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what dvd burner drive would you recommend?
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aromes
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4. September 2005 @ 09:56 |
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I need a DVD RW burner that not only supports the most
dvd formats possible (mainly the +,-,rw,dual layer formats)
but that's also flexible with the majority of dvd burning software.
what dvd burner drive would you recommend?
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4. September 2005 @ 13:55 |
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LiteOn burners are very good, and don't cost a lot................
Good luck!
I'm sure others will offer more choices.
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6. September 2005 @ 03:22 |
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11. September 2005 @ 16:10 |
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11. September 2005 @ 17:21 |
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Those features on the benq 1640 are looking very tempting. Both my 1620s are sweet.Booktyping capability and compatability on stand alones. The 1640 will be my next burner,whenever one of my benqs die.That may be a while.
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11. September 2005 @ 17:33 |
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unless you get hit by an electrical charge!!
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16. September 2005 @ 04:22 |
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Yeah, Lite-On burners are really nice and they're not very expensive. I have one myself and I love it.
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16. September 2005 @ 11:02 |
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I ordered a BenQ DW1640 Tuesday afternoon from NewEgg for $38.99 + $4.00 shipping. I received it Thureday at around noon .. GREAT SERVICE ONCE AGAIN FROM NEWEGG !! I purchased the OEM model and it came in a plastic bag surrounded by bubble wrap, packed in styrofoam peanuts. The only thing that came extra was Nero OEM Suite which includes Nero Express v6.3.1.26, Nerovision Express v2.1.2.21 and Nero showtime v1.5.0.44. More than I expected. It booktypes DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL right out of the box. The only fault that I could find was the jumper was set at 'slave' so I'm glad that I checked before installation.
What a fantastic drive, I strongly recommend it to anyone that needs a now DVD writer!
The following two tests the DW1640 was chosen as the editor's choice and extreme excellence award, respectively ..
http://www.extrememhz.com/dw1640-p10.shtml
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=1...
 
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16. September 2005 @ 18:32 |
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What a fantastic drive, I strongly recommend it to anyone that needs a now DVD writer!
Boy am I licking my chops for that 1640!!!!
That is by far the lowest price I have seen on them.
How's those booktyped backup working on your stand alones?
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16. September 2005 @ 19:40 |
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I had been booktyping with my Ricoh MP5240A with 100% playability .. I expect the same from the BenQ
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16. September 2005 @ 19:45 |
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I love my Plextors. :)
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16. September 2005 @ 20:04 |
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The new Plextor PX740A is a rebadged BenQ DW1640, the only difference is about $40
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16. September 2005 @ 21:46 |
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aromes
If your motherboard supports Serial ATA (SATA), I highly recommend the Plextor PX-716SA which is a Serial ATA DVD Burner. It's not a repackaged anything, It's a Plextor start to finish.
When I burn to an 8X DVD-R blank using my Roxio Easy Media Creator 7.5, it offers to burn at 16x, 12x, 8x, and 4x. And with offers to burn, Dual Layer 2.4x discs at 4x and 2.4x. When I use CloneDVD 2 for burning, it offers the same range of speeds. What impresses me most; is that it seldom burns me a coaster.
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16. September 2005 @ 22:09 |
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Of course for the price of the Plextor PX716A you can buy three BenQ DW1640 drives ...
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17. September 2005 @ 12:13 |
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They sell for $30? WOW!!!!!! That is a good deal.
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23. September 2005 @ 07:28 |
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this might be a stupid question...but what do you mean with book typing or booktyped?
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23. September 2005 @ 09:46 |
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Booktyping:
Some burner have the bitsetting capability of booktyping the plus format to dvd-rom. When it comes down to dvd-r/dvd+r backups,stand alone players are the ones that have trouble recognizing them.Even other pc drives.Some favor the plus,some favor the dash,some play everything,some don't play crap!It's all about compatability.
This booktyping features alters the plus format,and turns it into dvd-rom,the more universal dvd format. It actually fools those players into thinking the are actual dvd-roms. You will be able to play your backups on more drives with the booktyping. Plus format only on +r/+rw/and +DL.
Some burners have this capability,but still their quality is so poor that booktying is worse than the dash format.That's why you need a quality burner with the bitsetting capability.
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27. September 2005 @ 17:58 |
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I just received my OEM BenQ DW1640 from Newegg (they are now out of stock) for $38.99 + $4 shipping. What a great price for a great drive. Question: How do you tell what the jumper settings are? The jumper block in on the middle set of pins. Is this Master, Slave or Cable Select? There is nothing printed on the jumper section or drive label which indicates the settings. I want to set it to Master. What position is master? There is no manual with this OEM drive and no information I can find on the BenQ site. Any ideas?
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27. September 2005 @ 18:07 |
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middle 2 is slave, the 2 closes to power connector is master
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27. September 2005 @ 19:53 |
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28. September 2005 @ 03:34 |
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great links catfreak. I've got them pasted into my note pad for future reference when I get my 1640. The comptatability of those benq backups on stand alone players/drives are phenomenal when you booktype the plus format to dvd-rom.
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29. September 2005 @ 10:02 |
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The ability to booktype is over rated imho, only OLD dvd players have a problem, and in years of burning I've only met one player that had a problem, it is now history.
But the BenQ 1640 with the BenQ SOFTWARE is the bomb. A few months back I upgraded my trusty old NEC 2510 to a NEC 3540, was very disappointed with the burns of the 3540 so I got a BenQ 1640, burns better but still not what I was used to with the old NEC 2510 and Herrie's firmware. Upgraded the firmware on the BenQ and downloaded the BenQ software and used "Solid Burn" on all the disks. WOW, great scores on all media (must "teach" the software the different media).
My only concern in the BenQ build quality, often the eject button doesn't operate on the first push, and during the burns it will make "zapping" sounds at irregular intervals. After two weeks it's still burning, but I wonder how long it will last. Anyone else with this drive, and if so, does your's make noises like an electric bug zapper during some burns?
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29. September 2005 @ 13:35 |
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The ability to booktype is over rated
Maybe over-rated for some of those lower quality burners with the bit-setting capability,but not on both my benq 1620s.
I have an I/O Magic 16x with only 20 burns sitting in a box,because of stand alone compatability.It had it's own booktyping utility and the dash format way outperformed those dvd-rom backups by a mile.
I pass a few backups around to my friends and family,and they pass them around to other friends. I had no trouble with them playing my booktyped dvd-rom backups off my main benq 1620.The problems arrose when I'd pass around backups off my other backup pc. First using that I/O Magic 16x and then buying a second benq 1620. The second benq took care of that issue.
By my last estimate,only 1 very old ps2 out of 50+ drives-cannot play my dvd-rom backups. That's near perfect compatability.My other 3 pc DVD-RW drives couldn't even come close to that rate.
Burning on the fly? No problem with my benqs at 100% rate.I wouldn't even dare with those other 3 drives of mine,and 1 of them is a brand new lightscribe HP!
If you play your backups in many different stand alones/game consoles/and pc drives,you need that booktyping capability as well as a quality burner.
The benq 1640 will be my next burner.I've only got 1500+ burns on my main benq so I have a long ways to go before I wear out this quality drive. Only 1 burn coaster this year,on about 1000 backups including on the fly! I did have about 5 playback coasters due to a bad disc every once in a while.
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29. September 2005 @ 16:20 |
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Before I booktyped, I used to send device setup software to my customers and had a return rate of 20% due to unreadable discs .. After I started booktyping 2 years agp, I've sent out approx 250 discs (mostly Verbatim) and have had ZERO returns ... When I'm paying postage both ways and paying for the discs, this ends up saving me a lot of beer money!
I guess that booktyping DOES MATTER!!!
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4. October 2005 @ 15:42 |
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This is a little off topic, but it is about the benq 1640.
When I burn onto new dvd+rw media, the drive will erase the whole disk before writing. This adds 25 minutes to my burn time. I tried to quick erase the disk before burning, but I get a message that the media needs to be formatted before it can be quick erased.
Any "used" disk is fine. It will do a quick erase and then burn.
If I start the erase procedure, abort it after a minute and then burn the disk, it will do a quick erase and then start burning. I guess the drive detects the disk as "used"---formatted---so it does the quick erase.
I have two other dvd burners that do not erase the whole disk before burning. I tried two iso burning programs, same thing, so it seems to be related to the drive.
I am using the newest firmware: bslb.
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