Benq DW822A-OC2: My impressions so far (got it 4/12)

[Jojo]

Is Nero 6 ultra edition or Nero burning rom 6 compatible with BENQ 822A?

Veff, what program(s) did you use to burn data in your dvd media?

Thanks.

[VEFF]

Jojo, I have only tried and used two programs so far, and Nero is not one of them unfortunately.
One is Stomp RecordNow Max, which burns great!

[VEFF]

Someone did a few Kprobes with the BenQ DW822A and NEC-2500 with Herrie latest hacked firmware (beta 7). They were both excellent, if you feel Kprobes are a true measure of burn quality.

Summary:
BenQ 7.5 mins 3.86GB (.5 min faster then the 2500). the 2 BenQs and 1 2500 (may be more on the thread later) Kprobes (media - YUDEN000T01, MCC03) had a max PI of 12 and PO of 11 and highest average was 1.5.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php ... adid=93588

Admend: he also burned with Prodisc 4x at 8x (65 cents each) and both burned great - BenQ being a 1 min faster Pi max = 6, Po max =4, Po total=52; Nec-2500A - Po total=452.

Thanks vanderlow!

This would appear to confirm what another owner had written (you posted the link) about it being his best DVD writer (out of 6 that he owned) and 8X quality beating other drives' 4X burn quality.
I also like the speed advantage over other (some) 8X drives.

[Vanderlow]

Veff, some more Kprobes on the DW822A some on no name - media (along with Princo) showing it does - media well even if it's at 4x, but Jamos also did a TDK Ricoh JPNR01 4x at 8x and Kprobe is: PI max = 5 avg =0.206, Po max = 3 avg = .009. Pretty sweet graph.

[ScrapSilicon]

I burned 3.51 GB in 7 mins 10 seconds on Memorex (Ricoh) 4X DVD+R.
It played back flawlessly.
Looks like the 8X test on 4X Ricoh was successful!


PS: I was surprised to see that the Benq 822A OC2's tray is black like my PX-708A drives.

the 800A's tray is black as well..supposed to be better for the laser.

[hlockman]

I have owned the DW822A for a week. The problem I have is this. It won't record properly to DVD-R or DVD-RW media under 4X. If I try to use DVD-R media under 4X it ALWAYS tries to record at 2.4 X as if it was trying to write to DVD+R/RW media. Then, of course, the burn fails. If I use DVD-R 4X media, things work just fine. Has anyone else has this problem? Has anyone been able to burn DVD-R or DVD-RW media at 1X or 2X? I wrote Benq through their website, and one support technician suggested that I call a toll free number to begin an RMA process. But I don't there is really anything wrong with the drive. It sounds to me just like a firmware issue that Benq needs to work out. But if someone else has had success burning media at 1X or 2X then I guess I'm wrong. BTW, I have tried the latest versions of Nero, Alcohol, and a couple other programs. All read the lowest available burn speed as 2.4X.

Anyone who might have any input would be appreciated. Thanks

[Vanderlow]

What media is it? Have you used the program that came with it which I believe is RecordNow? I take it you came had the - 2.4x or did you buy it with the 822A? I ask that because it does well with allot of + and pretty much the main brand name -, but it's know for its + media.

[geeds]

Just got the drive, installed as a master on a Promise Ultra100 (second channel), during bootup it shows as (Ultra DMA 2).

Burned with Nero 6.3 around 4.2 Gb. Nero estimated around 6 minutes and said it was writing at 8x.
It took 33 minutes. The internal read buffer kept constantly changing between 45 and 95 %.

Something is wrong, nero?

Geeds

[dodecahedron]

sometimes (often?) optical drives don't work well when connected to PCI IDE cards.
connect your drive to the motherboard's IDE connectors.

[Jojo]

BTW, I have tried the latest versions of Nero, Alcohol, and a couple other programs. All read the lowest available burn speed as 2.4X.

Anyone who might have any input would be appreciated. Thanks

Mine's also like that, I thought this is suppose to be an 8x burner?? I'm using +4x medias and can only burn at 2.4....How can i utilize my burner's burn speed at 4x and 8x??

[Fabrian]

On mine I'm using 8x + media, set to booktype (for my - media panny ht system) and all is just fine.

I'm using Xcopy for movies I need to split and Pinnacle Instant copy for movies that I can tear down to fit without compression.

What software you guys using anyway?

[Jojo]

well I'm usin' nero 6.3, I mostly burn datas and 2.4x is the only highest speed available....what software(s) do you guys use for burning datas?

[beach-hobo]

I also now own a DW822A. The K-Probe results are the best I have ever gotten on +R Ricoh media. The other drives I have used in the last 60 days are 2500A, 107d, 851s, 811s, DD0401.

My DW822A is installed in a USB 2.0 case with InSystems ChipSet. Have also used FireWire. FireWire uses less CPU time.

Use DVDShrink 3.1.7 and than NERO 6 (.10 version-latest) and burn discs in 8 minutes on this setup. Getting the right ChipSet is very, very important in the case. BookType works great with NERO.

I feel the DW822A will be my last drive till the DW1600 comes out and DL has stablized and prices on media come down.