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CDFreaks Presents: The ASUS DRW-1608P3S DVD Burner Review



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Another great review from Zevia great job!
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I found one minor confuse from the review..

http://gfx.cdfreaks.com/reviews/ASUS...S/image129.jpg

in DVD+R writing section.. one picture seem wrong (Verbatim - instead of +)

just notice that..

but the review is perfect...
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Originally Posted by Smith_X
I found one minor confuse from the review..

http://gfx.cdfreaks.com/reviews/ASUS...S/image129.jpg

in DVD+R writing section.. one picture seem wrong (Verbatim - instead of +)

just notice that..
Thanks Smith_X. It's fixed now.
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Yes, excellent review. Thanks zevia.
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Great review zevia, thanks.

The DL writing capabilities seem quite impressive :
- burning MKM 001 at 8X with minimal error counts
- success in burning Ritek DL, which is rare enough to be pointed out.
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Great review zevia.
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i'm curious: is the 1608P3S a rebadged pio 111? i know that the 1608P2S is a pio 110... now let's read the review *lol*.

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yup. you can use the buffalo / pioneer firmware to convert your Asus 1608P3S drive to Pioneer DVR-111 or DVR-111L (lightscribe).
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*hehehe* thanks. i just ordered a pio 111D from newegg -- so i will be a new owner of a pio soon and join the pio community *lol*. i'm glad the buffalo f/w has auto-bitsetting -- never would have gotten a pio otherwise...

quick question: any differences between f/w 1.19 and 8.19 except for the auto-bitsetting?

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yup. you can use the buffalo / pioneer firmware to convert your Asus 1608P3S drive to Pioneer DVR-111 or DVR-111L (lightscribe).
Actually it is Labelflash
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Actually it is Labelflash
Yes of course it is. My bad. It was late in the night....my mind went to bed, but my body was still at the pc.
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Yes of course it is. My bad. It was late in the night....my mind went to bed, but my body was still at the pc.
I've had this experience twice , one time I flashed a mobo with different bios , the other one I flashed my 810A to Benq 1640 with a disc inside
And for OT , why there was no testing for Labelflash in this review ?
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I've had this experience twice , one time I flashed a mobo with different bios , the other one I flashed my 810A to Benq 1640 with a disc inside
And for OT , why there was no testing for Labelflash in this review ?

How, when the ASUS burner doesn't support it?!???
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How, when the ASUS burner doesn't support it?!???
I thought that the reviewer could do some crossflash and test it .

I checked the 111 review and it also has no LF review
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Reviews doesn't include crossflashs, AFAIK.
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Especially if the drive were sponsored by Asus USA.
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That's the point.
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Oh , I see

Now , if only some one could review the Official Buffalo 111L
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Asus released a new firmware on the 4th of July, 1.24!

You can get it here: ftp://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/ODD/...3S_FW124EU.ZIP
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Thanks for Info & Link
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yea, i got firmware v1.24..i just bought it yesterday. manufacture september 2006. what's the difference?
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Hiks..hiks it can't read some of my dvd movies
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Hi,i have this problem with p3s.But first,i wanna mention that this drive i have now,it's the third p3s i've changed.
DVD Decrypter cannot read at speed higher than 2.0x!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So,pls,if someone noticed that,and have some kind of trick or something to improve speed with dvd decrypter and p3s pls pls pls tell.

thx
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Hi,i have this problem with p3s.But first,i wanna mention that this drive i have now,it's the third p3s i've changed.
DVD Decrypter cannot read at speed higher than 2.0x!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So,pls,if someone noticed that,and have some kind of trick or something to improve speed with dvd decrypter and p3s pls pls pls tell.

thx
The conslusion can only be that your hardware has some issues like thw wrong IDE cables and disabled DMA mode!

It would be a very unlikely coincidence if all THREE burners were damaged....
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