NU DDW-081

[Scour]

http://www20.tomshardware.com/storage/2 ... er-14.html

New and nice design

[dodecahedron]

The DDW-81 is a drive of the latest generation and can thus burn DVDs at 8x - although only on DVD+R. It can burn rewriteable DVD+RWs at 4x, a feat otherwise mastered only by the Sony drive.

hmm...correct me if i'm wrong:
Plextor PX-708A, Lite-On LDW-401S, Lite-On LDW-411S can do this too, no? (other drives too, i'm sure, these are the first that came to mind).

OK they probably mean only among the drives in that review.
still a very blatant error IMO. they should know better than that.

not very good for THG's reputation.

[Ian]

IMO, they left way too many questions unanswered. In particular, they don't mention anything about the drive's writing performance. All they do is test how fast these drives can rip some DVD movies.

[Bhairav]

Bah! Don't read Uncle Tom's web-shite. Sucks, to put it mildly. He got bought out by Intel. Basically:

1)For motherboards and CPUs, read:
www.anandtech.com
www.hardocp.com
www.lostcircuits.com
www.aceshardware.com

2)Recordable CD and DVD:
www.cdrlabs.com of course
www.cdfreaks.com

3)Vid cards: Anandtech and Hardocp.

[Scour]

Hello!

Do someone know more about this drive? Is it an OEM-drive?

[Ian]

Hello!

Do someone know more about this drive? Is it an OEM-drive?

It's manufactured by QSI and uses Philips' Nexperia chipset. More info here:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12956

[VEFF]

The DDW-81 is a drive of the latest generation and can thus burn DVDs at 8x - although only on DVD+R. It can burn rewriteable DVD+RWs at 4x, a feat otherwise mastered only by the Sony drive.

hmm...correct me if i'm wrong:
Plextor PX-708A, Lite-On LDW-401S, Lite-On LDW-411S can do this too, no? (other drives too, i'm sure, these are the first that came to mind).

OK they probably mean only among the drives in that review.
still a very blatant error IMO. they should know better than that.

not very good for THG's reputation.

Wow! Yes, that is a notable error.
The 708A (and others) burn 4X DVD+RW media at 4X.

[dodecahedron]

In particular, they don't mention anything about the drive's writing performance. All they do is test how fast these drives can rip some DVD movies.

yeah, quite ironic, considering they're reviewing DVD burners!!!
they did say they used the drives to burn DVDs. but when reporting the performance of each drive, there's very little on writing performance if at all.

pitiful.

[Scour]

Hello!

Do someone know more about this drive? Is it an OEM-drive?

It's manufactured by QSI and uses Philips' Nexperia chipset. More info here:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=12956

Thanks for the link

[BoogieBlues]

Its going back Monday....It Sucks....It plays CD's...lol....Its a terrible CD burner....using Nero....it made toasters out of Good TY CD-r media at 40X...32X....24X....also made Toasters with the Sonic Software that came with it....Finaly got some decent burns with My Music Match Jukebox...As far as the DVD goes it wont play them and it wont even read that there in the drive with the Media they sent packed with the unit,,,even upgraded to the latest firmware BX03....still no good....changed instalation around every way possible...still no good....my cheap Lite-on DVD rom reads all the media but theDVD-081 wont....IAM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS UNIT!!!!!!! Dont try to save a few dollars by buying this unit it will cost you in the long run.....get a pioneer 106 if you want fast get the Plextor 708A....Big John

[NUT ek]

Its going back Monday....It Sucks....It plays CD's...lol....Its a terrible CD burner....using Nero....it made toasters out of Good TY CD-r media at 40X...32X....24X....also made Toasters with the Sonic Software that came with it....Finaly got some decent burns with My Music Match Jukebox...As far as the DVD goes it wont play them and it wont even read that there in the drive with the Media they sent packed with the unit,,,even upgraded to the latest firmware BX03....still no good....changed instalation around every way possible...still no good....my cheap Lite-on DVD rom reads all the media but theDVD-081 wont....IAM VERY DISSAPOINTED WITH THIS UNIT!!!!!!! Dont try to save a few dollars by buying this unit it will cost you in the long run.....get a pioneer 106 if you want fast get the Plextor 708A....Big John

Hey BIG JOHN heres a thought for you.............

"When life hands you lemons - Grab the salt & pass the tequila baby..."

Hehehehe tell su how you go with what evea u decide to do

btw the nutech website is back up if that helps...