TDK 840G DVD Writer
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TDK 840G OEM:Plextor Chipset:Sanyo |
40xCDR PCAV 24xCDRW PCAV 4xDVD-R CLV 2xDVD-RW CLV 8xDVD+R ZCLV 4xDVD+RW CLV |
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$250 | 8.8/10 21 votes Read 32 comments (43412 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 Arita 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 0 good, 2 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 1xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Liquid Video 2.4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOP2) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Maxell 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (INFODISCA01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (PRODISC.W02) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Staples 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 StarLogic 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 16xDVD+R (CMC MAG.M01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 5 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Teon 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Teon 4xDVD+R (PHILIPS.C08) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Value Disc 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Yamakawa 4xDVD-R (DKMZ01......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| Installed the TDK-840G drive as slave to Lite-On DVD-ROM. No problems once the firmware was flashed. Burns FUJI DVD+R between 4x->8x effortlessly. DVD and CD-RW's burn fine as well. No problems transferring media to various standalones . Most burning software recognizes and supports the drive. I didn't know it was a OEM Plextor 708 when I got it. I highly recommend this drive. Be sure to do the firmware upgrade to the drive immediately after installation.. Comments posted by Cman from Other, December 30, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Sepen, can you tell us how you flashed the firmware with the Plextor 1.04 version? What lines did you have to change and what did you have to change them to? Thanks in advance. Comments posted by Fargo from Other, December 28, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Picked this up at Staples. It is the Plextor 708. I even flashed it to the Plextor 1.04 firmware, just had to change two lines in the ini file. It works perfectly. Burns TDK and Memorek 4x +r at 8x speeds. I have used Nero, DVDDecrypter and Easy CD with it and they all work fine with it. Has a black face plate to. Comments posted by Sepen from Other, December 27, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Great Drive! Same as the Plextor 708A. Usually all TDK CD/DVD RW products are the same as Plextor, and burning cd's @ 40x is a bonus. Great buy. Comments posted by Realm from Other, December 08, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just did an upgrade to my system: TDK 840G, ATI All-In-Wonder 9800 Pro, Maxtor 200gb 8mb buffer HDD. I have had good results and value from my TDK 40/12/48B CD burner, so when I heard that TDK and others were coming out with 8x DVD burners I looked at the TDK. I have heard it is basically the same as the Plextor but with a lower price point. So far I am very happy with it. My only gripe is that they bundled Roxio Easy CD/DVD 6 with it, I already had Nero Ultra 6 and have had no trouble with Nero but several issues with Roxio. Comments posted by Eric from Other, December 04, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| After trying 3 different Plextor 708's from best buy, I thought I would give the TDK 840 a try. On the Plextor drives, anything I would try to burn above 2x would fail. I really wanted the 708 because of all the good things I heard about it. I think they must have got a bad batch of them. As it ends up even with my TDK, I got a plextor 708 anyway. At least thats what im hearing from the net, thats it's actually a plex 708. It burns all 4x rated media that I have tried at 8x(tdk,memorex,maxell). Overall I'm very happy with this drive. With the ability to read and write cdr's at 40x, you don't really need a cdrw drive anymore. A very fine drive! Comments posted by David from Other, November 08, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Purchased this drive locally at Best Buy (bricks and mortar) for $250, not on sale. Drive looks and acts identically to the Plextor 708A in every way and is a fantastic drive. (It IS an OEM'ed Plextor 708A) Burns on 8X on the same discs as the Plextor. I have tried (successfully) Maxell 2x DVD-R (burned at 2x), Ritek 2X G03 DVD-R (burned at 2x), Apple 4X DVD-R (at 4X), TDK 4X DVD+R (burned at 8X), Memorex 4X DVD+RW (burned at 4X), Fuji 2.4X DVD+RW (burned at 2.4x) and probably more I haven't thought of. Plus 40X CDRs from all kinds of manufacturers at 40X. A direct physical comparison of my drive and a plextor is located at: http://www.geocities.com/controller2k/ (Note this is a Geocities page and if it gets overloaded will disappear.) Comments posted by Paul from Other, November 02, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Writer = New DVD Writer since your last vist. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer. Chipset The manufacturer of the main chipset the DVD writer/recorder is based on. Write support / Read support DVD-R = Works DVD-R? = Not tested Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds 1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes 2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes 2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes 4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes 6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes 8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes 12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes 16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds 1x CLV = about 105 minutes 2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes 4x CLV = about 27 minutes Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds 1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes 6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes 8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes 12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes 16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes DVD Write types CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed. CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed. ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased. PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore. Connection Desktop = Standalone desktop DVD Recorder EIDE = Computer DVD Writer with EIDE/IDE connection SCSI = Computer DVD Writer with SCSI connection USB = Computer desktop DVD Writer with USB 2.0 or/and 1.1 connection FireWire = Computer desktop DVD Writer with IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.Link connection (some standalone desktop dvd recorder supports this also but then it is usually to connect your DV camera to the recorder) Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. |
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