TDK 440N DVD Writer
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TDK 440N OEM:NEC Chipset:NEC |
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$200 | 7.8/10 70 votes Read 95 comments (74985 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 BestMedia Platinum 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BMI 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 CompUSA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Eagle Media 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GreatAZO 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Legacy 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Liquid Video 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 6 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (INFODISCA01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (ProdiscDVDRW) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mirage Recordable Media 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mirror Platinum 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Optodisc 2.4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Packard Bell 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Panasonic 2xDVD-R (MEI 00V001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Piodata 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Princo 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Prodisc 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Prodye 2xDVD-R (3AM0201.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 RiData 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Ritek 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ritek 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ritek 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 SmartCom 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Supermedia 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 16xDVD-R (TTH02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Value Disc 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+R (MCC.....001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) / Pastel Disc 4xDVD+R (YUDEN000T01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| Superb!!!!! Nothing negative, only that it dosen´t burn on cheap discs. But i don´t, so that´s ok with me..... Comments posted by Gh0sT from Other, September 10, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Pros: It may actually burn a disc. It comes with some software. Cons: Everything else. Doesnt support Nero 6. No customer service. Bad Burns. I originally bought this drive to back up movies and data. HORRIBLE. It came with Roxio - I didnt install, I use Nero. Tok me 2 seconds to find out Nero wasnt supported. Went online to there tech site and initiated a chat with a rep, VERY unhelpful. All he said was he only supported what came in the box. I asked about the nero problem he said "we only support what came in the box", I asked if DVDxcopy worked with the device he said "we only support what came in the box" I asked about.... he said.... Get the picture. I saw a Memorex Dual-x at the same store and decided to trade it for that. I 1st called Memorex tech support - picked up within a few rings!!! He answered all my questions about Nero, DVDX, and others before I even bought the machine!!!!! I was astounded. Too bad TDK - if you could have even 'tried' to answer my questions I would have worked through any problem and even waited for a firmware update if necesary. Ohh well - I recommend the Memorex Dual-X!! Comments posted by East from Other, September 08, 2003. Rated this writer 3 of 10. |
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| occasionally, i've been getting some "power calibration failed" errors (maybe 1 out of 10 discs) with the ritek 4x dvd-r burning with copytodvd, but if i burn at 2x, then it burns ok. anyone else have these problems? i know you can get the power calibration errors with cheap media, but have other people gotten this with the riteks? thanks. Comments posted by byoon from Other, September 02, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| - The Pinnacle Software bundled with the drive is very unstable and poor quality. - The 440N doesn't burn a lot of cheap DVD-R's, I've tried 3 different brands and no one functionned. DON'T BUY THIS!!! Comments posted by Josquin Rosset from Other, September 02, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| i bought this burner from dell (just under $200 with coupons and rebates) and it's great! so far i've used khypermedia dvd-r 1x and ritek dvd-r 4x with no problems. i think i'll stick with the ritek 4x since it burns at 4x and works on my dvd players (apex and toshiba). i've made a few coasters, but mostly due to my fault. i've backed up my own dvds using... 1) smartripper - to rip the dvd onto my hard drive 2) dvd shrink - to make the dvd fit onto a 4.7gb media 3) copytocd/dvd - to burn onto media (yep, i'm the only person in the world without nero) :) but, this seems to work great for me! Comments posted by byoon from Other, August 25, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Guees what... I had the same problem with Memorex DVD-R's, but no more! I used the firmware update and now the unit records them even with Nero. And for all americans: don't worry, use the UK firmware, it does work on the 440n, even if the UK drive is 404n, I have a 440n and did the uk upgrade on it this morning (saying to myself "what the heck, let's see if it works!!") and it upgraded in a jiffy. After rebooting, I tried to record a DVD-R (impossible to do before, I had a "bad command on field error in Nero") and... the drive works GREAT! The only change is that now my drive ID on the computer is 404n instead of 440n, but no functionality change. Comments posted by Juan Jose Velez from Other, August 21, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| The burner works fine as long as you stay away from Memorex -R & -RW's. I thought it may be Pinnacle that was causing my problems, but if I throw in a -RW and try to erase/format, it doesn't like it. I can use the Memorex +RW without any problems. Comments posted by scgregg from Other, August 19, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| firmware is now 1.08 http://www.tdk-europe.com/dvd/uk/support/upgrading/dual_format_4x drive came with 1.05 when i bought on 8/17 updated soon as i got it so dont know if any problems with 1.05 Comments posted by camar0 from Other, August 18, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just got drive after memorex 2.4 dvd+r died.... REMEMBER ALWAYS TO GET WARRANTY! :) was between this and sony 510 read reviews here and decided to go with this drive i must say i am very impressed with this drive burned 2x and 4x great 2x took 22mins and 4x took 13mins, granted this is on 2.8HT p4 burned 2x with compusa dvd+r and fuji 2.4x dvd+r burned 4x DVD+R with TDK TDK and FUJI work great in xbox ***Note: Compusa brand does burn but SUCKS! dvd players that i have tried cant read them btw, fuji seems best for all players that i have tested AND on sale at compusa this week for $60 for 50 pack for dvd+r or -r Comments posted by camar0 from Other, August 18, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| This drive has performed flawless and deserves a perfect rating! Comments posted by Mad Burner from Other, August 10, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Actually the TDK 440N firmware is at 1.08 not 1.07. Comments posted by Mad Burner from Other, August 10, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I was having trouble with this drive at first...turns out that it was the Memorex 4x media that was causing the problem. I am using firmware revision 1.06 and it can burn on Verbatim DVD-RW and TDK DVD-R at 2x with no problem using Roxio's software bundle. Also burned at 2.4x with some generic DVD+R media. I am having some issues with this drive and the VIA IDE miniport drivers, as they seem to conflict with the drive when installed...still trying to figure it out. Ripping speeds are very nice, can usually rip a fully loaded 9gb dvd in about 35 minutes. Just hoping a firmware update comes out that supports more media soon. Will try upgrading to 1.07 soon. Comments posted by DVation from Other, August 08, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Could you please tell me which DVD player you guys have to play the copies??I'm about to get one and I need some advice. My old panasonic don't play any copy. Thanks Comments posted by Hector from Other, August 07, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Is it the Writer or media or operating system ? I have just recently bought this writer and burned the included tdk dvd+r media with no problems ,I got a tube of 25 datawrite classic red dvd-r discs ,I have tried to burn with the included pinnacle software and nero 6 with no luck on windows Me based system . ON WINDOWS ME Nero would only try to burn at 2 speed with no luck and spat the disc out , same thing happend with pinnacle instant cd , I have tried various other software with no joy , As nero and pinacle both use the same driver it was to be expected !!! ON WINDOWS XP I have upgraded to WINDOWS XP and neither the system or nero see the disc ????? !!! SO IM STUMPED IN KNOWING WHAT TO DO .. TDK TECH Tech support was free and quick but had no idea why it wouldnt burn the disc and was going to look into it and let me know heard nothing as of yet .. Can anyone recommend good dvd media for this burnner thanks . Comments posted by john from Other, August 05, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Hi Folks. Bought this burner on July 30 and returned it on July 31 because of incompatibility with Princo 4X discs. Some softwares do not indicate speed. Would have kept burner another week if I know that firmware 1.07 was out so soon. Too late, I bought a Pioneer A06 because it works with Princo. Those two have basically the same innards, aka NEC 1300, but different faceplates and firmware. It is too bad that TDK did not have Princo writing codes from the start. The money goes to Pioneer now! By the way, my Pioneer burner works like a charm straight out of the box. What more can one ask for? TDK, I hope you guys are up to the task by the time I upgrade my burner. Good luck! Comments posted by Steve from Other, August 04, 2003. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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| great burner, i work at best buy and i got one for 200 bucks and bought a 3yr warranty so I can upgrade later when 8x comes out. other than that good stuff, very quick and effiecent. I high recommend for the those just getting started. Comments posted by brandon from Other, August 02, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I think was a great buy...an incredible DVD RW that i got. i made over 10 dvd for my colection of classic moviez just like: spiderman star wars series harry potter men in black and...just great Henries page just amaizing i live in chile... i got 1.05 firmware..not hacked yet...it{s to new i want to see more comment about the firmware....before flashing..i got my bios for backup... Comments posted by kjack from Other, August 02, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| New Firmware 1.07 available at http://www.tdk-europe.com/dvd/uk/support/upgrading/dual_format_4x Website states: "4x dual internal Firmware upgrade - This firmware upgrade will optimize writing and reading strategies with various DVD media: DVD+R 4x Taiyo Yuden, CMC, Prodisc, Ritek DVD+R 2.4x MPO, Lead Data, Euro Digital Disc DVD-R 4x Princo, Lead Data, Inter Media DVD-R 2x Princo, OPTODISC, CMC, Inter Media, AMC, BeALL, Euro Digital Disc Comments posted by videoguy from Other, July 31, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Hi folks! I bought this at a local Costco for $429 Cdn. and am quite pleased with the results of my (limited) burning experiences. There is one MAJOR (for me) problem though. BitSetter does not work on this drive and so I can't view any DVD+RWs on my Toshiba SD-6200 or SD-2200 drives. I probably would have bought another burner had I known this in advance. :-( Roberta Comments posted by Roberta from Other, July 26, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I have recently purchased this dvd burner 5 weeks ago, and I very happy with it. It comes with the Roxio CD/DVD 6 Software(very easy to use). I have backed up several movies in my collection with no problem.I have even backed up Blade 2 with Pinnacle, which inluded all the menus. This player kicks butt. Comments posted by Mindchanger from Other, July 17, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Got it a week ago. I had set my mind on NEC 1300 but since it's release in Sweden was delayed again and again I bought the TDK since it IS a NEC 1300 in a different cabinet. So far I'm quite satisfied. It burns fast and smoothly except if you use Nero. And YES I have firmware 1.06 so I can burn DVD-R(W) but not if I use "Disc at once" in Nero. My TDK came bundled with a whole bunch of Pinnacle programs. With one of them: Instant CD+DVD, the TDK burns everything on anything. To bad the user-interface is totally crap in the pinnacle program, but when it in the end, does what I want (that is: burn my DVDs excellent) one shouldn't complain. If it had been region free and 100% compatible with Nero I would have rated it 10 - superb. Comments posted by Fredrik from Other, July 11, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| This is a kick-ass multi format burner. For the price you cannot beat the quality plus it is the only black dual drive on the market. I have successfully burned all data types and with many types of media. I prefer the TDK DVD-R and DVD+R. If you bought it before June 17th, you will need to flash it. It works well with most software packages but NERO balks with dvd-rs if its not flashed with 1.06. I bought mine at dell for 229.00 after rebate. I would highly reccomend this to anyone. Also, dont bother loading there software. Use the burning software you are the most comfortable with. Nero gets my vote. Cheers. Comments posted by Thumper from Other, July 04, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Got this drive the other day and so far works great. Used the inclued roxio easy cd creator software to make a data disc of about 6 divx movies and works. Also installed dvdxcopy 1.52 and dvdxcopy express 2.5.0 so far i have used the express version to make a backup of my old school dvd which plays great on my apex dvd player. I used a maxell dvd+R for both projects i have done. Specs of my pc are xp pro, 512mb ram, 100mb hd, 1.7 ghz amd athlon xp. Comments posted by Fuel from Other, June 29, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I have burned 9 DVD-Rs 2 DVD+RWs and 11 DVD+Rs and so far none have failed using TDK Media and Memorex Media. I think this is one of the best dvd burners out there. I bought this over the new Pioneer A06. Comments posted by Gullil from Other, June 25, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Working great! Got the 1.06 update and I can burn everything using Roxio or Nero. I'm able to view the movies on my player (Philips 724) nicely. Just took me a bit to figure out I needed the 1.06 update to get the -R/-RW to work with Nero (update not necessary if you stick with Roxio), and that I needed to burn in ISO mode, not UDF to get the movies to work properly on my DVD player. Can't complain, everything is working great... Comments posted by tedvz from Other, June 23, 2003. Rated this writer 9 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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