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Posted by Jan S.
Posted on 23/04/05 23:04
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Positive:

  • Supports DVD+R/R9 DL/-R at 16x/8x/16x
  • Supports CD-R/RW at 48x/32x
  • Supports bitsetting for all types of DVD+R/R9 DL/RW (sets auto. booktype to DVD-ROM)
  • Supports disc quality scanning
  • Can read 99/100 minutes CD-R's
  • Reads DVD+R/-R at 16x
  • Reads DVD+RW/R9 DL/-RW at 12x
  • Reads DVD-Video SL/DL at 16x/12x
  • Good Software package
  • Cheap price

Negative:

  • Does not support Mt. Rainier
  • Does not support LightScribe
  • Reads CD-RW only at 40x
  • Green LED for both reading and writing

Conclusion:

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: 'So far this drive looks impressive, but let us wait for the complete review to draw any final conclusion".

 

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we didn't find any offers, but at getprice the drive is listed at 68.90 €. (22. April 2005).

 

You may discuss/comment this review below or in this forum thread.

 

Thanks to: 

Conrexx Technology B.V./RITEK Europe - The Netherlands for providing the Traxdata DVD+RW 8x and DVD-RW 6x used in this article.

Verbatim GmbH - Germany for providing the DVD+R 16x, DVD+R9 DL 2.4 and CD-RW 24x media used in this review.

Verbatim - UK for providing the DVD-R 16x media used in this review.
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Posted by dodecahedron on Sunday 24 April 2005 08:05
very nice preview!:g
a question: why is there no DVD-R DL read test ?
Posted by swifty7 on Tuesday 26 April 2005 03:47
who cares about dvd-r DL media anyway!!!
-rDL is not compatible in anything unlike +rDL with dvd-rom booktype!!:)
Posted by swifty7 on Tuesday 26 April 2005 03:48
I do wish it had high speed Lightscribe though!!!!:c
[edited by swifty7 on 26.04.2005 03:49]
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