DVD or Blu Ray Drive for CD ripping?

[Milo Tweenie]

I'm looking to buy a high quality drive to replace a cheap Samsung that's just died. It will only be used for ripping CDs.

Looking at the latest drive accuracy list is interesting, but it seems that many of the drives are no longer available. I guess it's inevitable that the list will always lag behind current drives. However, Plextor seem top of the pile.

Looking at Plextor's website they do Blu Ray and DVD drives, both of which will read CDs. Which would be the better CD ripper? Are Blu Ray drives inherently more accurate than DVD drives or would I just be paying for capabilities that are not relevant to ripping CDs?

Any one's experience would be really helpful. Many thanks.

[EliC]

Re: DVD or Blu Ray Drive for CD ripping?

All the plextor drives currently sold are not actually made by plextor and no longer have the benefits of the old plextors. They are now drive manufactured by other companies with the plextor name and a higher price.

[hmasoni]

Re: DVD or Blu Ray Drive for CD ripping?

This is a very interesting question - blu-ray or not - but response doesnt answer! i am currently planning to purchase a dedicated laptop pc for ripping cds using dBpoweramp exclusively. I'm interested in the Toshiba M640 series. Should i get a Blu-ray drive (won't be using it to watch movies)? Is it a good machine to run dBpoweramp? Does it support C2 Pointers? is the i3 2.53 Ghz processor and 4 GB RAM sufficient to run dBPoweramp? can't find these answers anywhere.

Thanks for your response!:

[Spoon]

Re: DVD or Blu Ray Drive for CD ripping?

An i3 is plenty enough for dBpoweramp