I was looking for a new DVD writer with 4x/5xDL writing, the NEC3500 must be a retail (mentioned in the 2.18 FW readme.txt) for possible upgrading.
Now I found this at NEC.DE:
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"Gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen ND-25x0, ND-3500 und ND-25x0A, ND-3500A?
Was bedeutet das A?
Es wird nur die "A" Variante als Retail & Bulk verkauft.(Auch wenn im Angebot nur ND-XX00 ohne "A" steht!) Eine andere Version des ND-1x00A/ ND-25x0A / ND-3500A gibt es nicht. Die Information bzgl. Grauimporte betraf nur den ND-1100A. Sie finden diese hier. "
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>Is there a difference between ND-3500 and ND-3500A?
What means the A?
There will only be the "A" variant sold as RETAIL&BULK.(Another version will not be sold, only as ND-3500A !
Grey import possible only for the ND-1100A.
So I was afraid that the bulk package was not possible to Upgrade to 2.18
0fficial FW release, so the sky is cleared !
Harry