value for DVD-ROM drive

[beely]

is it valueable for me to buy the latest speed 16x of any DVD-ROM drive? perhaps it might have higher speed of DVD drive coming in the market. so any comments ? :-)

[Robert]

16x is the fastest you'll need... and they are so cheap now-a-days.

[darkcurves]

DVD-rom are so cheap now. DVD burner is wat i want, but cant afford it.

[notnamed]

Originally posted by beely
is it valueable for me to buy the latest speed 16x of any DVD-ROM drive? perhaps it might have higher speed of DVD drive coming in the market. so any comments ? :-)
Eventually, yeah they'll get faster. But so will everything else. It's not that bad really. I have a 48x16x40 CDRW drive, and it doesn't seem too slow to the faster 48x28x40 that I've seen, or some speed like that. So, anyhow, I'd say if you want it buy it, and when it gets to be unbearably slow upgrade :-)

[Bruce]

Originally posted by notnamed
Eventually, yeah they'll get faster./quote]Not necessarily. You can only spin a disc so fast before it snaps, and we're pretty close to that limit now.[quote] I have a 48x16x40 CDRW drive, and it doesn't seem too slow to the faster 48x28x40 that I've seen, I have a 52x32x52, but only because I just upgraded from my old 8x.

[notnamed]

Originally posted by Bruce
Not necessarily. You can only spin a disc so fast before it snaps, and we're pretty close to that limit now.
640k is enough for anyone.
I think there's a world market for about 3 PCs.

Hmm?

[Bruce]

I'm aware of where you're coming from, but I'm just stating the bare facts.

If CD/DVD read speads are to get any faster, there will have to be a major change in the way CD/DVD drives read the discs.

With a CD being read at 52x, the outside of the disc is spinning at 145 MPH... that's pretty ----ing fast.

[Matt8]

52x is the fastest CD's can go without just exploading in the drive.

[darkcurves]

Originally posted by Matt8
52x is the fastest CD's can go without just exploading in the drive.

Ahh, so that's the limit. I always wondered.

[beely]

Originally posted by Bruce
With a CD being read at 52x, the outside of the disc is spinning at 145 MPH... that's pretty ----ing fast.

maybe you're right, as i know most of latest speed 16x of DVD-ROM drive can run as a cdrom in 4_ something of the speed. However, any dvd disc might not be able to read by the cdrom drive. perhaps i need to wait for new speed. so what do you think ?

[beely]

Originally posted by darkcurves
DVD-rom are so cheap now. DVD burner is wat i want, but cant afford it.
however, the dvdr disc is quite expensive too.

[GregT]

I thought they made a drive they broke the 52x speed by using three lasers and reading more data at once instead of less data faster ?

[darkcurves]

Originally posted by beely
however, the dvdr disc is quite expensive too.

I thought very cheap.......

[Matt8]

Originally posted by CoRN
I thought they made a drive they broke the 52x speed by using three lasers and reading more data at once instead of less data faster ?

Hmmm....interesting concept. I didnt hear about that, but its surely possible as long as they disc doesnt spin faster....

[trenzterra]

Don't get DVD Burners, unless you want to burn CD-RWs at a crawl.

I bought a CD Burner few days ago, its external, I'm quite happy about it, but its only 40x12x40, slow compared to speeds now :'(

[trenzterra]

Originally posted by darkcurves
I thought very cheap....... Its $6.20 per disc Singapore Dollars in Popular.

[Daniel]

Originally posted by CoRN
I thought they made a drive they broke the 52x speed by using three lasers and reading more data at once instead of less data faster ?

60x CD-roms are available...

[GregT]

Originally posted by Daniel
60x CD-roms are available...

Single laser ?
The fastest single laser drive I can find is 54x.

That's gotta be one hell of a noisy drive.

[CareBear]

what do you people do with your cd-rom drives that you'd even need 52x? :confused4

[GregT]

Ripping cd's ?

[Daniel]

Originally posted by CoRN
Ripping cd's ?

Even then it doesn't require all 52x, you'll be limited by the speed of your harddrive.

[GregT]

Most hardrives today far surpass the rate of speed of 52x cdrom.