BenQ DW1620: An Elegant, Robust DVDR Surprise
by Kristopher Kubicki on September 29, 2004 10:32 AM EST- Posted in
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Burn Tests DVD+DL Media
MKM DVDR+9
Finally, we had a chance to write and read some dual layer media. Remember, the BenQ drive that we are looking at today does not support 4X DVD DL writes, unfortunately.
Click to enlarge the BenQ DW1620 image.
Hold your mouse over for the Pioneer DVR-108D image.
Click to enlarge the BenQ DW1620 image.
Hold your mouse over for the Pioneer DVR-108D image.
Slow and steady.
Click to enlarge the BenQ DW1620 image.
Hold your mouse over for the Pioneer DVR-108D image.
Hold your mouse over for the Pioneer DVR-108D image.
This disc actually burned very well; we were impressed. Right at the halfway mark, where the burn operation switches layers, we saw a slight hiccup in disc quality. These errors were well within our tolerances, though, and the disc played back perfectly.
Ritek DVD+R9
Click to enlarge the BenQ DW1620 image.
Hold your mouse over for the Pioneer DVR-108D image.
The BenQ DW1620 takes its first real stumble here. The drive is not capable of writing Ritek dual layer discs yet. Although, it seems possible that this will be addressed in future firmware updates. The Pioneer DVR-108D had trouble with this media as well.
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Compddd - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
Is the Pioneer DVR-A08XL still the best one though?lennylim - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
Firmware link is incorrect, although it doesn't take much to figure out what it should be.Fionavar - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
Did you say weeks on the round-up? I hope it is much sooner than that as I need a new DVD player and at the moment I am seriously considering the NEC ND-3500 ... the specs and the fact that it comes with the full Nero 6 package is a seeller - of course your round-up might tell me otherwise ...Resh - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
Why did you guys put this out before the round-up? Seems to indicate you think this one is better than the rest, which makes one wonder about the point of the round-up.Anyway, get the damn thing out so I can buy one already. :)
Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
...and some are missing!Looking forward to reading the roundup :-)
Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
Check the mouseover images, they seem a tad large.UlricT - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link
uuhhh... what is this here?Page 3:
"...Unfortunately, the drive lacks DVD-RAM and Mount Rainer support. The drive claims slightly quicker than average access times as well.
Make a special note of some of the neater capabilities of this drive, including DVD-RAM support,..."