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Originally posted by garmoon:
Are yall the only two that are down on the NEC drives? I understand the switcheroo anger, but I love my 7200S and 7240S drives. Can you really buy a truly bad drive nowadays if you stick with the big names? Just a thought.
Garmoon,
I'm not down on them, and the AD7200s and the AD7220 were both NEC Chipped. The 7220 was good, but not near as durable as the 7200s. One of mine lasted just past the warranty, and the second one died after 14 months. The 7240 is maddening! Sometimes it's real good and some times it's real bad. The burn quality sucks most of the time, at least by my standards. It's all over the map, and they don't scan very well. Mostly I've had tray problems with the 7240s. Same with the two iHAS124's I bought. You push the button to eject a DVD, and it goes clunk, waits a couple of seconds, and then slowly opens. Newegg took them back after a couple of months, and admitted the iHAS124's have problems. As soon as I told the guy at Newegg what model they were, he told me "That he knew where this was going" and sent me an RMA for a full credit for the two drives. LiteOn tells me that it is not the same drive as the AD-7240s. I striped down both the iHAS124 and the AD7240, and they are identical, right down to the numbers on the PCB! The only thing that's different is the front Bezel, and the Tray cover, and you can switch them, NP! LiteOn Lies!
I was fortunate to find and buy the last Asus DRW-2014L1T that Newegg had in stock. Cdfreaks likes it very much, as it's a real LiteOn LH-20A1s. I tried to buy two of them, but they only had the one left in stock. Rick tried to tell me that it's an open box, so that means that it is either a return or a ReFurb, but a returned drive is considered used, and can't be sold as new, and it has to be advertised as a ReFurb, if it is one.
Yes you "can" buy some truly bad drives today. The LiteOn's currently for sale at newegg, are all 24x NEC chipped ones, and they all suck! Same goes for the current Optiarcs. I've tried so many of them, and they are terrible! The iHAS324 that Rob has is a great drive and got rave reviews. now they've changed the -9A to a -98, and sell it $6 cheaper, and it's a bunch of junk! The 9A has the Mediatec chip, while the 98 is an NEC. While it may not be the chip's fault, the PCB that's in it is sparse, compared to the Mediatec ones. Just compare Rob's picture to the one Will posted, and you will see what I mean!
As I told Oman7, LiteOn makes 24x drives for most of the drive manufacturers, even Plextor. The Real Sony DRU's are the only only drive Sony makes that's not a Mediatec or an NEC, and they cost upwards of $80. It's reported to be one of the top 5 drives available today, if you can find one! The Asus I bought is also in the top 5. None of the other 3 can be found, except on ebay or Amazon, for outrageous prices.
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Russ
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12. June 2010 @ 13:09 |
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I wouldn't jump to conclusions saying lite-on lies. They probably just have inexperienced people working for them. No single person makes a company ;)
Ha ha! I haven't heard anyone else speak of a sony dru in a long time. I used to own 4 of them. an 820, 2 830's, and an 840. The 840 still resides in my brothers computer. Excellent drives. I may still have the 820 laying around. It was highly freakish about reading ugly discs LOL! I was told that it was a rebadged BenQ. It will be missed. Unless I still have it. I may rebuild it later ;)
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One other question youse guys. When was the last time one of your burns didn't play or pixilated. The last I remember was "Master and Commander" and it was "an the the edge of the disc problem." And the most recent was the Cave. They will almost always scan over 90 and all could be copied I believe.
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The last one I had that pixelated was "City Of Ember". I chalked that up to a bad rip though. I believe one of the optiarcs ripped it. I generally don't trust the optiarcs for ripping. They're better at burning than they are at reading ;) It however could have been the iHAP422 that ripped it. That particular lite-on is the worst lite-on drive I ever bought. The only one with problems too...
Garmoon, if memory serves, "The Cave" was the first disc I dealt with, that had tough encryption. Dvd shrink couldn't do it alone. I believe that was in 2005. My how time flys LOL!
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Oman7,
Fortunately, I just ordered one of these!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135157R
I got the last one they had! It's a real LiteOn 20x. I bought one for a customer last year, and it was a great drive. I had forgotten all about that model. It's a LH-20A1s! LOL!! A true liteOn!
Russ
Will that drive Scan? and do all Asus's Drives scan? or not?
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Originally posted by bigwill68:
Originally posted by theonejrs:
Oman7,
Fortunately, I just ordered one of these!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135157R
I got the last one they had! It's a real LiteOn 20x. I bought one for a customer last year, and it was a great drive. I had forgotten all about that model. It's a LH-20A1s! LOL!! A true liteOn!
Russ
Will that drive Scan? and do all Asus's Drives scan? or not?
Will,
The current two Newegg sells don't. They are 24x NEC chipped Liteon's! The one I ordered is a LiteOn LH-20A1s, so I don't see why it wouldn't. I went to a number of respected sites, looking for the top 10 best burners. I then searched for the models listed, and the Asus DRW-2014L1T was on sale on Newegg as an open box special. I was lucky to get the last one they had, as they sold out very quickly! :) They must have had plenty, as they were allowing a maximum quantity of 5!
Russ
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Originally posted by Russ:
Look at what happened to me the last time I bought drives. I posted what I was going to buy, asked for recommendations, and got no answers. I didn't know that the iHAS124 was the same freeking drive as the Optiarc 7240, or I wouldn't have bought them in the first place had someone just spoken up! Everybody and their mother here knew I had AD-7240s and that I was very unhappy with them, yet not a word from anyone!
Here is the post I think of what you speak. Maybe not but I don't really remember you asking about the drives but hey they were very new and you bought them w/o much input from us or someone else. ;) As you ALL may know I get a lot of info from the Freaks and most of the time it's good info. ;) OF course there are times that they or other sources may not get it right or have enough information to make an educated decision. I personally think that decision was on you... jm2¢.
Originally posted by theonejrs:
i got the new Yudens this morning. Here's the first burn on the AD-7220
That looks a lot more like what I'm used to! Having said that, the AD-7220s just died! Tried a new data cable and everything. Put a DVD in it and the green light comes on and stays on. No sounds from the drive at all! Only the tray will open and close. That's the extent of it's capabilities!
I just bought a pair of these Lite-On 24X iHAS124 drives for $47.61, delivered, for the pair!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...-_-27106289-L0G
That's what I get for getting the AD-7220, after being advised to pass on it by the fine folks here at AD! LOL!!
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Originally posted by omegaman7:
I wish I could have helped you with that mishap russ. I would have. But I haven't bought a newer lite-on in quite some time. The last one I bought, was a very lucky buy. I picked up an LH-20A1S. Very scarce! Apparently a very favored drive. Not by me though LOL! I actually favor its IDE counter part. Slight differences. But I do like it. I'm afraid I don't listen too much about the newer lite-ons. Or any other drive for that matter. I figure I'll look closer when I know the time is coming to get a new drive... or 3 LOL!
Oman7,
Fortunately, I just ordered one of these!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135157R
I got the last one they had! It's a real LiteOn 20x. I bought one for a customer last year, and it was a great drive. I had forgotten all about that model. It's a LH-20A1s! LOL!! A true liteOn!
Russ
How do you know it's a "REAL" Liteon?? I researched that drive a while back and I was told they were NOT Liteon but used a MediaTek chipset!! Just curious.
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GM,
I'll answer both posts in this one.
I wasn't blaming anyone, and the two in red are unrelated. The first one is the LiteOns I just sent back to Newegg. I was a little annoyed that no one told me that the iHAS124's were re-badged Optiarc AD-7240s drives, but I could have asked more specifically. LiteOn says they are not 7240s, but I stripped both drives, side by side, and they are identical in every way. Except for the front Bezel and Tray cover, they are identical, right down to part numbers.
The second red line was for the AD-7220s drives I bought about 15 months ago. The funny thing is that the replacements worked very well, but the first one died just after the warranty expired, and the other, right at 14 months. The one remaining AD-7240s I still have, is in my computer at the moment. It burns OK, scanned on the LiteOn (Philips) in Oxi, they look good, but the 7240 generally doesn't scan well. I'll use it primarily for playing DVDs.
As far as the Asus I bought goes, I picked up that information at various forums and tech sites on the net. I didn't bother to save any links, as I didn't think there would be any interest in a 20x drive. Sorry! I don't save my History anymore, because it gets so much crap in it that I decided to turn it off. That and the fact that it's damn near impossible to find anything anyway, as there is no date or time, as Netscape had. In other words, it's almost worthless! The Asus drive I bought also looks exactly like a few other 20x LiteOn's that I have laying around here for parts.
Best Regards,
Russ
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The reason that I asked about the ASUS ODD is because of what it is if actually a Liteon 20A1X drive. :D I know a few people that would drool for one.. oh... and I have 2 sitting here for funzies. lol.
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Come to find out poping the top on one of my LG's (GH22NS30) in has a Panasonic chip and now just popped to on the other(GH22NP20)< this one here the best out of the two the NP it burns better to bad they don't scan now LG and Panasonic is in the bed together. But. I like my LG's even if they don't scan Lifes Good,lol. I liked my Old,Old Zenith's TV's floor models now there Magnavox oop's sorry Philips/Magnavox with zenith written in small words Maybe LG should have written LG/Panasonic on the front of these drives cause. I did'nt until.I open these to found out, Ok now TDK should make a ODD, So anyway. I believe my iHAS324-08 A is a true lite as well I've flashed it to the BLC1 f/w Burned real good but no jitter test did'nt run so.I just Flashed it back to the original BL1P,What we gonna do Blank media is changing and ODD are changing alot of Merging Companies out there name one JVC and Taiyo Yunden are mixing up there brands we are at a lost pretty soon due to the economy change nothing will be original no more. I guess we gotta hold on to are classics and see how far they will take us like the old model T...
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panasonic chip
Thanks Russ you got me Popping tops on everything now like a can opener to see what's inside.LOL
oop's my bad TDK do make burners
http://www.computervideogear.com/dvd-bur...di-dvd-420n.htm
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The bottom line: TDK's Indi DVD 840G uses the same underlying hardware as the excellent Plextor PX-708A, with similarly solid performance and features.
in the bed together.lol read the cnet editors' review
http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/8x-4x...7-30603325.html
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Originally posted by bigwill68:
Come to find out poping the top on one of my LG's (GH22NS30) in has a Panasonic chip and now just popped to on the other(GH22NP20)< this one here the best out of the two the NP it burns better to bad they don't scan now LG and Panasonic is in the bed together. But. I like my LG's even if they don't scan Lifes Good,lol. I liked my Old,Old Zenith's TV's floor models now there Magnavox oop's sorry Philips/Magnavox with zenith written in small words Maybe LG should have written LG/Panasonic on the front of these drives cause. I did'nt until.I open these to found out, Ok now TDK should make a ODD, So anyway. I believe my iHAS324-08 A is a true lite as well I've flashed it to the BLC1 f/w Burned real good but no jitter test did'nt run so.I just Flashed it back to the original BL1P,What we gonna do Blank media is changing and ODD are changing alot of Merging Companies out there name one JVC and Taiyo Yunden are mixing up there brands we are at a lost pretty soon due to the economy change nothing will be original no more. I guess we gotta hold on to are classics and see how far they will take us like the old model T...
my 2 LG's
panasonic chip
Thanks Russ you got me Popping tops on everything now like a can opener to see what's inside.LOL
oop's my bad TDK do make burners
http://www.computervideogear.com/dvd-bur...di-dvd-420n.htm
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The bottom line: TDK's Indi DVD 840G uses the same underlying hardware as the excellent Plextor PX-708A, with similarly solid performance and features.
in the bed together.lol read the cnet editors' review
http://reviews.cnet.com/dvd-drives/8x-4x...7-30603325.html
My first X4 DVD burner was a tdk. Nice burner had no trouble with.
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Will,
You do realize that Cnet thing is 6 years old, don't you? It says 2004! LOL!! My first burner was an Opti 12x. It had a special mode for writable CDs that allowed them to store over a Gigabyte on them. Only problem is they could only be played on that drive. I still have a couple of those floating around, that I can't read! LOL!!
Russ
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Originally posted by theonejrs:
Will,
You do realize that Cnet thing is 6 years old, don't you? It says 2004! LOL!!
Russ
Just using that as a example Russ(uses the same underlying hardware)Example Toyota/Lexus.lol but the similarly solid performance is all not the same in some parts quality and durability what counts:)
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Well... I've got good news and bad news. The Asus DRW-2014L1T is not the LiteOn drive I was expecting. That's the bad news. The good news is that I took a DVD I burned with it over to a friend's who has one of the good LiteOns and it seems to burn very well, so I will be keeping it. It's extremely quiet and super vibration free. It also burns much faster than the AD-7240, which was kind of slow at any speed. It also sets Book-Typing automatically when it's installed.
I'm going to take Greensman's suggestion and buy an Asus DRW-24B1LT for my second drive and retire the AD-7240, permanently, to the bin! LOL!! It has been a very funny drive since I first installed it, and always has exhibited tray problems from day one, and burns are maddeningly inconsistent, by a ratio of about 1 good burn out of about every 6 to 8, using good media.
Russ
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Here's a new batch of Verbatim +R 004's. This batch originated in Taiwan, where as my last batch was from United Arab Emir. Those discs scan extremely good. While this scan doesn't look as pretty, Taiwan has good plant/s. I'll not worry about this batch ;)
Something funny happened the other day. I was ripping my TrueBlood season discs to my hard drive, and 2 of them were quite stubborn. I came to the conclusion that they were either badly pressed, or the dyes had imperfections. NONE of my lite-ons would/could read beyond 30%. Protection/encryption did not seem to be the issue. Because the 7200S was able to rip them! It slowed down to a rate I've never seen a drive go! I'm talking slower than a crawl. I don't believe that the 7200S ignores read errors. I've had it attempt to read discs in the past, that it could not read. I find it interesting that it could show a lite-on drive up! Looks like I've grossly underestimated NEC once again. The 7200S just earned a Butt load of respect from me LOL! :D
7200S 12X
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
Here's a new batch of Verbatim +R 004's. This batch originated in Taiwan, where as my last batch was from United Arab Emir. Those discs scan extremely good. While this scan doesn't look as pretty, Taiwan has good plant/s. I'll not worry about this batch ;)
Something funny happened the other day. I was ripping my TrueBlood season discs to my hard drive, and 2 of them were quite stubborn. I came to the conclusion that they were either badly pressed, or the dyes had imperfections. NONE of my lite-ons would/could read beyond 30%. Protection/encryption did not seem to be the issue. Because the 7200S was able to rip them! It slowed down to a rate I've never seen a drive go! I'm talking slower than a crawl. I don't believe that the 7200S ignores read errors. I've had it attempt to read discs in the past, that it could not read. I find it interesting that it could show a lite-on drive up! Looks like I've grossly underestimated NEC once again. The 7200S just earned a Butt load of respect from me LOL! :D
7200S 12X
Oman7,
Funny you should mention that! It took me 17 minutes to burn a DVD at 12x last night, and my computer has been "Mystery" Blue Screening for weeks, without any reason found for it! No Rhyme or Reason to it, just random!
Open My Computer, C drive, Windows, System 32, Drivers and look for SPTD.sys. I'm betting it's there! I discovered it quite by accident when I installed ImgBurn. I got an error message about SPTD being enabled and was a problem, specifically drive speed problems. Some known programs like Alcohol 120% and Daemon Tools put it in if their programs are not legit. It slowed my burn to a fixed 3.2x. I've had it with Alcohol 120% anyway, so I deleted SPTD.sys and removed Alcohol 120%. I ran Registry crawler, searching for Alcohol and removed everything it brought up, ran Malwarebytes and did a virus scan on the C drive. Re-booted and the problem was solved. From now on I'll make my ISOs and burn them to disk with Nero burning Rom 8 from now on!
Google SPTD.sys, if you think I'm kidding. I burned the same DVD again, and it took 6:05 on a 16x Verb -R at 12x. Works like a charm and no mystery re-boots or BSODs either!
Russ
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I haven't used alcohol in a long time. Or daemon tools for that matter. I use virtual clone drive. Suits my needs wonderfully. I prefer imgburn for burning my iso's and dvd folders. But Nero has an excellent engine as well ;)
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
I haven't used alcohol in a long time. Or daemon tools for that matter. I use virtual clone drive. Suits my needs wonderfully. I prefer imgburn for burning my iso's and dvd folders. But Nero has an excellent engine as well ;)
Oman7,
I used to use Alcohol because it took a lot less time than ImgBurn. Did you check for the SPTD.sys in the drivers?
Russ
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That file is not located on my system :p
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Originally posted by omegaman7:
That file is not located on my system :p
That's a good thing! LOL!! I also uninstalled both my ODDs and rebooted! I just thought it would be a good idea. They both work fine now!
Russ
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You still running XP russ? I find 7 to be substantially smoother all around. Don't get me wrong, its far from perfect ;) But given time, it will be molded into one of the best OS's M$ has ever created.
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Just hooked my 7241S back up. Here's the first burn its seen in months. And even then, I think it only ever saw maybe 20-50 discs. Substantially less than my other drives.
Certainly not the prettiest scan I've seen LOL! But given the TYG03's track record, I'm sure this disc is fine, and playable. I've seen MUCH higher failures that were playable ;)
12X 7241S(not to be confused with iHAS424)
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This is what drives me crazy. This is from the same batch as those real bad scans I posted the other day. Certainly not up to the standards I expect from Verbs. Burned on the Asus DRW-2014 at 8x and scanned at 4x. I'm going to call Verbatim tomorrow and ask them to replace these. There is definitely something wrong with the dyes, because even with magnification, you can't see any bad spots or different shading to the Dye. After you burn them you can see rings on the bad ones. This burn has no rings at all!
I don't understand the high PIEs at the very end either.
Russ
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29. June 2010 @ 01:33 |
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I've had discs that acted like that. I attributed the flaw to the dyes ;)
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