NEC 3520A available on Newegg.
Posted on 04/01/05 16:20 by Quakester2000                             
NEC 3520A available on Newegg.

jdub used our news submit to tell us that NewEgg has started selling the Nec 3520A which is the successor to the Nec 3500A. The Drive specs have hardly changed apart from the RW rewriting speeds. The Plus +RW format can now be written at 8x and the Minus -RW format can be written at 6x. Apart from those changes to the RW writing speeds the drive looks and has the same specifications as the previous Nec 3500 Drive. CDfreaks have already looked at the upraded RW writing speed of the drive and the media results can be found in the Nec forum.  DVD+RW @ 8x and DVD-RW @ 6x results.
 

NEC 3520A

 

Write Speed:

16X DVD+R, - CAV

8X DVD+RW - Z-CLV

4X DVD+R Dual Layer 

16X DVD-R  - CAV

6X DVD-RW - Z-CLV

48X CD-R,

24X CD-RW

 

Read Speed:

48X CD-ROM,

16X DVD-ROM - CAV

 

Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE
Buffer: 2MB

NEC 3520A

Im suprised Nec didnt try to get the minus -RW format to write at 8x or upgrade the Dual layer writing speed to 5 or 6x. They should have also tried to include the -R Dual Layer capability now that the format has been approved.

 

Source: NewEGG

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By pat357, Tuesday 04 January 2005 16:40
It isn´t mentioned wheter the drives still uses Z-CLV or is P-CAV now. P-CAV would be a nice thing !! Stick Out Tongue
[edited by pat357 on 04.01.2005 16:41]
By Paddy97, Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:04
The Nec 3520A has been on sale since before christmas at the swedish reseller Dustin. They claim to have it in stock. Its dirt cheap as well. http://www.dustin.se/DacsaPortal/?ProdID=5010076633 It sells at Euro 60.6.
By Niko-uk, Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:13
biggrin You will also find the drive by going here http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html £49.98 / €uro70.61
By I Have Piles, Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:27
There is a firmware upgrade to enable -R9 writing when NEC release it. I have had mine 4 weeks and i am more than happy with it.
By Bsr, Tuesday 04 January 2005 17:32
Uhhh, its been for sale on newegg since I think 29th, I ordered mine on the 29th and got it on the 31st (newyears eve), cross country... Newegg rocks!
By FreqNasty, Tuesday 04 January 2005 18:21
Would be nice if NEC made the tray look a bit better, maybe by adding the NEC logo on there and darkening the other logos. The specs are very good though.
By Ragnarok666, Tuesday 04 January 2005 18:21
I got mine before christmas and am quite happy with it. The chipset of the drive does support -R DL and will be compatable with a firmware update when the disc finaly start to appear.
By DiggnSaeg, Tuesday 04 January 2005 21:38
In Germany the 3520A is available, too (for ~75,- EUR).
By jdub, Wednesday 05 January 2005 01:46
Ahhh.. it feels nice to see a submit posted. biggrin wonder if there will be similar firmware shenanigans to the effect of the 3500 and 3520 being identical.
By Breezer, Wednesday 05 January 2005 03:18
Just got a 3520. Anyone seen an available user manual for this? USA FCC site has one but the file is damaged so it cannot be displayed.
By jdub, Wednesday 05 January 2005 05:44
This one works if you have the latest version of acrobat reader: http://tinyurl.com/573p9
[edited by jdub on 05.01.2005 05:44]
By twit, Wednesday 05 January 2005 14:08
The "-" in "DVD-R/RW" does NOT stand for "minus", it's a dash, nothing else and I'd rather have a boring tray like now than shell out some extra cash to have a fancier look but then I rarely cuddle with my hardware after all Stick Out Tongue
By Breezer, Wednesday 05 January 2005 14:50
supergrinThanks for the 3520 Manual locator!Brilliant!
By Quakester2000, Wednesday 05 January 2005 15:29
Quakester2000Im afraid not the 3500 and 3520A use a different chipset so im afraid there will be no flashing of the 3500 to 3520A sorry people, you will have to get a new drive devil
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