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CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2016

AccurateRip collects data from all drives, normally this is only used to verify a disc is accurate, but can be reversed to calculate which drives are the most accurate (as measured by lowest % inaccurate tracks).

This test was previously run in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009 and 2006, as time goes on more submissions give a greater meaning to the results, only drives with over 4000 submissions and 40 users are used.

Note that MATSHITA is also known as Panasonic.

Top Drives

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Drive: ATAPI    - iHAS124   W   (117 users):   Submissions: 5891 accurate, 7 inaccurate, 99.8813 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW   BDR-S08   (76 users):   Submissions: 6023 accurate, 32 inaccurate, 99.4715 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-R   UJ-85J   (95 users):   Submissions: 4679 accurate, 29 inaccurate, 99.3840 % accuracy
Drive: hp       - DVDRAM GT50N   (134 users):   Submissions: 4126 accurate, 32 inaccurate, 99.2304 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ-812   (50 users):   Submissions: 6364 accurate, 52 inaccurate, 99.1895 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - BD-RW   BDR-207M   (171 users):   Submissions: 5970 accurate, 52 inaccurate, 99.1365 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVD+-RW GH70N   (84 users):   Submissions: 4614 accurate, 48 inaccurate, 98.9704 % accuracy
Drive: TSSTcorp - CD-DVDW SH-W163A   (60 users):   Submissions: 2131 accurate, 22 inaccurate, 98.9782 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ-852   (146 users):   Submissions: 6307 accurate, 66 inaccurate, 98.9644 % accuracy
Drive: TSSTcorp - CDDVDW SN-208BB   (226 users):   Submissions: 4420 accurate, 48 inaccurate, 98.9257 % accuracy
Drive: PLDS     - DVD-RW DS8A8SH   (146 users):   Submissions: 7195 accurate, 79 inaccurate, 98.9139 % accuracy
Drive: ASUS     - DRW-24B1ST   a   (263 users):   Submissions: 7971 accurate, 94 inaccurate, 98.8345 % accuracy
Drive: PIONEER  - DVD-RW  DVR-106D   (169 users):   Submissions: 4032 accurate, 48 inaccurate, 98.8235 % accuracy
Drive: PLEXTOR  - CD-R   PX-W2410A   (122 users):   Submissions: 6937 accurate, 83 inaccurate, 98.8177 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - RW-DVD GCC-4244N   (164 users):   Submissions: 7865 accurate, 104 inaccurate, 98.6949 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVD+-RW GH82N   (43 users):   Submissions: 2569 accurate, 34 inaccurate, 98.6938 % accuracy
Drive: MATSHITA - DVD-RAM UJ862AS   (194 users):   Submissions: 4653 accurate, 67 inaccurate, 98.5805 % accuracy
Drive: TSSTcorp - CDDVDW SH-216BB   (58 users):   Submissions: 5493 accurate, 80 inaccurate, 98.5645 % accuracy
Drive: hp       - DVD A  DH16ABLH   (114 users):   Submissions: 5102 accurate, 77 inaccurate, 98.5132 % accuracy
Drive: ATAPI    - DVD A  DH16A6L   (48 users):   Submissions: 1244 accurate, 19 inaccurate, 98.4956 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVD-RAM GSA-H55L   (289 users):   Submissions: 15096 accurate, 389 inaccurate, 97.4879 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVDRAM GH24NS70   (219 users):   Submissions: 5899 accurate, 91 inaccurate, 98.4808 % accuracy
Drive: LITE-ON  - DVDRW LH-18A1H   (44 users):   Submissions: 4641 accurate, 73 inaccurate, 98.4514 % accuracy
Drive: hp       - CDDVDW TS-L633R   (239 users):   Submissions: 4378 accurate, 69 inaccurate, 98.4484 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - DVD+-RW GSA-H31N   (172 users):   Submissions: 8935 accurate, 145 inaccurate, 98.4031 % accuracy
Drive: PLDS     - DVD+-RW DU-8A3S   (116 users):   Submissions: 2151 accurate, 35 inaccurate, 98.3989 % accuracy
Drive: HL-DT-ST - RW-DVD GCC-4247N   (161 users):   Submissions: 14766 accurate, 241 inaccurate, 98.3941 % accuracy
Drive: PLEXTOR  - DVDR   PX-712A   (367 users):   Submissions: 16443 accurate, 272 inaccurate, 98.3727 % accuracy
Drive: PLEXTOR  - CD-R   PX-W4824A   (165 users):   Submissions: 7908 accurate, 131 inaccurate, 98.3704 % accuracy
Drive: PLDS     - DVDRWBD DS-6E2SH   (55 users):   Submissions: 1746 accurate, 29 inaccurate, 98.3662 % accuracy
Drive: Slimtype - DVD A DS8A4S   (114 users):   Submissions: 4571 accurate, 76 inaccurate, 98.3645 % accuracy
Drive: ASUS     - DRW-24B1ST   (332 users):   Submissions: 8343 accurate, 140 inaccurate, 98.3496 % accuracy
Drive: PLEXTOR  - CD-R   PX-W1210A   (106 users):   Submissions: 5092 accurate, 86 inaccurate, 98.3391 % accuracy
Drive: PLEXTOR  - CD-R   PX-230A   (131 users):   Submissions: 6957 accurate, 118 inaccurate, 98.3322 % accuracy

Probably all these drives are no longer manufactured, ebay is your best bet in finding one of these drives.

Full List: https://forum.dbpoweramp.com/showthread.php?37706-CD-DVD-Drive-Accuracy-List-2016

Re: CD/DVD Drive Accuracy List 2016

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I have a LiteOn iHAS124 purchased in last October so it is not really an ancient model. It is a very cheap bulk pack drive.

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Reply #2 –
Awesome. Was wondering where this OT had disappeared to. Last one I saw was from 2014 on the dbpoweramp.com board which I perused while looking at replacement drives.

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Are these differences statistically significant?

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I would say so, if yo have a drive at 90% vs one at 99% that goes from 1 in 10 discs being ripped with an error, to 1 in a 100

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Alternatively, this list could be interpreted as "users of these drives appear to have CDs in very good condition", no?

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That is why we trim out the drives with low submission count or user count, so that should not really affect.

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Quote from: spoon on
I would say so, if yo have a drive at 90% vs one at 99% that goes from 1 in 10 discs being ripped with an error, to 1 in a 100
You're absolutely right, it seems my statistics got very rusty since grad school. ;) I actually set up a little difference in means hypothesis test and, of course, it comes out highly significant.

Quote from: Uosdwis R. Dewoh on
Alternatively, this list could be interpreted as "users of these drives appear to have CDs in very good condition", no?
This could be what's going on but honestly, I would find it very surprising. You would need a tremendous self-selection effect.

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Quote from: audiophool on
Quote from: spoon on
I would say so, if yo have a drive at 90% vs one at 99% that goes from 1 in 10 discs being ripped with an error, to 1 in a 100
You're absolutely right, it seems my statistics got very rusty since grad school. ;) I actually set up a little difference in means hypothesis test and, of course, it comes out highly significant.

Quote from: Uosdwis R. Dewoh on
Alternatively, this list could be interpreted as "users of these drives appear to have CDs in very good condition", no?
This could be what's going on but honestly, I would find it very surprising. You would need a tremendous self-selection effect.
I suppose.

Here's how I personally skew these statistics: I've found no drive better at churning through less-than-perfect CDs than the Plextor (Lite-On, really) PX-230A. It sails through discs at full speed that my other drives sometimes barely spin up. So while most pristine CDs go in other drives, I whip out the PX-230A on all the CDs that I predict will throw errors during the rip. And often they do, as I frequently peruse the selection at my local library and, well, people are monsters.

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Quote from: Uosdwis R. Dewoh on
Quote from: audiophool on
Quote from: spoon on
I would say so, if yo have a drive at 90% vs one at 99% that goes from 1 in 10 discs being ripped with an error, to 1 in a 100
You're absolutely right, it seems my statistics got very rusty since grad school. ;) I actually set up a little difference in means hypothesis test and, of course, it comes out highly significant.

Quote from: Uosdwis R. Dewoh on
Alternatively, this list could be interpreted as "users of these drives appear to have CDs in very good condition", no?
This could be what's going on but honestly, I would find it very surprising. You would need a tremendous self-selection effect.
I suppose.

Here's how I personally skew these statistics: I've found no drive better at churning through less-than-perfect CDs than the Plextor (Lite-On, really) PX-230A. It sails through discs at full speed that my other drives sometimes barely spin up. So while most pristine CDs go in other drives, I whip out the PX-230A on all the CDs that I predict will throw errors during the rip. And often they do, as I frequently peruse the selection at my local library and, well, people are monsters.

This is my exact problem. Old library copies of rare or very expensive things (like long audiobooks) can have some truly tremendous scratching to them. I'm always in search of drives for ripping problem discs as I have had numerous discs come my way that I will likely never see or be able to afford again, and having an error is supremely frustrating. These same discs are usually not in CTDB.

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Quote from: spoon on
That is why we trim out the drives with low submission count or user count, so that should not really affect.
Sure, but what about users with drives, who buy large numbers of only new CDs or , alternately, used and scratched CDs?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?  ;~)

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Sure, but what about users with drives, who buy large numbers of only new CDs or , alternately, used and scratched CDs?
Statistics...     Statistics are for making generalizations.    It's a statistical fact that men are taller than women, but that doesn't mean every man is taller than every woman.    

If you are looking for a tall person, look for a man...    If you want a good CD/DVD drive, get one that's statistically good.   If you do that, the odds of getting a good drive are good.    But, buying a drive that's statistically good doesn't mean that you won't end-up with a bad one, it just improves the odds of getting a good one.

And yes, there's a small chance that the data is bad.    It's been a long-long time since I took a statistics class, but I'm sure someone could calculated the probability of the stats being off by a certain amount.       

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It can also be difficult to buy drives from this list usually because they're branded as something else and this list is just what the drive reports itself as to the OS I believe.

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Quote from: DVDdoug on
If you want a good CD/DVD drive, get one that's statistically good.  If you do that, the odds of getting a good drive are good.    But, buying a drive that's statistically good doesn't mean that you won't end-up with a bad one, it just improves the odds of getting a good one.
I don't disagree, I just wonder how useful these stats really are anymore, not only from a data worthiness perspective, but mostly from the fact that most modern optical drives usually rip accurately.  Indeed, I used to be quite particular over optical drives, not so much anymore.

Anyways, Spoon gets a big thanks from me for making this info available over the years.
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?  ;~)