05-07-2001, 12:24 AM
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the admiral formerly known as overclocked
  
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Most DVD stuff is still just movies. Very little software available on DVD. So why the rush to 16x+ DVD drive speeds? Hmmm??? As far as I can see a 1x DVD drive will do you just fine. No bragging rights that way, but still...
Am I missing something? -OC
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05-07-2001, 12:32 AM
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Arrrhh!
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Nope, you're not missing anything. Sure, there are some special feautures that may require load time, but oh well, right?
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05-07-2001, 01:07 AM
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not if you use it to rip movies
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05-07-2001, 12:45 PM
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Fast DVD drives only help you in 2 situations:
1. You actually access a lot of data on the DVD. If you have an encyclopedia on DVD or if you rip movies, the extra speed will go a long way. 2. It's your primary CD drive. My DVD drive's CD read speed is faster than the one on my CD-RW, so its the drive I put all my CDs in. If you have a fast CD drive AND a DVD drive on your computer, then its no big deal. If you only have a DVD drive, then it pays. The only caveat, since you mentioned 1x DVD drives... Original 1st generation DVD drives only had one red laser to read both DVDs and CDs. 2nd generation and later drives use 2 different lasers to read DVDs and CDs... turns out that if you use burned CDs with dark bottoms, red doesn't reflect very well off them and they can't be read. But I don't know anyone that still has a 1st generation drive. Mezpin |
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