good DVD-rom for ripping?

[hendrax]

Hi,

are there any specific dvd-rom models out there that is good for dvd ripping ?

[HardwareGeek]

Plextor makes great drives, but they are expensive.

[setarip_old]

I've had an ASUS E616 for at least two years now (perhaps 3 or 4 - My memory's not what it used to be ;>}) - heavy use, never a problem...

[CWR03]

Any DVD-ROM that can play your disk properly should be able to rip it - perhaps the disk with which you were having trouble in your other thread (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=110588) is ARccOS or RipGuard protected.

[siddharthagandhi]

Yes, WR03 is correct. Inability to rip is not drive dependent.

[mudda_t]

Pioneer burners with rip speed hacks work great.

[smitbret]

Depends on how you define a good rip. For pure ripping speed, a Lite-On 16P9S is what you want. $20 on New Egg and they don't come any faster. However, mine struggles with DVDs that are a little beat up. In that case, I've only met one DVD that wasn't literally broken that I couldn't rip with my Pioneer DVR-109. My Plextor 740 and Pioneer 110 are both faster rippers, but the 109 will go places the others just can't.
-Brett

[Mug Funky]

the 109 and 110 are almost identical...?

btw, the current ASUS drives are re-branded pioneer 110D's. definitely worth it, but be careful with burning speed on DL media - i burnt my first ever DL coaster (for this drive, i bugger up burns at home all the time via human error) the other day with an ASUS DRW-1608P2S (same as a pioneer 110D) because burn speed was left at max...

a plextor got the fastest rip of a pressed, CSS'd disk i'd ever seen, but the drive unfortunately died a day after i put it in (not a plextor issue - the drive had been in use almost 24/7 for 9 months, burning large runs of DVD-Rs). haven't had much success speed-hacking my pioneer drives, but maybe i don't hold my mouth right when i try.