Any opinions on which DVD drive variant is the best?
I know they are all getting old and lacking in reliability now. I’ve got a Thomson in my OG 1.0 and a Philips in my OG1.1 and a Philips in a 1.6.
I know my Thompson drive is very finicky about reading burned cds and some burned dvds (especially if only a small amount of data is written to it). It still reads official discs well enough when I’m not playing off of the HDD.
The Phillips in my 1.1 seems to be much more forgiving when it comes to burned dvd media, and cd media.
I can’t comment on the Philips in 1.6 As it is a recent addition, the seller said that it refused to open. When the system arrived I powered it up and was greeted to a copy of Manhunt (that probably needs to be resurfaced).
What about blank media, any opinions out there?
I typically use RiData for DVD media and Imation for CD media.