BenQ 16x Super Multi Drive - DQ60

[Ian]

BenQ Japan announced their new 16x Super Multi drive this morning. It's good to finally have some official specs.

Press release: http://www.benq.co.jp/pressrelease/050927_PR_DQ60.pdf

Info page: http://www.benq.co.jp/www/front/BenqMai ... RootId=143



Writing Speeds:
DVD+R: 16x
DVD+RW: 8x
DVD+R DL: 8x
DVD-R: 16x
DVD-RW: 6x
DVD-R DL: 8x
DVD-RAM: 5x
CD-R: 40x
CD-RW: 24x

Read Speeds:
DVD-ROM: 16x Max
DVD-Video: 8x Max
DVD±R: 10x Max
DVD±RW: 8x Max
DVD±R DL: 8x Max
CD-ROM: 40x Max

Access Times:
DVD-ROM: 160ms
CD-ROM: 160ms

Buffer Size: 2MB

[jsl]

It looks like a TEAC DV-W516E... Not so surprising perhaps as I think BenQ handles the manufacturing of this drive.

[code65536]

But hasn't the W516E been out on the market for a while now?

[Ian]

But hasn't the W516E been out on the market for a while now?

Yeah, but its possible BenQ had an agreement to produce TEAC's drive first or something.

[Gabe]

Strange, the CD-R-speeds are lower than with Benq 1640. And the emergency-hole is on the right side, my Benq 1640 have it in the middle.

[dolphinius_rex]

Perhaps it was designed to Teac's specs, and not their usual. Notice the eject button is not freaky thin on the retail model even!

[Ian]

Yeah, that looks like the bezel from the OEM DW1640.

[Scour]

Yeah, that looks like the bezel from the OEM DW1640.

Upps, I have a black Bulk 1640-OEM.

The LED was on the right, the em.-hole on the mid.

My Benq don´t have the thon button like the 1640 that was tested by DD, it looks more like a Plextor 740.

I still have a Teac CD-W 516, it has two LED´s

[frank1]

Because Plextor has choosen to sell a "rebadged" BenQ with the PX-740
who thinks that this news of a "Super Multi" burner from BenQ might be
the prelude of a announcement of a new "Super Multi" burner by Plextor ?

[frank1]

Comparison of the hardware between the TEAC DV-W516E and the BenQ DQ60
made by YSS:
http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/dq60/DQ60.htm

[Gabe]

Anyone knows whether the DQ 60 supports quality-scans?