I like to burn some of my 8x rated media at 6x which my litey will do but my benq won't. I'm thinking about replacing my litey with a plextor px-716 or 760. I think the 716 will burn 8x rated media at 6x but I'm not sure about the 760. Thanks.
Thanks. Now I have to decide whether I want to fork out the extra cash for a plex or go with another litey. Hmm decisions. There's nothing wrong with my litey now other than cosmetics. It is beige and my case is charcoal and other drives are black.
Hmm, almost went with the plextor 760 but then I got to reading a lot of bad reviews on newegg and cd freaks. Might go with this litey http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=27-106-019&CMP=EMC-neemail051206&ATT=N82E16827106019 or a benq 1655. I'm waiting on a buddy that has a 1655 to test if it has strategy's for 6x burn speed on 8x media.
Hi, The 'Litey' is the one I suggested. BenQ 1655 supports 2.4x 4x 8x with 8x media. With OverSpeed 12x 16x are added. Excellent writer though. I have two. The 760 has improved with latest f/w, but does have a lot of room for improvement. If using only 16x media from either MCC or TY this drive shows more than a glimpse of its potential.
I really like my benq 1620 pro and it has the same write strategies as your 1655 but I'm a little old fashioned and still like to burn my media a little under rated speed. 8x media burned at 6x has always performed well for me. I've had a few minor pausing/freezing problems burning my 8x TY dvd+r's at 8x. Better results burning them at 6x. My verbatim dvd+r's (MCCOO3) perform better all around but that's just me. I'm going to seriously consider that litey. My SOHW-1633S@SOHW-1653S has been an outstanding drive and seems to rip a little faster than my benq.
Hi, The current range of BenQs with the use of MediaCodeSpeedEdit (readspeed box enabled) are the fastest rippers currently available. SL upto 16x without patching. DL upto 12x without & more than 15x with.I have all the BenQ models from the 1640. I also have the Lite-On SHW-16H5S almost identical to the 6S. The BenQs are faster.
Really. I think they made some nice improvements from the 1620 to the 1640. So how do you compare your litey? I might replace my 1620 later down the road too.
Hi, My 'Litey' is slow & niosey by comparison with the BenQs. I had a 1620 too until last week. Sold it. Now have just 3 1640s 2 1650s & 2 1655s. The Litey is better with CDR. Scanning is different. I originally bought the Litey as so many folk over @ cdfreaks seem to use them for scanning. It made me curious. The Litey despite being slower (marginal in native form) & noisey is still a drive I would recommend. However for you it might be worth going for the BenQ as with SB enabled for known media, stunning burns are possible @ 8x (even 12x with OS enabled too).
Damn your making this decision difficult (I really appreciate all your input though). If the benq would write 8x media @ 6x this would be an easy decision. I've always preached benq 1st choice and lite-on 2nd choice. I have no desire for a NEC, LG, or pioneer.
Hi, Most of my media is 16x. MCC 03RG20/MCC 004/YUDEN000 T03/TYG03. I also have 8x TYG02/CMC MAG.AE1/RitekG05. The CMC & Ritek were bought for me. Until recently only ever used MCC. TY is new to me because until now I get the MCC at aroud half the cost. But in an ever changing market (plus getting the 760 & wanted to compare the 18x) has resulted in my covering the options. As well as the BenQs/Lite-On & Plextor 760, I have Pioneer 110/111.The 111 is a good buy IMO. I also have tried Nec 3520/3540/450/4551 & even with patched f/w from Liggy & Dee I found them lacking in almost every area. If I had to start from scratch knowing what I now know. The BenQ drive would be first on my list. I would still get the Plextor (oh almost forgot have a 716/712/708 as well), the Pioneer 111 & the Lite-On (probably get the 6S instead of the 5S). I would not bother with Nec at all.
Thankyou. You've been most helpful. Sounds like you da man when it comes to dvdrw drives. Couple more questions and I'll let you be. Any reason you would go with a 1650 over a 1655? I was under the impression they were the same except the 1655 incorperates lightscribe. Where would a plextor px-716 fit into the equation? Thanks again. I'm almost sold on the benq.
Hi, The BenQs are the same. 1650 just doesn't have LS h/w. Of the two I'd probably if only one could be chosen go for? Oh! I don't know which. If you look at the previous history ie 1620 & 1625, then if the 1650/1655 follow suit. The 1650 would be the one, more frequent/better f/w support. However the 1655 with LS. Personally not interested in this LS stuff, but who knows what the future holds. Could be a selling point in future when wishing to upgrade. OK the answer if only 1 drive it would be the 1655. If f/w for the 1650 were to outperform that of the 1650. I could always crossflash. If needed could crossflash back to use the LS. One important thing to remember is that if you buy oem, BenQs QSuite is still free (have to download it of course). The 760 is a difficult one. Already with one f/w update quite a lot of problems have been resolved. Still a way to go though. It's been my experience that Plextor get there in the end. So although not quite the 'royalty' that they were. It would in my opinion be foolish to write them off. AutoStrategy used to be a joke. With the 760 this has already had a tweak & is definately going in the right direction. The big question is whether Plextors premium price is jusified. Only if the user is going to use the facilities in PlexTools is this even a possibility. So for the 'typical' user the rest of the market has caught up. In fact in terms of value for money then Plextor is (even if your where you are the 2 yr warranty applies) being usurped. If the unique features are for you, then Plextor still has what it takes. Just.
zebadee, Thanks for everything. I already have qsuite (although I can't use all it's features with my 1620). I will probably go with the 1655. I might bother you again later about some fine tuning on this drive. I'm not an idiot (always build my own pc's) but will always listen to someone with more experience and try to get the most out of my hardware.
Mort81: Using my main combo of ripping with dvd shrink/sometimes enabling anydvd/and autoburn with nero: I have no option in dvd shrink that gives me 6x speed burning on any of my 4 pcs that have benq burners.2-1620s/1640/and 1650 Now for burning with dvd decrypter,6x is no trouble. I just farted around the other day with it and tried 1 at 6x. These benqs do perform better at 8x speed. Neph's getting some awesome scans with his Benq 1655. If the lightscribing feature was important for me,I'd ditch my HP 640c for the Benq 1655. I'll attest to that buddy. Try using that benq 1620 in a single drive pc. With the burning combo I use,you'll have 2x/2.4x/and max burn using 8x media. Leave that setting at max,and sony +1x-8x media will burn at 16x. Unless I has some crap media to throw in for that 2.4x,I'd abort the burn-open files,and backup again-then it gives my 2x/2.4x/4x/8x/12x/and 16x on those Yuden000-T02 and SonyD11 blanks. No overburn protection of qsuite to solve that issue with the 1620.That's why I replaced that 1640 in my main pc for the 1650,and swapped that 1620 from the single drive pc for the 1640. No more overburning using qsuite. Those 1620s are still a hell of a burner. I got my original 1620 in my backup athlon 3000+ and haven't seen a ligitimate burn coaster in 8 months-except a bad batch of Office depot ricohjnp-r03. 6 discs with factory flaws that were visible. I can't even wear it out!
Man I can't make up my mind. Most think either would be a good choice and that their performances are fairly even. Here's my thinking. I'm leaning towards the litey because 1) I can still use kprobe with it 2) better DL burner 3) it has lightscribe and I can replace my benq 1620 later with a 1650 as opposed to a 1655 since ppl tend to prefer the 1650 over the 1655. I can always pick up a 1650 for around $35 less shipping 4) the litey will burn 8x rated media @ 6x 5) the litey SHM-165H6S is on sale right now. Anybody in total disagreement with my reasoning?
Those are all top notch drives marty. In a visit to cdfreaks last night: I found a thread titled benq 1620. A slew of them thought it was the greatest model # for benq in the 1600 series. They agreed the DQ-60 was a pc of crap,and 1670 wasn't far behind. I've got nero6.6.0.14 loaded on my backup pc,giving me full use of nero speed's disc quality test on her. My scans aren't looking as good: 95/96-and I got a 12x burn on MCC-004 to scan now. CDfreaks also says there may be fake cmags out there! Look,nobody would even imagine cmags being faked because how crappy they are. I'm like WTF during that whole thread. Good Luck marty.
Well it's a done deal. Litey is on the way along with a 20 pk of verbatim dvd+r LS media. Another point that persuaded me was that lite-on went back to using the multi-color led like with old liteys before they merged with sony. It can't be any worse than my SOHW-1633S@1653S (not that there is anything wrong with it). This one will look better tucked in with my other black drives in my charcoal case instead of one that is beige. Lotta money to spend for cosmetics huh. I've got some DL projects coming up and am curious to see how this drive will perform. I had to keep the DL burns to 2.4x before to get a descent burn with either of my drives. Hopefully this drive will perform well on 6x/8x rated DL media at 4x or higher. Yeah what a joke. Fake cmc mags. As if you can get any worse than genuine cmags. Whatever. Take care Gary.
