Ripping time comparison of the Current popular DVD Writers

[BMR]

I noticed the following facts when ripping movies to dvd:

with the LG 4040B it would take about 18 min using dvd-shrink to pull and compress a current movie off dvd to the computer. It then took about 15-16 min to burn the movie to a blank DVD at 4x +R ( not including the 6 min of encoding that clone dvd does before burning )

with the Pioneer A06 it it would take about 26 min using dvd-shrink to pull and compress a current movie off dvd to the computer. It then took about 13 min to burn the movie to a blank DVD at 4x +R ( not including the 6 min of encoding that clone dvd does before burning ) note: I used the hacked 1.07 firmware with the supposed increased ripping speed feature.

Thus when I think about getting the plextor because of the 8X burning speed which would reduce the burning time from 15 min to 8min, a saving of 7min I am hesitant since, the ripping time may be high and you lose the advantage anyway.

Is the plextor also the fastest ripper in real time of dvd's along with currently being the faster writer ?? How are the ripping times of the other major drives at this time, is there much variation ??

BMR

[burninfool]

Check these reviews.

BTW..my Optorite DD0203 is locked at 4x.

[BMR]

Check these reviews.

BTW..my Optorite DD0203 is locked at 4x.

I am well aware of the reviews of each drive, yet real world results do not always match the test results. For example, how do you explain the LG 4040B being able to do the rip in 18 min and the pioneer A06 in 26 min ?

Do you mean your reading speed or burning speed is locked at 4X ?

BMR

[dodecahedron]

if i'm not mistaken, the Teac DV-W50D is based on the Pioneer A06.
looking at the review: http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.ph ... erformance you see that reading DVD-Video is locked at 2x, which explains the slow ripping speed.
checking the LG review http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.ph ... erformance you see that it's not locked, reads DVD-Video single-layer at 3.36x-8.14x CAV, dual-layer at similar speeds. hence the faster extraction.

you ask about the plextor, see: http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.ph ... erformance . with SpeedRead enabled it reads Video at 5x-12x or so for single-layer, 3.4x-8x for dual layer. so you can reasoably expect it to rip just as fast as the LG or faster.

[burninfool]

"Do you mean your reading speed or burning speed is locked at 4X ? "

Both.

[wicked1]

download the rpc patched firmware and unlock the pioneer.It flys then.

[BMR]

download the rpc patched firmware and unlock the pioneer.It flys then.

I did !!

One thing I just realized however. When using the Lg drive and doing the rip, I remember having to compress the dvd to a lesser extend then the Dvd that I ripped when using the Pioeer A06. Thus the slow down could be in CPU usage rather than the drive itself. However, I still think the Pioneer, even with the 1.07 hacked firmware may be slower than the LG.

BMR

[dodecahedron]

One thing I just realized however. When using the Lg drive and doing the rip, I remember having to compress the dvd to a lesser extend then the Dvd that I ripped when using the Pioeer A06. Thus the slow down could be in CPU usage rather than the drive itself. However, I still think the Pioneer, even with the 1.07 hacked firmware may be slower than the LG.

why? did you use different DVDs when testing the 2 drives?
if so, that's not a very good comparison!
should use the same DVD!

[aviationwiz]

Yeah, it's only a good comparison if the same disk is used for both tests.