Dvd Rom Question

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CATCHUM

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I would like to know if a dvd rom over time could start acting up as far as reading disks? Sometimes the disc is scratched but does'nt look to bad but I get an error cyclyic redundency error. I have had this drd rom for about 3 yrs but wonder if over time they might not read as well as in the newer state. I have ran probably 700-800 disc through it. Any info would be appreciated.
 
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Webslinger

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CATCHUM said:
I would like to know if a dvd rom over time could start acting up as far as reading disks?
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1. Yes, all drives die eventually.

2. But a lot of commercial discs also suffer from quality control issues (even if they look and playback fine on a standalone dvd player, the discs may not be fine)
 
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CATCHUM

Member
Some of the movies I copy are from friendsand are copies themselves and alot of those that I get this error on are office depot specials. But the problem is sparatic. Maybe one day it will not act up at all and next day it may act up 4 out of 10 disc. Thanks for the info
 
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G-Omaha

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CATCHUM said:
Some of the movies I copy are from friendsand are copies themselves and alot of those that I get this error on are office depot specials. But the problem is sparatic. Maybe one day it will not act up at all and next day it may act up 4 out of 10 disc. Thanks for the info
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Running a Cleaning CYcle using one of those Cleaning Disks (Dry Type With the Little Brushs) sometimes helps.
 
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399skySCRAPER

New Member
My DVD-ROM just died a slow death. First it stopped playback of audio cd's, now it won't read DVD's either! Time for a new drive. Any suggestions on which drives function better (or not so good) with AnyDVD/CloneDVD2 would GREATLY be appreciated. THANKS!
 
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Webslinger

Retired Moderator
399skySCRAPER said:
My DVD-ROM just died a slow death. First it stopped playback of audio cd's, now it won't read DVD's either! Time for a new drive. Any suggestions on which drives function better (or not so good) with AnyDVD/CloneDVD2 would GREATLY be appreciated. THANKS!
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Whatever you do stay away from Matshita. :eek:
 
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G-Omaha

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TPLAT said:
On several other forums I have seen alot of people with problems directly related to Matshita drives thats why I sometimes refer to them as Mat-Shit-a drives.
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That's exactly how I reference my Mat-Shit-A-DVD-RAM (Slotless Laptop 8x Drive). It's actually performs rather well, dispite the name.
 
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