Samsung F3 1TB HD HD-HD103SJ + Samsung 22X SATA DVD+/-RW Drive $70 + FS, Samsung EcoGreen F2 1.5TB $68 + FS

HD's worth $40, drives worth $20.

Not a SD.

Quote from atrocitythug : HD's worth $40, drives worth $20. Not a SD.

Please share a link to this hard drive for $40 (either current or historical). Otherwise STFU

Quote from xxxHolic : Can anydvd latest version overcome this "rip-lock"?

no, rip-lock is embedded in the firmware of the drive. i cant remember the name of the chipset, but no one has written a patch for the firmware. And a doubt anyone will when you can get an equally or better drive from Lite-On or ASUS (Lite-On rebranded). I have contact with one of the Chinese engineers at Lite-On and she assured me they dont implement any rip locking features, and it shows in their products with 8-10x rips. What happens is Samsung rip-lock recognizes all the different copy-protections and slows the drive read down gradually. It might..MIGHT...start at 3x at the most...but will slow it down to 1x-0.3x... so much so that the ripping software will spit out a Read Error message. Now, some of the old old DVDs might rip at 3x fine, for some reason it doesnt care about the old Macrovision CSS...but newer protections like, CPRM, CPPM, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2 gets locked down.

Quote from cisengineer : Please share a link to this hard drive for $40 (either current or historical). Otherwise STFU

yea!! what he said....but in a nicer way

how "comparable" is this to some random sdd? half as fast or close enough? does it matter?

Quote from stickycash : no, rip-lock is embedded in the firmware of the drive. i cant remember the name of the chipset, but no one has written a patch for the firmware. And a doubt anyone will when you can get an equally or better drive from Lite-On or ASUS (Lite-On rebranded). I have contact with one of the Chinese engineers at Lite-On and she assured me they dont implement any rip locking features, and it shows in their products with 8-10x rips. What happens is Samsung rip-lock recognizes all the different copy-protections and slows the drive read down gradually. It might..MIGHT...start at 3x at the most...but will slow it down to 1x-0.3x... so much so that the ripping software will spit out a Read Error message. Now, some of the old old DVDs might rip at 3x fine, for some reason it doesnt care about the old Macrovision CSS...but newer protections like, CPRM, CPPM, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs, ARccOS, RipGuard, FluxDVD, CORE X2 gets locked down. yea!! what he said....but in a nicer way

In the Product Info, how do I know if it has rip-lock or not?
Thanks again.

Quote from stickycash : very reliable not to rip DVDs, since it incorporates Rip-Lock. I couldn't appreciate that.

Thanks, was going to recommend to a friend but won't now that I know.

Quote from atrocitythug : HD's worth $40, drives worth $20. Not a SD.

Where can you find this 1TB drive for $40?

Quote from unlimitedmp : Thanks, was going to recommend to a friend but won't now that I know.

well, your welcome...but dont get me wrong in thinking i'm saying this drive is terrible. If the owner is not, and doesnt foresee, ripping copy-protected DVDs...this will suit them fine...as its a good combo. I say this because brisar is a wise woman and she wouldnt have posted this deal if it wasnt quality products. All I'm saying is this drive isnt for everyone, and myself, cisengineer, and no doubt many others found out the hard way when we tried to rip our DVD collection to harddrive.

hope that helps... zai jian!

Quote from xxxHolic : In the Product Info, how do I know if it has rip-lock or not? Thanks again.

haha... i wouldnt imagine Samsung highly advertising or marketing this feature. It's just "known" by analyzing the firmware. Why Samsung switched from Realtek chipsets and added rip-lock is anyone's guess...but maybe the Samsung got into the MPAA pocket. These drive are awfully cheap all the time. hmmm.
I said enough... i dont want 2 guys in black suits and sunglasses with "Samsung" name tags knocking on my door.

Quote from Longchamp : This is one of the fastest 7200RPM drives ever made.

...and one of the slowest. But it is a neck and neck race afterall amongst the 7200RPM drives!



JB

Quote from stickycash : very reliable not to rip DVDs, since it incorporates Rip-Lock. I couldn't appreciate that.

Good point. I was unaware that this model had that. Can it be overcome with a custom firmware from someplace like CD freaks? I haven't ripped DVDs since I got setup with a Blu-ray player and HDTV.

Quote from cisengineer : Please share a link to this hard drive for $40 (either current or historical). Otherwise STFU

I think you'll find all the proof that he needs right here [youtube.com].....as if there were any doubt to begin with.

What a bonehead post.

also good combo for 500gb f3 (HD502HJ) and 64gb super talent gx (FTM64GX25H)

Quote from dorkino : Good point. I was unaware that this model had that. Can it be overcome with a custom firmware from someplace like CD freaks? I haven't ripped DVDs since I got setup with a Blu-ray player and HDTV.

no... not currently