Mad Dog Megastor MD-16XDVD9-EXT DVD Writer
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Mad Dog Megastor MD-16XDVD9-EXT OEM:NEC Chipset:NEC |
48xCDR CAV 24xCDRW ZCLV 16xDVD-R CAV 4xDVD-RW CLV 16xDVD+R CAV 4xDVD+RW CLV 4xDVD+RDL CLV |
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$150 | 8.0/10 10 votes Read 10 comments (27512 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 Fujifilm 8xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Fujifilm 8xDVD+R (YUDEN000T02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 16xDVD-R (SONY16D1....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Teon 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| Had no problems with several different 8x DVD's for over a year. Then tried a 16x no-name and Sony DVD-R. Could not get them to work. Did a firmware upgrade from 2F2 (out of the box) to the latest I could find which was 2FD. It's 2 years old but it worked. I am now burning 16x Sony and TDK DVD-R. Came bundled with Nero 6.3.X suite. Still working for me. Never tried a DL blank. One look at the prices and there is nothing I have done so far that would make me choose those expensive blanks. Comments posted by IGarcia from United States, June 10, 2007. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Bought an emprex 8x internal last year and it has done pretty good up till now with minimal complaints, but i was in the market for a new dvd burner and wanted an external unit. I am a heavy user, i burn maybe 15 movies per week, sometimes more. I have thrown every type of blank disk at this burner from top of the line name brands to cheapies and it burns fast and well, so far I have made 25 movies with one coaster and that coaster was my fault. I have ripped and burned movies in as fast as 27 minutes and as slow as one hour, do get the firmware upgrade (live update) and make sure you have usb 2.0 if not it is terribly slow going. But so far i am completely pleased for what i paid for it which was $119 on clearance at office depot, and it was reading these reviews on this forum that made me want this drive, as someone else put it on here, this dvd burner does make more compatible dvd's than any other burner i have used, and i have used several from emprex to HP burners. So far I am really happy, even though I have only had the drive for a week.... Comments posted by calibrak from United States, May 10, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I have had mine for a month, and quite frankly at first I thought it was junk. But I had a friend take it home over a weekend, to see if he could make it work. It took me almost a week to get it back because he loved it so much. I didn't have any problems recording CD's, in fact it recorded great. I first had problems with DVD's. Well it turned out that it was me, not the device. After reading this forum and educating myself, I was able to get it working just fine. I am truely able to enjoy it now. Operating System: XP Home, 1.8Ghz Capture Card: ATI Wonder Pro Software: Nero 6 Ultra Edition. Comments posted by Retired Grunt from United States, April 04, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Bought at Compusa in December "04". After rebate (which I still have not received) it was $99. Have windows XP home. Have burned about 200 dvd's. Have had some dvd coasters (about 10) but mostly with cheaper media such as princo. Almost no problems with memorex +RW, TDK +R, teon -R. Most of the problems (coasters) occurred while burning cd's. Was probably the media (optima 32x). For every 1 successful -- 1 bad. Can't complain for the price. Comments posted by Willy from United States, March 24, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Sony is literally infinitely better. I have a DRU500A and a Mad Dog dual layer thing , USB 2.0 new to last christmas. It cannot see an endless list of media. I have Teon, nope, Verbatim brand new 8X DVD-r, no, can't even see top of the live Sony DVD-r 8X dvd's. This thing is a piece of defication and I really REALLY wish I had thrown anoth $50 into it to get a second SONY. DO NOT BUY MAD DOG. They do not take the time to make sure the code is written to work with XP home or XP pro. Some say it works with windows 2000. Whhoopdee doo. Hardware designed to work with one operating system version will not be around long. I got RIPPED off. Mad dog by the way does not return calls, or emails. Comments posted by Ted from United States, March 07, 2005. Rated this writer 4 of 10. |
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| I have problem burning to compusa 2x DVD-R, with windows XP, but it burn fine with Windows 2000 pro. Look like it has compatibility issue with XP! Most likely is the ALi USB mass storage chip set. Comments posted by singsing from United States, February 20, 2005. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| Burns DVD -R fine with 4X media but errors out with 2X media (both from Comp-USA) Latest firmware installed and latest Nero versions. Comments posted by DocBruce from United States, February 11, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| This is a superb drive. Seems as if enphasis is on speed and compatabibility. This drive has the ability to make DVD+Rs/RWs playable on more DVD players than a regular DVD writer would be able to do. Comments posted by Norberto from United States, January 11, 2005. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Great unit, so far. No coasters. Easily copies disc-to-disc. Under $100 from chain retailer, with rebate. Comments posted by Maria from United States, December 30, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Burns fine at 4X on Fuji 8X rated DVD-R (074101752687) using DVD Shrink 3.2/Nero 6. But I get errors when buring at 2X on the same media using the same software. Using the 16XDVD9_FW_2FA.exe firmware on this 16X Mad Dog drive. Comments posted by iyerusa from United States, December 18, 2004. Rated this writer 8 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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