NEC2500 finally out...

by **Kennyshin** on Sun Dec 28, 2003 5:05 pm

ND-2500A is also produced in Malaysia. I wonder how much they charge in Malaysia.

by **Sgt_Strider** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:25 am

hoxlund wrote:I bought the NEC 2500 from ewiz for $150.07

$135 + $15.07 fedex express shipping = $150.07

as soon as I receive the drive I will take pics, screenshots

When will you be receiving the drive? I can't wait till you post up your benchmarks!

by **hoxlund** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:58 am

since the whole holiday weekend, they are still processing order

this is as of 8:06am mountain time

by **BMR** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 1:59 pm

Does this drive come right out of the box with 8X -R and 4X -RW support, or is this a firmware update in the future ???.

Has anyone seen any 8X -R or 4X -RW media for sale yet ??

BMR

by **SkaarjMaster** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 2:44 pm

Since I'll be using a DVD burner for CDs also, the 32X CD-R burn is a problem for me. If it remains at 32X and not 40X like some of the others, then I won't be getting this one.

by **sti3** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 4:02 pm

hoxlund wrote:since the whole holiday weekend, they are still processing order
this is as of 8:06am mountain time

I got a notification today that mine shipped. I don't know how to benchmark though so I will leave that to you. I will give a burning time for my first data dvd though.

by **vicvon** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:06 pm

Got mine a couple days ago. Tried Beall 4x dvd-r only burn at 4x. Also tried verbatim datalife 4x +r and they burn at 4 x also.

I would like to find media that burns at 8x so please post back with 8x burns.

So far the only ones I have heard of are the -r (TYG01) -r (MCC01 RG20) +r (YUDEN 000T01) and 6x +r (RICOHJPNR01).

by **hoxlund** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:14 pm

ewiz was backordered, so they cancelled my order

by **aviationwiz** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:17 pm

hoxlund wrote:ewiz was backordered, so they cancelled my order

That sucks, is there anywhere else that carries the 2500?

by **Telstar** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:34 pm

vicvon wrote:I would like to find media that burns at 8x so please post back with 8x burns.

So far the only ones I have heard of are the -r (TYG01) -r (MCC01 RG20) +r (YUDEN 000T01) and 6x +r (RICOHJPNR01).

The Pioneer 4X DVD-R (PVCR001002) also burns at 8X on the NEC ND-2500A, but they are much harder to find in the US than the Taiyo Yuden discs. If you are lucky to have a Fry's store near you, you could find the Fujifilm 10-pack 4X DVD-R discs made by Taiyo Yuden for $19.99, probably the lowest regular price in any retail stores.

by **hoxlund** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:44 pm

just replaced order, this time with mwave

$149 for nec 2500a

by **sci** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:46 pm

ussa.com has the 2500 for $135 w/ free shipping.

I ordered today!

_sci

by **hoxlund** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 10:50 pm

yeah there reseller rating was dangerously low so i decided to skip em

heres there rating: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1317.html

heres mwave's rating: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2089.html

huge difference

by **vicvon** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:01 pm

Anyone figure out how to dump the firmware of this drive yet? If you figure out how to do this please let me know how you did it.

Thanks

by **hoxlund** on Mon Dec 29, 2003 11:06 pm

probably just mtkflash

by **aviationwiz** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:00 am

mtkflash only works with drives with mediatek chipsets (aka, lite-on)

by **hoxlund** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:09 am

by **Sgt_Strider** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 4:43 am

vicvon wrote:Got mine a couple days ago. Tried Beall 4x dvd-r only burn at 4x. Also tried verbatim datalife 4x +r and they burn at 4 x also.

I would like to find media that burns at 8x so please post back with 8x burns.

So far the only ones I have heard of are the -r (TYG01) -r (MCC01 RG20) +r (YUDEN 000T01) and 6x +r (RICOHJPNR01).

Do you happen to have a Liteon drive as well? If you do, maybe you can try to do some Kprobe scan on medias such as TY or Ritek. Thx

by **pigpenz** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 12:45 pm

tried to do a firmware dump for herrie but the nec1x00.exe from dangerous brothers wont do it
then read that it has an entirely different chipset so firmwares hacks will prolly be a while....
and to the other poster works out of the box

I also have a Plextor 708a......the nec2500a at 8x is a little slower by about 30 secs...but you cant beat the price thats for sure

by **sti3** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:33 pm

hoxlund wrote:yeah there reseller rating was dangerously low so i decided to skip em
heres there rating: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller1317.html
heres mwave's rating: http://www.resellerratings.com/seller2089.html
huge difference

ewiz is good though too, and cheaper than mwave.

I have had positive experiences with ewiz so far. Only thing is it's a pain to ship to a different address than your billing address.

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller5721.html

pigpenz what media did you use?

by **hoxlund** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 8:55 pm

but ewiz is outta stock

by **tchrlee** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:27 pm

hoxlund wrote:but ewiz is outta stock

http://store.yahoo.com/livewarehouse/frfesashnd8x.html

I got mine today. So far, so good.

$139.00 Free Fed Ex Shipping

by **sti3** on Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:54 pm

hoxlund wrote:but ewiz is outta stock

Dang, I feel lucky for ordering x-mas night.

tchrlee wrote:I got mine today. So far, so good.
$139.00 Free Fed Ex Shipping

Be sure to post your first burn times!

by **mgala** on Tue Jan 06, 2004 6:05 pm

I got mine yesterday. It is from a bulk . No Manual. No software. You are on your own.

by **kevin2m4** on Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:23 pm

i just bought a nec nd2500a, put it in, windows picks it up as a dvd burner, just updated nero....

it should work the same as my old cdrw shouldnt it?

this is my first dvd burner. i dunno what -r +r means yet.

NEC2500 finally out...

different chipset

Livewarehouse Drive for $136

nec 2500a

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