which cdrom?

Ladies Man · Post by **Ladies Man** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 5:13 pm

OK i'm thinking of getting a plextor 40x when i have the $$

Is there another drive that will read anything i toss at it? My dvd and cdr are HORRIBLE for reading cdrs and old wore out cds.

bitSLAP · Post by **bitSLAP** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 7:59 pm

Buy a Kenwood 75x TrueX cd-rom. You WON'T be dissapointed.

Golar · Post by **Golar** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 8:08 pm

Or he could be.

Heard lots of good things and lots of bad things about the drive.

I have a plex 32 that doesnt have problems reading stuff. (Good service too - my dad f'ed it up and they replaced it without a hastle)

bitSLAP · Post by **bitSLAP** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 8:29 pm

What have you heard that was bad? I have a 52x and I love it to pieces...

FanTum · Post by **FanTum** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 8:46 pm

I have Creatives 52X and have had no problems with it!
I was interested in feedback on that Kenwood!
So you like, eh bitSLAP?

bitSLAP · Post by **bitSLAP** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 8:55 pm

Yes, very much. I had a scsi Toshiba 40x that was faster than my Asus 52x. I sold them both for my Kenwood, and it's faster than both, by far!

Mike89 · Post by **Mike89** » Sun Jan 07, 2001 9:20 pm

I have the Kenwood 72X. Drive is plenty fast but one problem I have had with it is it won't run with CloneCD for some reason. I have this drive along with a Plextor 12X/10X/32X Eide. All my copying software works with this combo except CloneCD. Maybe in the future CloneCD will make their software work with this combo.

Frost · Post by **Frost** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 2:07 am

I have a 50x sony in our puter upstairs. Very fast, relaiable and pretty cheap. I think I picked it up for like $45 brand new.

The plextor 40x scsi cdrom is awesome. I'm actually going to buy another here soon to put in my brothers computer.

I have heard nothing but good about the kenwood72x, but I am yet to use one for myself. But I have used the 52 and it is indeed very nice and fast!

Frost.

Schwartz · Post by **Schwartz** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 5:48 am

For an IDE drive the Kenwood 72x is great. I've had one since they came out and mine still cranks along. I have used mine with Clone CD and it worked. All Toshiba drives are supposed to be awesome for copying programs or hard to read discs from what I have heard. I just ordered a Toshiba 12x SCSI DVD drive to go along with my SCSI Plextor 12/4/32.

Darkheart · Post by **Darkheart** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 6:52 am

TEAC 32X SCSI one of the best drives for reading anything and excellent DAE it will read anything even protected stuff very quickly. Check out GWC for more details.

I've got 2 of these drives: 1 4 & 1/2 years old and still trucking and another 1 year old also with no problems.

Darkheart

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 7:25 am

I also have both the Kenwood 72X and Plextor 12/10/32A IDE and niether give me problems. What exactly is "CD Clone"? Using the Adaptec software (Easy cd creator 4) that came with my new Plex, it'll copy a cd directly ("copy CD") in less than 10 minutes w/o any problems, no coasters.

Darkheart · Post by **Darkheart** » Mon Jan 08, 2001 7:30 am

CD Clone is a piece of software which can bypass some CD protection systems (most commonly SafeDisc).

Darkheart