than the Philips. My Philips can't play any back up games worth a crap, and neither and that goes the same for most of my friends. Here is my list from best to worst drives...
1)Samsung
2)Hitachi
3)Thomson
4)Philips
Just my opinion, I'm not trying to start a fight.
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Achilles3
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2. April 2005 @ 19:32 |
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Can the xbox read CD-R's, cd-rw's, etc?
This all depends on your dvd drive. There are three types of dvd drive your xbox could have, the thomson, phillips or samsung. The samsung is known to have a high success rate with cd-r, cd-rw, dvd-r, and dvd-rw. There is a lower success rate with dvd+r and dvd+rw on samsung drives. The philips drive is known to have a similar success rate to the samsung, except it may have a better chance of reading dvd+ media, and a lower success rate of reading cd-r. The thomson drives have a very low success rate with cd-r, however will read some cd-rw (eg verbatim) and has a high success rate with all dvd formats. Please note that all of these factors can vary depending on the media you use/how you burn, etc.
That is taken directly from Xecuter himself. In my opinion, there is no one better drive than another. I have 2 Samsung drives in both my Xboxes and none of them can read CD-R. Don't know about the new Hitachi drive but I doubt it's any better since MicroSoft is trying to go the cheapest way they can, like any other companies out there.
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PimpDawg
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3. April 2005 @ 07:57 |
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That is real strange your Samsung cannot read cd-r's. All of my friends have Samsung drives and they can read all types of media flawlessly.
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Achilles3
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3. April 2005 @ 08:30 |
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What is the brand of CD-R are your friends using? I have only tried using Memorex CD-R so far.
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3. April 2005 @ 09:12 |
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Not 100% sure what they have tried in the past, but I know they now use Maxell and Sony. I remember one of my friends having troubles booting cd-r's on his samsung, but then he started burning at 1x and this solved his problem.
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3. April 2005 @ 10:12 |
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sammy'a are the only ones that will play cd-r's,that is unless you got the pot tweek to work on a philips. Other than that,the hitachi is about the same quality as the thompson...maybe just a bit lower. And for the life of me,you are the only one I know of that has a sammy that won't play cd-r's.
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3. April 2005 @ 10:16 |
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Exactly what I was thinking punqewe...
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Achilles3
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3. April 2005 @ 10:36 |
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Yeah I thought that was weird too, but I'll give it another try with different brands CD-R this time and see, so far the Memorex 52X I have didn't work.
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djsttutta
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7. April 2005 @ 05:49 |
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Can you use any type of DVD-ROM Drive in the XBOX ? Can you also buy any of these drives at stores (ICrcuit city, Best Buy, computer retailers?)
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Achilles3
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7. April 2005 @ 07:20 |
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No. There are only two other Samsung models that I know of that you can modify to fit in the Xbox. The SD-616T and the SD-616F. However I don't recommend it unless you know what you're doing since the way these drives are powered is different than the factory drive.
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d1rekt
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7. April 2005 @ 07:29 |
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I researched my Samsung drive. It can ONLY read DVD-R or DVD+R. Hehe.
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Achilles3
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7. April 2005 @ 07:45 |
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No DVD-RW or CD-R/CD-RW? My Samsung can read all those except for CD-R. I still haven't tried any other brands though but Memorex CD-R.
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Squiggles
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7. April 2005 @ 18:51 |
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The newer Samsung's that have a 2004 date are having more trouble reading CD-R's and other Media than the older Samsung's from 2002-2003.
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Achilles3
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7. April 2005 @ 19:14 |
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Ah that clears it all up. Both my Samsung are from the 2004 date, no wonder.
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7. April 2005 @ 19:30 |
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Squiggles, that is a sweet name dude! I had a buddy back in highschool who we called squiggles, he was the shit. haha, props for your name!
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Squiggles
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7. April 2005 @ 20:03 |
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Thanks PimpDawg. I don't know where or how I got the name it just came about.
Yeah the Newer Samsungs you'll notice are 605A and not 605B like the older ones. They must of changed something about them.
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Achilles3
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7. April 2005 @ 20:10 |
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Or taken something out to reduce the cost? Hmmm...
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7. April 2005 @ 20:58 |
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Exactly what I was thinking!!! I mean they are always trying to save a buck..
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