detail information

Positive:

• Supports DVD±R/+R DL writing at 16x/8x
• Supports DVD+RW/DVD-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Supports CD-RW writing at 32x
• Supports Bitsetting on DVD+R/+RW/+R DL (BookType to DVD-ROM)
• Supports LightScribe
• Supports DVD-RAM at 5x
• Can read 99 min CD-Rs
• Nice design
• Can be mounted vertically
• Excellent documentation

Negative:

• Does not support Mt. Rainier
• Requires 8x certified DVD+R DL media to write at 8x
• Reads CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW/CD-Audio only at 40x/40x/32x/32x
• Reads DVD±R/+RW/DVD-Video SL only at 10x/8x/8x
• Green LED for both reading and writing
• Questionable write quality on some media

Conclusion:

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

'The HP dvd840e has just about every feature you could ever want from a DVD burner.  With its Super Multi format capabilities, including support for DVD-RAM and LightScribe, this drive should cover nearly every eventuality you are ever likely to come across while burning and printing recordable media.

However the drive does have some areas that need improving, such as write quality on some media types.  We should however wait for a full CDFreaks review of the internal version before making any premature judgments".

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we did not find any offers, but we found the drive at getprice and it is listed at 94.54 €. (8. November 2005).

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Thanks to: 

Ricoh Europe BV - Germany for providing the media used is this article.