CDFreaks First Look at the NEC ND-3540A
| NEC / Optiarc Writer Discuss, CDFreaks First Look at the NEC ND-3540A at CD and DVD Writers forum; Greetings, The NEC ND-3540A First Look article is now online. http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/206/1 This article should have been up much sooner but we were investigating some of the results with NEC. __________________ DVDRentalForums.com Netflix, Blockbuster & other DVD rental services discussion community WesleyTech.com Blu-ray, HD DVD & optical storage blog ~ My |
Posted: 14-06-2005 - #1
| Greetings, The NEC ND-3540A First Look article is now online.  http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/206/1 This article should have been up much sooner but we were investigating some of the results with NEC.
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Posted: 15-06-2005 - #2
| Thanks for the preview. It's a pitty that a real review is not available yet  I suspect there still are issues with this drive which make that CDFreaks has not released a real review yet (the same holds for the Benq 1640 unfortunately). Like many others I want to buy either the Nec 3540 or the Benq 1640. I'm still waiting for the reviews to make up my choice. We'll just have to be more patient...
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Posted: 15-06-2005 - #3
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Full reviews take much longer since the amount of media tested increases more than ten-fold. Don't worry, we will of course have full reviews of the NEC ND-3540A and the BenQ 1640A. 
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Posted: 15-06-2005 - #4
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 I know a lot of paid reviewers and website owners that write DVD writer reviews of less tests, less pages, and no PIE/PIF scans.
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Posted: 16-06-2005 - #6
| Head to head? You can compare the supported features, specifications and writing speed performance by reading the First Look articles. First Look: BenQ DW1640 DVD burner First Look: NEC ND-3540A DVD burner Our full reviews on both drives will analyze burn quality with PI/PIF scans on LiteOn hardware and 16x transfer rate/read tests. At that time, you will be able to compare the writing quality "head to head".
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Posted: 16-06-2005 - #7
| On the full review, are you going to use FW 1.01 or 1.W3?
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Posted: 16-06-2005 - #8
| Official NEC firmware.
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Posted: 17-06-2005 - #9
| I'll just quote the responses that I wrote at the article's page: Quote:
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Posted: 17-06-2005 - #10
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Posted: 17-06-2005 - #12
| Nice work, but you should use .png for more clear shots, usually size is smaller than with .jpg too for text/apps. For photos .jpg is better. |
Posted: 17-06-2005 - #13
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Two drives reviewed in the same article. Why should it be a problem? Quote:
So far, I can see the following differences: Code: Average BenQ NEC ------- ---- --- Pressed CD read 35.57X 34.19X CD-R read 36.41X 35.66X CD-RW read 30.64X 31.43X Audio CD read 37.29X 30.95X 99min CD read 38.17X -- DVD video read 11.95X 5.99X DVD video DL read 9.02X 5.46X DVD ROM read ?? 11.90X DVD+R read 12.07X 11.92X DVD+RW read 9.33X 9.90X DVD-R read 12.07X 11.99X DVD-RW read 9.33X 9.88X DVD+R9 read 9.05X 5.46X DVD-R9 read -- 5.47X CD-R Write 35.02X (2:59) 36.65X (2:46) CD-RW write 30X (3:10 P-CAV) 29.58X (3:07 Z-CLV) DVD+R Write 11.4X (5:46) 11.82X (5:53) DVD+RW Write 7.7X (7:51) 8X (7:18) DVD+R Write 11.28X (6:07) 11.78X (5:54) DVD+RW Write 5.90X (10:28) 5.79X (10:38) DVD+R9 write 7.5X (15:04 P-CAV) 6.54X (18:31 Z-CLV) [issues] DVD-R9 write -- 5.65X (20:42 Z-CLV) [issues] Spec. DVD access time 120ms 140ms |
Posted: 18-06-2005 - #14
| @alexo, thanks for the comparison table! Our review team will consider doing a head-to-head article. But as I stated earlier, once the full reviews are published, you should be able to make some good comparisons between the two drives.
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Posted: 23-06-2005 - #16
| I'm a newbie and I'm confused. Is the 3540 and 3540A the same? |
Posted: 24-06-2005 - #17
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Here's a summary of a BenQ review: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revi...4268&PageId=24 Last edited by alexo; 24-06-2005 at 05:39. |
Posted: 26-06-2005 - #20
| I just read both reviews, but I have to say I am very impressed by the BenQ DW1640 As you see almost all negative points of the BenQ are also negative points of the NEC, but not mentioned at the negative points of NEC (else maybe list to long?). - Reads CD-RW only at 40x (same for NEC) - Green LED for both reading and writing (same for NEC) - Does not support Mt. Rainier (same for NEC) (- Does not support LightScribe - NEC supports?) The PIE/PIF tests overall looks better on the BenQ, so far. I am curious to see the full review. Now I own a NEC 3500, which I am very pleased with, but I cannot do any testing with it  (why is the firmware not public yet, no reason more to hold it back, because NEC will never release it? so just give it out for whoever wants to try it)I think now I will go for the BenQ. |
Posted: 26-06-2005 - #21
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@Ron the 2nd Maybe just because of the same reason some of us use _ as in KEN_2005_CDF instead of Kenny 2005 at CDFreaks.com.
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Posted: 27-06-2005 - #22
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Posted: 27-06-2005 - #23
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 Your theory doesn't answer why it is "_NEC" and not just "NEC".I think that they probably didn't even notice that there is an underscore in the beginning...  |
Posted: 27-06-2005 - #24
| I believe the ATAPI standard requires the manufactures ID string to be at lease 4 characters long, and I'm not sure if a space can be used so, _NEC although I guess NEC_ could also have been used. NEC have always done it this way.
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Posted: 27-06-2005 - #25
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