Quietest DVD burnerz

sheninat0r · Post by **sheninat0r** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:56 pm

Just a quick question - what's the quietest DVD burner out there?

I had heard good things about Plextor, but apparently now they don't make their own drives, so I'm clueless. Any help?

Celoth · Post by **Celoth** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:23 pm

The quietest is probably also the slowest.

I am not sure there is a quiet DVD burner by SPCR standards, unless it's really slow. Personally I am going with a Samsung next, because they make decent drives. I think they attempt some noise reduction in their drives, but haven't studied it much yet.

nightmorph · Post by **nightmorph** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:44 pm

sheninat0r · Post by **sheninat0r** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:06 am

Speed isn't my biggest concern... I usually only use my burner for making occasional backups and ripping audio CDs.

So if I find, say, an 8x DVD burner, it will be quieter than a 16, 18, or 20x?

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:49 pm

This is posted once or twice a month, please use the search.

And if you spell properly, your posts can also be searched accurately.

lobuni · Post by **lobuni** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:20 pm

Maybe the new asus HD-DVD drive?

http://www.engadgethd.com/2007/10/31/as ... dvd-drive/

kernel32 · Post by **kernel32** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 5:55 pm

I have a Pioneer DVR-112D drive and I'm quite happy with it. It's pretty quiet for an optical drive and doesn't vibrate too much. Also, it has superior burning quality characteristics than any of the above mentioned drives.

sheninat0r · Post by **sheninat0r** » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:44 am

HD DVD reader? A bit overkill... and it doesn't say anything about how loud it is when it reads/burns regular DVDs.

How are Asus' regular DVD burners noise-wise? I'll take a look at that Pioneer...

djkest · Post by **djkest** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:12 pm

I've got the Samsung S203-SH SATA DVD-RW. First off, the thing is way quieter than any other DVD reader/writer I've owned. It's also much faster than my nearly new lite-on. Lastly, I've read some reviews, this thing is really awesome. Great at reading scratched discs, more accurate than most for audio ripping. Of course these are all subjective metrics, but I just ordered another one cause I like this one so much.

Techno Pride · Post by **Techno Pride** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:58 pm

My experience with recent DVD burners. Level of vibration is determined by whether the noise is reduced when I press down on my Antec Sonata v1's front door.

DW1655 - Noisy + whine at 16x read. Minimal vibration.
LG H42N - Very Noisy at 16x read. No whine. Vibration very bad.
Sony DRU830A - Noisy at 16x read. No whine. Minimal vibration

The Sony is actually a Samsung SH182D 18x dvd writer.

pingu666 · Post by **pingu666** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:17 pm

i just got a lite-on 20x writer, and yeah theres alot of vibration noise

d · Post by d » Thu Sep 25, 2008 12:28 am

kernel32 wrote:I have a Pioneer DVR-112D drive and I'm quite happy with it. It's pretty quiet for an optical drive and doesn't vibrate too much. Also, it has superior burning quality characteristics than any of the above mentioned drives.

RAM is the most reliable (through hardware means) media for modifying disk contents.
What DVD writer is good at RW writing quality and can write to DVD-RAM?

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 8:21 pm

damn. who uses dvd ram??

peculiar stuff!

the pioneer retail versions are quiet. mine is made out of rubber and is no longer made. i think mine is the quiest ever dvd burner.

d · Post by d » Tue Sep 30, 2008 9:11 pm

~El~Jefe~ wrote:damn. who uses dvd ram??

Pleople, who need the most reliable (through hardware means) format for modifying disk contents.
RW is not reliable for modifying disk contents at all in my experience.

m0002a · Post by **m0002a** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:08 pm

If you use software like Nero Drive Speed to slow down the DVD player, almost all of them are reasonably quiet. This will not appreciably slow down the time it takes to burn a CD or DVD since they all start up slow and then speed up toward the end, so the average speed is not that high to begin with.

d · Post by d » Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:22 pm

m0002a wrote:If you use software like Nero Drive Speed to slow down the DVD player, almost all of them are reasonably quiet. This will not appreciably slow down the time it takes to burn a CD or DVD since they all start up slow and then speed up toward the end, so the average speed is not that high to begin with.

Yes, but some burners like Sony Nec AD-7200S write RWs with unreadable errors toward the end.

Vicotnik · Post by **Vicotnik** » Wed Oct 01, 2008 6:22 am

Pioneer DVR-216D seems popular. I'm pleased with mine, less noisy than other DVD readers/writers I've tried. There's a thread about it here.

d: I don't think many cares about DVD-RAM or DVD-RWs. I burn the occasional DVD-R or DVD+R, sometimes a CD-R. I don't see the point of bumping 1+ year old threads just to point out that a certain burner lacks DVD-RAM capabilities.

madman2003 · Post by **madman2003** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:19 pm

I recently put together a pc, containing a samsung SH-S223F. I noticed when booting the ultimate boot cd that it only "clicked" a few times, without speeding up a lot. During continious access you do hear it, but it's not so bad (more noise than a good hard drive though). It also vibrates a bit. Ofcource it's possible that there is even better out there (i would find it strange if it were not). Good luck with your search.

d · Post by d » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:18 pm

Vicotnik wrote:I don't see the point of bumping 1+ year old threads just to point out that a certain burner lacks DVD-RAM capabilities.

Vicotnik! What is a connection between a 1+ year thread age and what I wrote in the thread?

felix_w · Post by **felix_w** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:07 am

d wrote: Pioneer DVRs do not write DVD-RAM. RAM is the most reliable (through hardware means) media for modifying disk contents.
What DVD writer is good at RW writing quality and can write to DVD-RAM?

Oh Rly?

Pioneer's DVR's line always consisted of two versions...one with DVD-RAM writing capability and one without...

~El~Jefe~ · Post by **~El~Jefe~** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:57 am

being that hd's are cheaper than removable media.....

i just never follow this line of thought. plus, hd's stored offline in an airtight box in a cool place could last indefinitely where home brew dvd's of any sort will die years later.

Quietest DVD burnerz

Quietest DVD burnerz

What DVD writer is good at RW writing quality and can write

Nec AD-7200S writes RWs with unreadable errors toward end

Vicotnik!

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