New Mad Dog Burner, A BenQ 1640 Rebadged?

ghetocowboy 2005-07-13 05:29:55 UTC #1

http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/12103

8X +R DL, 6X -R DL, same like BenQ 1640. This drive is not out in the US yet and the mad dog just launch this drive. I am hoping it is BenQ 1640, cant wait for the real BenQ to be on the shelves. Any1 know about this? Comments and Opinions are welcome

code65536 2005-07-13 05:43:47 UTC #2

NEC's 3540A is also 8x +R DL / 6x -R DL. Seeing as how Mad Dog has always used NEC DVD-writers in the past, I doubt they'd suddenly switch to BenQ out of the blue, especially since BenQ seems to be suffering from supply problems at the moment.

cmisenko 2005-07-13 06:47:18 UTC #3

guys:
i bought a mdmm 8x dl burner. its a nec3540. i posted this a while back in nec forum. the original mdmm firmware is pretty lame. i have opted for modfied firmware on drive.

El_Mariachi_X 2005-07-14 02:17:42 UTC #4

what kind of problems?

digitaldoc 2005-07-14 04:50:10 UTC #5

The Mad Dog drive has a 17 cm length, the Benq 1640 is 17.7 cm. I don't think it is the Benq model, therefore the NEC is more likely.

Wesociety 2005-07-14 07:49:05 UTC #6

I guess you didn't read my reaction under the news posting that you linked?

code65536 2005-07-14 08:02:06 UTC #7

Hehe. I thought the same thing until I checked the timestamps. The original poster in this thread posted about 7 hours before the first news post reaction showed up.

Wesociety 2005-07-14 09:10:46 UTC #8

doh! /me will check timestamps next time

Sapa 2005-07-14 09:43:22 UTC #9

Do you mean financial problems (profit hit recently disclosed by the company) or quality control problems ?
Thanks for a hint.

code65536 2005-07-15 14:13:32 UTC #10

What the... I swore I typed "supply problems" instead of just "problems" in my post. Guess I'm more absent-minded than I thought...

Anyway, to answer your question, it's neither. The official word is that they do not have enough pickup heads to meet the demand.