Quiet Blu-ray Drives Designed for Movie Playback - Blu-ray Forum

PCFan · 02-18-2018, 04:13 AM

I'm considering going back to physical media. I right now have a PC that I might plan to use for playing blu-rays but the blu-ray drive in my PC is noisy during movie playback, it seems to run at full speed when playing back blu-rays, which makes it hard to hear quiet scenes in movies over the noise of the drive. Is there such a thing a a blu-ray drive for PC with an automatic movie mode in it (slow down when detecting a blu-ray/DVD movie) or just a generally quiet blu-ray drive for PC?

stevo4264 · 02-18-2018, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PCFan

I'm considering going back to physical media. I right now have a PC that I might plan to use for playing blu-rays but the blu-ray drive in my PC is noisy during movie playback, it seems to run at full speed when playing back blu-rays, which makes it hard to hear quiet scenes in movies over the noise of the drive. Is there such a thing a a blu-ray drive for PC with an automatic movie mode in it (slow down when detecting a blu-ray/DVD movie) or just a generally quiet blu-ray drive for PC?

I've been using LG BD-ROM drives (Internal Drives) for over 6 or 7 years and not one of them have been noisy on my PC's (Ihave 2 PC's each with an LG drive) I can only guess you have a problem with your drive is it internal or external?

PCFan · 02-18-2018, 10:40 AM

It's an internal LG BD Rewriter. I had it for about 3 years. Never had an error while installing software from discs using it. Never had an error while ripping CDs using it. No strange noises from it either. I just find it a bit too loud during movie playback due to the spin speed during movie playback.

PCFan · 02-18-2018, 10:51 AM

Unless a properly functioning BD drive is normally suppose to slow down to 1x while playing a blu-ray, I think my drive is fine.

Pyoko · 02-18-2018, 03:33 PM

Pioneer, they have (or at least had) a BD drive utility where you can put the drive in a "persistent quiet mode." I have an older 209 and using this setting it is dead quiet for the most part, only makes a very slight whooshing when reading the innermost part of discs.

I have tried both newer LG and ASUS drives (which I believe are mostly rebadged LGs) and they are absolutely awful in comparison and basically unusable for movie playback purposes since they're so loud and there's no way to control the speed. Maybe if you're using PowerDVD or some other licensed player there's some kind of detection or it requests data in a way that doesn't make the drive spin up as badly, but I gave up on PDVD years ago so I wouldn't know. I wouldn't bet on it anyway.

stevo4264 · 02-21-2018, 08:30 AM

I just did a test with my PC, I played a movie in my LG drive with Powerdvd 16, with no audio output, I am sitting less than 2 feet away from the drive and I simply could not hear the drive working at all, completely silent !!

I can only think the OP must have a bad drive or it's a software issue

02-18-2018, 04:13 AM	#1
PCFan Expert Member Member since:Oct 2008 Trading Score:202	Quiet Blu-ray Drives Designed for Movie Playback I'm considering going back to physical media. I right now have a PC that I might plan to use for playing blu-rays but the blu-ray drive in my PC is noisy during movie playback, it seems to run at full speed when playing back blu-rays, which makes it hard to hear quiet scenes in movies over the noise of the drive. Is there such a thing a a blu-ray drive for PC with an automatic movie mode in it (slow down when detecting a blu-ray/DVD movie) or just a generally quiet blu-ray drive for PC?

02-18-2018, 10:40 AM	#3
PCFan Expert Member Member since:Oct 2008 Trading Score:202	It's an internal LG BD Rewriter. I had it for about 3 years. Never had an error while installing software from discs using it. Never had an error while ripping CDs using it. No strange noises from it either. I just find it a bit too loud during movie playback due to the spin speed during movie playback. Last edited by PCFan; 02-18-2018 at 10:46 AM.

02-18-2018, 10:51 AM	#4
PCFan Expert Member Member since:Oct 2008 Trading Score:202	Unless a properly functioning BD drive is normally suppose to slow down to 1x while playing a blu-ray, I think my drive is fine.

02-18-2018, 03:33 PM	#5
Pyoko Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 4K collection:151 Blu-ray collection:722	Pioneer, they have (or at least had) a BD drive utility where you can put the drive in a "persistent quiet mode." I have an older 209 and using this setting it is dead quiet for the most part, only makes a very slight whooshing when reading the innermost part of discs. I have tried both newer LG and ASUS drives (which I believe are mostly rebadged LGs) and they are absolutely awful in comparison and basically unusable for movie playback purposes since they're so loud and there's no way to control the speed. Maybe if you're using PowerDVD or some other licensed player there's some kind of detection or it requests data in a way that doesn't make the drive spin up as badly, but I gave up on PDVD years ago so I wouldn't know. I wouldn't bet on it anyway.

02-21-2018, 08:30 AM	#6
stevo4264 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Out There 4K collection:229 Blu-ray collection:899 Trading Score:7	I just did a test with my PC, I played a movie in my LG drive with Powerdvd 16, with no audio output, I am sitting less than 2 feet away from the drive and I simply could not hear the drive working at all, completely silent !! I can only think the OP must have a bad drive or it's a software issue

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