My short (p)review of the Benq 1640

[Gabe]

3 new tested media. Benq DW 1640 BSLB


SB/WOPC on

[Gabe]

Normally I would post here some scans made by Benq 1640 and LiteOn 1653S from a RitekF1 (burned in 1640), but it´s not possible

At 17% the 1640 slowdown to 8x, Nero´s Verify shows "all ok" but the Benq slowdown from 79% til end


The 1640 and LiteOn 1653S shows media as "Blank disc", no scan possible.

But some other drives (all I tried) have no problems to recognize and play it:


Toshiba SD-M 1912
LiteOn JLMS XJ-HD166S DS1E

Cyberhome CH DVD 402
Panasonic DMR-E 53
JVC DR-M 10S


So I used the 166S for scanning, but can choose only max. speed. The result is not good:

[Gabe]

Brand: Datawrite Grey DVD-R 16x
Mediacode: ProdiscF02
Burner: BenQ 1640 BSLB
WOPC: on
Overspeed: off
Solidburn: on
Burnspeed possible: 16x
Burnspeed selected: 16x
Burntime: 6:38
Reader: LiteOn 1653 and Benq 1640

Not a top-media, but overall good quality for the price