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Which one? Sony, BenQ, Pioneer
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dalibor18
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12. January 2006 @ 10:24 |
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I must decide which one to purchase. From four DVD+-RW internal
optical drives.
Pioneer DVR-110BK
BenQ DW1640
LiteOn 1635S05C
Sony DWQ30AB2
According to www.cdrinfo.com BenQ has the best preformance regarding reading, writing, burning both +- single and dual layer.
Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks.
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storm1234
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12. January 2006 @ 10:48 |
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Out of those probably the Benq 1640, where do you plan on getting one.?
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12. January 2006 @ 11:16 |
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I thought BenQ phased out the 1640 with a 1655 (a 1640 with Lightscribe) taking its place?
Regardless, I'm happy with my BenQ 1640. It actually burns better at high speeds then lower. :)
CDRLabs.com also reviewed the 1640. Check out their review at the link below.
http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=270
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dalibor18
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12. January 2006 @ 11:18 |
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I live in Croatia and I found two stores
selling it for aprox. $58
There's bulk version and retail version.
Bulk is $50 and retail is $58
What is the difference?
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12. January 2006 @ 17:25 |
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Retail is nicely boxed and usually comes with software (Nero), cables, etc. The OEM is usually bare drive only. Spend the extra $8 and get the Retail. My vote if for the BENQ 1640.
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12. January 2006 @ 17:52 |
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out of your 4 choices, definitely the Benq 1640..i love my 2 Benq burners~ :)
second choice would be the Pioneer, i would stay away from the Sony only because that is an OEM unit lacking firmware updates from official Sony website~ :) and the Liteon, it's too old...if getting a Liteon, i would suggest the 1693S...
but with those 4 you have to choose from, DEFINITELY the Benq dw-1640~
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12. January 2006 @ 18:04 |
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BenQ DW1640
Have one, Love It, Great Burns. If you don't need the software, get the OEM.
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paiger651
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12. January 2006 @ 18:27 |
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Get the Benq 1640
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12. January 2006 @ 19:13 |
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Easy, BenQ DW1640. It's what all the cool people are using.
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dalibor18
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12. January 2006 @ 23:59 |
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Thanks guys!
You made my life so easy.
There's just one thing.
cdrlabs.com says that BenQ has questionable writing quality when recording some DVD-R media at 16x and questionable writing quality with some DVD+R DL media and that doesn't support the Mt. Rainier format
Could someone explain this?
I found some excellent DVD-R media called Giga Multispeed Master 1x-4x. I actually bought them as they were cheap (10 pcs spindle box for Ł2) and found them to be, well, GREAT!
Excellent quality... I use them in my notebook's DVD recorder which is Pioneer DVR-K15 and I can say that I am very satisfied with the audio and video quality and they work on any of my standalone DVD players.
Will it work with BenQ?
For DL writing I use Verbatim media. Is that OK?
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13. January 2006 @ 03:52 |
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For DL writing I use Verbatim media. Is that OK?
Verbatim media is considered TOP OF THE LINE media by almost everyone. You can't go wrong with Verbatim.
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