LaCie 16x DVD±RW DL LightScribe External DVD Writer
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LaCie 16x DVD±RW DL LightScribe External OEM:Philips-BenQ Chipset:Philips |
40xCDR CAV 24xCDRW PCAV 8xDVD-R PCAV 4xDVD-RW CLV 16xDVD+R CAV 4xDVD+RW CLV 2.4xDVD+RDL CLV |
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USB2 or Firewire, 2MB, LightScribe
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$175 | 3.5/10 2 votes Read 3 comments (28143 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 Dupsonic 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 8xDVD+R (EMDP....000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (FTI RG16....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPND00) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+R (RITEK...D01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 16xDVD+R (RITEK...R04) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Tesco 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim 16xDVD-R (MCC 03RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Verbatim 16xDVD+R (MCC.....004) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-RW (MCC 01RW11n9) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| Lightscribe printing on HP media will produce sub-par results, not crisp, and not as dark. Lacie tech support said it may be an issue with software/hardware of the drive. As stated above, verbatim is the recommended media for lightscribe, as is sony and tdk (for burning). The sample verbatim cd they sent with the drive printed great. I havent tried burning anything yet just trying out the print quality. Other comments: the drive is super quiet.. cant even tell its on. Its a little longer than the average external drive. Comments posted by dausone from United States, July 15, 2005. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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| Did not recognize or work with 2 or 3 major brands of DVD media including Phillips and Imation. They recomended Verbatim media, but it still had a high failure rate with that, about 6 of 25 failed. Lightscrib worked well enough. It produced greyscale images, but with limited shading, and took a while to burn. Its OK for basic labeling if you don't want to use paper labels or buy a printer that prints labels on the disc. I'm returning it for a drive that burns more reliably on more media. That way I can save more money on sale priceses without worry of getting incompattible media. Comments posted by Manuel from United States, July 12, 2005. Rated this writer 2 of 10. |
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| This drive does support booktype/bitsetting. (but not through the included software) It shows up in winXP device manager as "...DVDRW8651..." After some google searching, I suspect this might be the same Philips core as the BenQ 1625. The BenQ download page for model 1620 has a utility for setting booktype named "Booktype_Management_v8.3.zip", and that utility does work on the Lacie drive. The Lacie factory defaults (firmware CX30) were: DVD+RW: DVD-ROM DVD+R: DVD-ROM DVD+RDL: DVD-ROM Comments posted by orsetto from United States, June 21, 2005. Rated this writer No rating. |
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Column Explanation:  Click on this for
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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