DVD Rippers are Cheap and CD Transports are Not -- Why?


I have owned pricey CD transports from Wadia, Theta, and Levinson and inexpensive DVD RW drives built into music servers.  All are highly regarded for their ability to do the job -- the transports sound great and the severs rip bit perfect files without so much as a hiccup.  How do the ripping drives do their job so well at a fraction of the cost of the expensive transports?
I ask because transports are prone to break and parts availability becomes a problem.  My Wadia transport now is a very cool looking doorstop.  I am toying with the idea of buying an Oppo universal player but am worried it will end up a useless brick.
Any thoughts?
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I have an OPPO 103D and I love it.  I'm using it with a NAD M51 dac and it sounds great and plays virtually every type of media. I use it with Blu-ray concert discs, Blu-ray audio only, .wave, flac, cds, streaming Netflix ,  Pandora,  .....it is basically the hub of my system . 

If you have a good dac try one out,  I bought it for two reasons, I consider anything that spins a disc a consumable item.   Plus I have a kid in college.  That said I made some considerable upgrades three years ago and it was time for a new player.   I needed a universal player and was able to check out OPPOs at my local dealer.   I bought it on the spot and it's been the best player I've ever owned , regardless of cost.   It's super quiet ,  it's the only machine that I've ever owned where I can not hear the drive from my chair .  It is loaded with features that I'm not even going to touch on because it does everything.  I put my cds on a 2 TB hard drive and almost always access music from the drive.  Plus cover art and your music library on a drive is displayed on your TV.  great app for Android or apple phones or tablets.  On and on and on..... for $600.