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[russr]

For better or for worse I've ordered the Benq DW1655 from Newegg. Only time will tell if this was a good move or not.

 

[GeeFizzleDizzle]

Originally posted by: russr
For better or for worse I've ordered the Benq DW1655 from Newegg. Only time will tell if this was a good move or not.

Excellent choice, you will not be disappointed.

Just make sure to flash to the BCDB firmware to improve the contrast of any LightScribe printing you may do.

 

[russr]

yeah i hope not, it was like $10 more than the Samsung lightscribe drive at newegg. The samsung one had a nice combo deal too. I went with Benq because the reviews at cdrlabs.com & cdrinfo.com both gave it editor's choice or whatever.

BTW, the latest firmware is BCHB, do I not want that?

Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle

Excellent choice, you will not be disappointed.

Just make sure to flash to the BCDB firmware to improve the contrast of any LightScribe printing you may do.

 

[QueBert]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: inveterate
light scribe? like, it's novel and all, but ultimately useless. Permanent marker FTW

litescribe is slow and the media is expensive. The nec is a good one and plextor is only worth it if you burn 2-3 cd's a day. I considered one (716a) and decided that the $100 could be better spent by getting the nec and an extra gb of RAM. Permenant marker is fine or you can uses labels, that's what I sometimes do... like $1 for a 10pack.

not expensive when you consider what Lightscribe does. I had a Lightscribe drive, and I have a Canon ip4000, full color printed cd/dvd's look great, but lightscribe disc's look far better. The newer generation media prints a bit quicker, I think about 8 minutes less on HQ settings. I get the dvd's for 20 bucks for 30, not exactly cheap, but printable media + some sort of enamel spray to keep the color label from running with so much as a drop of water. That's a lot of hassle, plus doesn't end up being much cheaper when you factor in the ink usage and time involved. I'll choose my Lightscribe 8 times out of 10.

 

[russr]

Wow that's a lot....I paid $5 at bestbuy for a 10 pack of 16x lightscribe verbatim.

Newegg has the 20pk of lightscribe 16x verbatim for $10.

 

[GeeFizzleDizzle]

Originally posted by: russr
BTW, the latest firmware is BCHB, do I not want that?

Yeah, I know of BCHB. It has been floating around for a while but it is not an official BenQ released firmware and I have heard of people having major media compatibility problems after flashing to it.

 

[russr]

Originally posted by: GeeFizzleDizzle

Originally posted by: russr
BTW, the latest firmware is BCHB, do I not want that?

Yeah, I know of BCHB. It has been floating around for a while but it is not an official BenQ released firmware and I have heard of people having major media compatibility problems after flashing to it.

Actually it is official
http://support.benq.com/front/BenqMain....760&ops=2756&GenMenu=&RootId=undefined

 

[Captante]

I've been using Liteon almost exclusivly for awhile now with no problems whatsoever & currently have the 165 in my main rig, however the Benq (ie: AOpen) will be just fine.

 

[GeeFizzleDizzle]

Originally posted by: russrActually it is official
http://support.benq.com/front/BenqMain....760&ops=2756&GenMenu=&RootId=undefined

Well damn, I wonder how I wasn't able to find that on the BenQ site.

Doesn't change the fact about the media compatibility problems I've heard about.

You can always flash to it and if you don't like it flash back.