Pacific Digital U-30115 16x Internal IDE DVD-ROM Drive

by Pacific Digital

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000614V5
• Item model number: U-30115
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 18, 2002

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent value, August 8, 2002

By 

Shawn (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pacific Digital U-30115 16x Internal IDE DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

After a little shopping around, I purchased this product based on its positive reviews and high sales rank. I am very satisfied. The drive comes with a large software and mp3 bundle, which includes trial versions of various video, sound, and image editing programs. As far as I can tell, the only worthwhile (i.e. non-trial) program included is InterVideo WinDVD 3.1. The drive also comes with a one-year warranty for RMA service.

Installation is the same as any other 5.25 inch drive - set the jumpers and plug everything in. If you use Windows, make sure to enable DMA mode on the IDE controller in the Device Manager; playback was extremely choppy before I did this. I have also found that playback is little smoother with CyberLink PowerDVD 4.0 than with the included software.

Overall I have no complaints and highly recommend this drive.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Product for an Awesome Price!, June 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pacific Digital U-30115 16x Internal IDE DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

Simply put, this DVD-ROM drive is great. Installation is a snap (God bless Plug and Play devices). Win98SE saw the drive and said "Hey, DVD ... alright!" I will say that I loathe the bundled WinDVD (interface is horrible IMO), but I acquired a copy of PowerDVD 3.0 and it's flawless. Picture quality is amazing (especially when coupled with a GeForce4 vid card and a flat panel monitor), sound quality is thunderous. I also like to archive my CD collection into MP3 format, and this drive rips full audio CDs in a matter of minutes. I tend to wear out CD/DVD drives relatively fast (replacing them every 6-8 months), but at the Pacific Digital price, it's not an issue.

Long story short, it's probably the best deal you'll find if you're looking for a fast, easy-to-use DVD-ROM drive.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great DVD drive, May 23, 2002

By 

Corey Cox (Corvallis, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pacific Digital U-30115 16x Internal IDE DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

I had no trouble installing this drive and the software that it came with. It works well out of the box. I did have some frame drop problems due to having too many programs running in my system tray - but this is not due to the drive itself. If you are having frame drops try closing all other running application. Also I was able to configure this drive very easily under Linux with no major issues (had to learn about all the DVD options are out there!) I found that it works natively under mplayer and I was extremely happy. In summary this is a great drive and I'm very happy with it -- well worth the price.