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| Posted on | 05/12/04 16:49 |
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Review:
Philips ED16DVDR |
Philips Europe (NL) was kind enough to send us the Philips ED16DVDR external DVD-writer. This drive supports 16x DVD+R writing, 8x DVD-R and 2.4x DVD+R9 DL writing technology, allowing dual layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written.
Philips has enjoyed a long history of developing optical drives and has in the past joined up with BenQ for manufacturing and development. This strategic alliance seems to benefit both parties. BenQ has the production facilities, while Philips designs chipset/electronic components as well as being one of the main DVD+R/RW developers.
Company information:
We are sure that most of you know Philips already, but let us take a look at some of the company information found at www.philips.com.
Royal
Philips Electronics of the
Global Leader
Royal Philips Electronics is tenth on Fortune's list of global top electronics corporations. We are active in about 60 businesses, varying from consumer electronics to domestic appliances and from security systems to semiconductors.
We are a world leader in digital technologies for television and displays, wireless communications, speech recognition, video compression, storage and optical products as well as the underlying semiconductor technology that makes these breakthroughs possible.
We have world-class solutions in lighting, medical systems (particularly scanning and other diagnostic systems) and personal and domestic appliances where our investments in design and new materials are critical to success.
Translated into figures, we produce over 2.4 billion incandescent lamps every year, and some 30 million picture tubes.
Around 2.5 million heart procedures (scans and interventional procedures) on X-ray equipment are carried out each year using our technology.
One in seven television sets worldwide contains a Philips picture tube, and 60 percent of all telephones contain Philips products.
Thirty percent of offices around the world are lit by Philips Lighting, which also lights 65 percent of the world's top airports, 55 percent of major soccer stadium, and 30 per cent of hospitals.
The strength of Philips' global operations is reflected in its (value-based) leadership position in many of the markets in which it is active:
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World
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Europe
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Lighting |
1 |
1 |
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Consumer
Electronics (audio/video) |
3 |
1 |
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Monitors
(units) |
4 |
3 |
|
Shavers |
1 |
1 |
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Steam
irons |
2 |
2 |
|
Semiconductors
|
9 |
4 |
|
Color
picture tubes |
3 |
1 |
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DVD
recorders |
1 |
1 |
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Medical
imaging equipment |
2 |
1 |
|
Dental
care (electric toothbrushes) |
2 |
2 |
If you are interested in reading more company information, please visit www.philips.com.
Drive
specifications:
These
are the specifications of this drive, found on the Philips site in
Storage
Media
- Recording
speed: 16x DVD+R, 2.4 DL, 8x DVD-R
- Rewriting
speed: 24x CDRW, 8x DVD+RW, 4x DVD-RW
- Access
time (typical): 120ms
- Disc
capacity: 4.7 GB DVD R/RW, 700 MB CD-R/R
- Disc
size: 120 mm
- Mass
storage class compliant: yes
- Reading
speed: 48x Read CD, 16x read DVD
- Recording
media: 8cm CDs, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R double layer, DVD+RW, DVD-R,
DVD-RW
- Supported
formats: CD-Audio, CD-Recordable, CD-Rewritable, CD-ROM, CD-Text, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD-ROM, DVD/R, DVD/RW, Photo CD, Video-CD, DVD+R DL, DVD-R,
DVD-RW
- Write
modes: Disc at once (DAO), Fixed packet, Multi session (MS), Over-burn
writing, Packet writing, Raw mode burning, Session at once (SAO), Track at
once (TAO), Variable packet
Connectivity
- USB:
USB 2.0
Accessories
- AC/DC
adaptor: Yes
- CD-ROM
: Install CD Nero 6
- USB
cable: yes
- User
manual: yes
Software
- Ahead
Nero Suite 6 : Nero Burning Rom 6, InCD 4, Nero Vision express 2, Nero media
Player 1, EasyWrite Reader 4, Nero Burning Rights 1
System
Requirements
- Hard
disc space : 500 MB
- PC OS
: Windows 98 SE, 2000, ME, XP
- Processor
: Pentium 4 1 GHz or faster
What's
inside the box?
On this page we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive and its technology.
Front
Back
Top
Left side
Right Side
Below you will see the contents of the retail box:
- The
external drive itself
- AC/DC
Power adapter
- USB
2.0 Cable
- Power
cable
- 'How
to…?" manual
- Nero 6
software and Win98 drivers
- Quick
install guide
- Nero
DVD-Video Plug-in rebate code
Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:
A
standard bezel with the logos DVD+R9 DL and
Top
On the
underside of the external drive we found one sticker and we can read it was
manufactured in
On the back of the external drive from left to right: audio out connector, USB connector and the power connector.
We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero info tool:
From the screenshot of Nero Info Tool above, we miss Mt.Rainier support and a larger buffer size. Our drive came shipped with firmware B5S3 and was later updated to firmware B5S6 (See below):
And another shot from Nero Burning ROM:
We do
not really find anything alarming here, but
But let us continue this review and see how it really performs.
On
the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, the drive
features and the included
software…………
Conclusion
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