In House Review - MSI StarSpeed MS-8216M 16x DVD-ROM

[Ian]

Looking for an ultra-quiet DVD-ROM drive that won't break the bank? MSI's new DVD-ROM drive just might be for you. Sporting 16x DVD and 48x CD read speeds the MS-8216M is MSI's fastest DVD-ROM drive to date. In this review we take a look at some of the features found on MSI's new DVD-ROM drive and then see how it performs. Does it deliver the features and performance you'd expect from a company like MSI? You'll have to read the review to find out.

MSI StarSpeed MS-8216M 16x DVD-ROM

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[dhc014]

Very cool Ian, I've been looking for more info on this drive. It's interesting to hear that it uses an mtk chipset, but it's not really surprising.

[Ian]

yeah, I had to take it apart to see who made it. I found that it used a MediaTek chipset. The PCB's also had big MSI logos on them, so I guess MSI actually manufactured this drive themselves. Now that I think about it, that should have been obvious. MS-8216M (M for MSI) versus the MS-8216B (B for BenQ).

[motocoke]

Hi Ian,

I am looking for a DVD-ROM that reads badly scratched discs well.

From the review, the MSI appears to be such a drive. I am more interested in the drive being able to read scratched video cds and data cds successfully than I am about audio cds.

However, for the DAE tests, you mentioned :

One thing I did notice here was that the MS-8216M was very sensitive to fingerprints and dirt on a disc. The drive had a tendency to produce errors in CD DAE unless the disc was almost spotlessly clean.

So this drive is sensitive to fingerprints / scratches for audio extraction, but not sensitive to reading data ?

[Ian]

The drive didn't seem to have any problems with data CD's or DVD's with scratches mild scratches. Just audio CD's.

The disc I use for the "scratched and dirty" tests is an audio CD btw.