Quiet DVD reader

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:56 pm

Im in the market for a quiet DVD reader ive already got a burner and i dont to much burning so that doesnt realy need to be that quitet, but waching movies and so on needs to be much quieter and im guessing it will be cheeper to get one that isnt a burner, so any help would be briliant.

iatacs19 · Post by **iatacs19** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:36 pm

look at LG and Samsung brands, they are mcuh quieter compared to the rest.

Big Pimp Daddy · Post by **Big Pimp Daddy** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:10 pm

I have not yet encountered a DVD drive that is quiet enough for me, it's fine when there are explosions and gunfights and stuff on screen, but in the quiet parts of films I hate hearing the whirr of the DVD going round. Hence my reccomendation would be to simply share a DVD drive in another computer on your LAN and play the film over the network (assuming you have another computer always on, and a home LAN). Alternatively, just copy the DVD to your hard drive before watching it, you can always delete the files after watching the film if you don't have huge amounts of free space.

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:17 pm

Big Pimp Daddy wrote:I have not yet encountered a DVD drive that is quiet enough for me, it's fine when there are explosions and gunfights and stuff on screen, but in the quiet parts of films I hate hearing the whirr of the DVD going round. Hence my reccomendation would be to simply share a DVD drive in another computer on your LAN and play the film over the network (assuming you have another computer always on, and a home LAN). Alternatively, just copy the DVD to your hard drive before watching it, you can always delete the files after watching the film if you don't have huge amounts of free space.

Hmm thats an interesting idea useing one over the network ill have to try that. But i think ill just try and find a quiet DVD drive first and see how quiet it is. Thanx

Dave

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:51 pm

I think I saw another post, where it's mentioned that Asus Quietrack are quite quiet...

halcyon · Post by **halcyon** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:18 am

In 1x DVD playback AOpen dvd-1648 is amongst the least noisy (as measured by c't magazine). Better than Samsung/LG/Nec/LiteOn/Plextor/Asus.

Sizzle · Post by **Sizzle** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:30 am

Thomas wrote:I think I saw another post, where it's mentioned that Asus Quietrack are quite quiet...

I can second that. From experience. Very quiet drives.

Sizzle · Post by **Sizzle** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 6:50 am

Thomas wrote:I think I saw another post, where it's mentioned that Asus Quietrack are quite quiet...

I can second that. From experience. Very quiet drives.

mshan · Post by **mshan** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:29 am

"In 1x DVD playback AOpen dvd-1648 is amongst the least noisy."

Is there some freeware software that will allow me to configure my AOpen to do this? (also, is it selectable betweeb max rip speed and silent dvd playback)?

rei · Post by **rei** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 7:39 am

<3 for Pioneer RETAIL drives.

Doomer · Post by **Doomer** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:15 pm

halcyon wrote:In 1x DVD playback AOpen dvd-1648 is amongst the least noisy (as measured by c't magazine). Better than Samsung/LG/Nec/LiteOn/Plextor/Asus.

Yes it is, but for anything other than watching movies it's useless, because it's poor behaviour to slow-down programs.

Aris · Post by **Aris** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:24 pm

get one of these: Samsung cdrw/dvd-rom

next get one of this: Damptek Blocks

cut out a slot for the drive to fit in the 5.25" block. place it in a standard 5.25" drive bay. you'll probably want to dremmel a front 5.25" bay cover so that it looks good and flush. but when your done it will be dead silent while playing dvd's

Fat_bloater_dave · Post by **Fat_bloater_dave** » Tue Nov 29, 2005 11:22 pm

Aris wrote:get one of these: Samsung cdrw/dvd-rom

next get one of this: Damptek Blocks

cut out a slot for the drive to fit in the 5.25" block. place it in a standard 5.25" drive bay. you'll probably want to dremmel a front 5.25" bay cover so that it looks good and flush. but when your done it will be dead silent while playing dvd's

Thanx thats a good idea, i might try that when my funds get restocked a bit.