mrredskin said:MagicalDeck said:Does this drive comes with burning software?

comes with NOTHING else. and when i mean nothing, i mean nothing. no cable, not even drive-bay screws.

well, it does come with jumpers

Any word on when dual layer dvd-r drives might be available? Are they still expected this year?

Louse76 said:Is there even ANY dual layer disks out yet for burning?

yep... and for the low, low price of 16 bucks a pop!

FlabbyPig said:With certain firmware hacks...you can get 4x Ritek G04's to burn at 8x. I've burned 25 of em' with no coasters.

My 2500A burns Fujifilm 4X DVD-R media (TY) at 8X without a firmware hack.

CounTDookU23 said:samtihen said:I have heard that 16x is basicly the usable limit for DVD-+R. Anybody say otherwise?

Woops, looks like I was a little to slow. I think I am right.


So is 16X the peak write speed??? Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Yes, it's widely accepted that 16x will be the limit for burning. At 16x the dvd is spinning at ~10,000 rpm, any faster and the dvd starts to oscillate uncontrollably, thereby creating writing errors. While solutions are currently being developed, most people in the industry doubt that they'll ever go beyond 16x while keeping the cost at an acceptable level.

Man, that turned out longer than expected

mihaid said:Too bad it writes dvds in Z-CLV. You can see from the review that
quality is not so good. It does cds in CAV though.

Still waiting for plextor 716

Could someone summarize what that means? I probably won't be buying this either way. The discs are too expensive and by the time those are cheap enough, this drive would be 30 bucks if not less. Seems a little pointless to buy a drive when I can't afford the discs. My single layer drive will last me a few more months!
None the less, I would appreciate someone explaining what mihaid was talking about.

Thanks.

Great find -- thanks OP!!!

Atrac said:I just ordered the 2510A 8X from them *this morning* for $69.99! Just got the tracking number on it so too late to cancel the order! Crap!

What timing I have....heh heh.Call Newegg and ask them if you can refuse delivery of the 2510A burner and buy the 3500A instead, they have done that before.

Nice find! thanks OP!

You can check out CDFreaks , they have firmware, hardware, media forums, etc.

You can also find some user reviews of the latest generation of 16x dvd burners including the latest lite-on, pioneer and nec.

jimstuy said:Hi, i've wanted to buy a dvd burner for a while. I narrowed it down to Pioneer dvr-108 and the old NEC 2500A model. Now that the new one is out, I think im gonna go with this. But I'm still new to this(no idea what/where to get info on firmwares, what Z-CLV is, etc), you guys know any sites/forums that have newbie faqs for dvd burners and firmwares in general? Thanks!