detail information

• Supports DVD±R/+R DL/-R DL writing at 16x/8x/6x
• Supports DVD+RW/DVD-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Supports DVD-RAM reading and writing at 5x
• Supports Bitsetting on DVD+R/+R DL (Auto BookType to DVD-ROM)
• Can burn some media at higher than certified speed
• Reads CD-ROM/CD-R at 48x
• Reads DVD-Video SL/DVD-Video DL/DVD±RW at 16x/12x/12x

Negative:

• Audio CD reading locked at 24x maximum
• CD-RW reading locked at 40x maximum
• High seek times with DVD+R DL media
• Could not maintain 8x writing speed on the second layer of 8x DVD+R Double Layer media

Final Thoughts:

To sum it all up, this is what we would say:

'We found the DW1670 to be a very interesting offering from BenQ. The included 5x DVD-RAM support keeps BenQ up to par with other optical disc drives on the market.

We will wait for a full CDFreaks review of the retail version before making a final conclusion".

The drive used in this article is an early engineering unit. We expect to see even better results from the mass production version (hardware & firmware) when it is ready. You may discuss/comment this article below or in this forum thread .

Thanks to: 

For providing the Verbatim media used in this review. Verbatim provides high quality media all over the world and strives to be the standard for DVD hardware reviewing.

 For providing the Memorex media used in this review. Memorex is one of the largest providers of all types of media for larger parts of the world.

  For providing the Maxell 5x DVD-RAM media used in this review. Maxell is one of the world's leading producers of optical and magnetic memory media.