Post your BenQ DW1620 media here

Oman those were very good burns...

I feel some great relief, really Thx!

Hi People,

The unit was delivered Sat. 5th Feb. It had B2.5 firmware. I flashed it in safe mode under WinXP (SP1) with B7T9.cvt using WinDWFlash.exe.
The flash seemed to go well and I rebooted. The Drive was now recognised as a BenQ.

Hi People,

After reading many threads here at dcfreaks, (what a great forum - congrats), I decided to buy a Phillips DVDR 1640k (black).

The unit was delivered Sat. 5th Feb. It had B2.5 firmware. I flashed it in safe mode under WinXP (SP1) with B7T9.cvt using WinDWFlash.exe.
The flash seemed to go well and I rebooted. The Drive was now recognised as a BenQ.

EDIT: (Pressed submit instead of Preview )

I used a Verbatim 8X MMC 003 for my first burn, and was really pleased with the result. The BenQ is surely a great burner!

Attached is an image of the disc quality test. Hope it shows up, not sure how to post it.
Thanks to all for guiding me along the right (BenQ) path.

Regards.

EDIT 2: Forgot to mention the disc was burned at 8X, after QScan told me it was unsuitable for burning at any higher speeds.

Nice burns oman

@JonUK

Congradulations on a great 1st burn--almost no PIF's
I'm jelous

This is from a cheap 4x dvd-r (11cents) with no media ID

Is this scan passable or not? Note the high # of PI failures

Passable scan - can't complain about that for 11 cents per disc, hehe.

I think the scan on the 11 cent meida is probably overall very good...max is 12 PIF and I bet if it is a movie it will play fine....longevity on cheap media is more an issue

just do not forget in the BenQ forums the std is very high.... the BenQ on good media produces excellent scans so by the stds around here it is ok...but overall good

I would no worry so much on the error/failure as much as overall media quality for the longevity esp if you are putting critical data etc on the discs

I picked up TY02 8x dvd+r 2 spindles excellent quality media.... I burn at 16x as test of burner abilities but I think 12x is best for this media and any data backups, image backups are done at 12x(movies are done at 12x/16x)...and feel pretty secure these will stand the test of time....

of course no one knows for like 20 yrs duration but for near future(few yrs) time frame

The MCC 003 scans look ok to me, how do they look if burned at 4x?

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Last edited by bcn_246; 09-02-2005 at 15:59.

Media: Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R DL (MKM 001)
Burner: BenQ 1620
Firmware: B7T9 (official)
Recording software: Nero 6
BitSetting: DVD-ROM
Type of disc burned: A full video DVD (7.91GB)
Recording speed: 4x
Scanning software: Nero CD-DVD Speed 3.61
Scanning speed: 4x
Comments: First layer was great, but the 2nd layer has a high rate of PI Errors and PI Failures. At £5 ($9) a disc its difficult for me to try a few times to see if this will allways happen.

Ben > Is that a movie on that disk? If so will it play ok? Scan looks good.

Media: 8x DVD-R Silver Shiny Top ProdiscF01 bought from Shop4Tech
Burner: BenQ 1620 OEM Bulk crossflashed to B7P9
Firmware: B7P9
Recording software: Nero 6
BitSetting: DVD-R
Type of disc burned: A full video DVD (4.3GB)
Recording speed: 12x took a bit over 6 minutes.
Scanning software: Nero CD-DVD Speed 3.61
Scanning speed: 8x
Comments: Bought as 8x, BenQ lets me burn at 12x with good results.

Media: 8x DVD+R Platinum (25 pcs cakebox)
MID code: RICOHJPNR02
Burner: BenQ 1620
Firmware: B7T9
Recording speed: 8x
Scanned at 4x

Nope, it doesnt play in my standalone (starts ok, but after the intro titles it just freezes), but perfect on my PC.

My standalone is a Panasonic DVD-S47, it is VERY picky. It wont play DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW (It will play the +R with BitSetting). I will try it in my friend's cheap standalone, see if it plays in there.

Ben

edit - see below

Media: MCC 02RG20, sold as 8X DVD-R Verbatim DataLifePlus from blankmedia.ca
Burner: BenQ 1620 OEM Bulk crossflashed to B7T9
Firmware: B7T9
Recording software: Nero 6.6.0.6
BitSetting: DVD-R
Type of disc burned: Small 1GB ISO
Recording speed: 8X
Scanning software: Nero CD-DVD Speed 3.61
Scanning speed: 8x
Comments: Sorry for submitting such a small scan, but this is the first burn of my new media I don't have anything else to burn ATM... hehe... AND I meant to buy MCC 003 but I accidentally chose this stuff, but it doesn't look so bad!
I'll post some more scans later.



EDIT - Sorry about the double post I meant to edit my post right before this one! Mod please delete the first post, Thanks!

12X Burn on Verbatim DVD+R MCC004
BenQ 1620 B7T9 Firmware

Few days ago I ran a scan and got a decent result. I ran a scan today and the result is scan 1. I checked this on another pc and foundthe same spike at th 0.4 mark. Then cleaned the disk ( with a music CD cleaner !!) and scanned again - scan 2. I'm sure that with a little more careful cleaning I could get the figure back to its original 98%.

Has anyone with really good scans rescaned some days or weeks later ?
My guess is that if the DVD has been watched a few times, handled by several people the scans will not look quite so good. Again I would guess that most of the scans being seen are based upon newly recorded disks ?

Does anyone have any suggested ways to clean DVDs ? I don't mean sandpaper or wax - which I would class as repairing DVDs - but what is the best way to simply remove dust, finger prints etc ?

I just got my 1620. It was the OEM with G*** Firmware. I flashed it to retail to B*** . So, how do these scans look?

This is a Benq 8X+R burned at 16X on 1620@B7T9. What do you guys think? It qualifies for a coaster? It reads back on my NEC 3500 at full speed fine though.

Marginal........If it's a movie does it play?

I clean DVDs the same way I have cleaned CDs for the last 10 or 12 years. I take 'em to the kitchen sink and use a kleenex and dish detergent under running water. Do not rub in a spiral direction, instead rub gently from the center hub towards the outside edge. Afterwards, lay on a paper towel and allow to air dry.

I just hate this nasty ol' media! 12X - 6:18 - MCC004 - 1620@B7T9.........

If you're tired of media testing, f/w questions and flashing, reading 1000's of post, and of course hardware testing: IDE Cables, Master/Slave, Drivers! Forget 'bout the BS and stick to good media............

Regards-

Hi

Could someone help me out here? Something has got to be wrong; probably something with the IDE connection. Just to let you know, the BenQ drive is connected via a IDE PCI Controller, after just realising to install some software for the controller I can find out what connection it is connected at, the program reports that the drive is connected at MDMA 2 and says it is connected with a 80pin cable?

The card is the following
http://www.siliconimage.com/products/product.aspx?id=31

Having looked, ive realised the drivers I have installed are 3 years old, this could be the problem, will update and report back.

The media burnt is FUJIFILM DVD+R YUDEN-T02.

Mark