BenQ DW1620 & DW1640 in stock at ZZF

[[buck]]

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=173826
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe ... ode=173823

I know some of you are still pretty keen on BenQ drives, so here you go

credit goes to paiger651@cdfreaks
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=203711

[Ian]

Wow.. I wonder where they found those.

[[buck]]

Look what I found in the DW1620 description:

Black-Colored Tray
BenQ unique dark-colored tray efficiently minimizes jitters, and enhances readability and burning quality.

[Justin42]

Wish I had some extra money and a place to put it. I'd love to have another scanning drive besides my 716. Does seem weird they magically found this stash of drives, though? I wonder how many they have.

[Ian]

Yeah, I thought it was kinda odd that Plextor started using the 1670 for the 751. I figured BenQ stopped making those awhile ago. Maybe this is all old stock that had been sitting in a warehouse.

[dodecahedron]

shucks!
i just bought one (silver, no less, that's the only color they had) for twice that money!

[Justin42]

How does the 1640 compare to the like Pioneer 111 for burning?

I'm still really tempted to buy it just as a scanner........ :/

(hrm, just saw the 1650's are in stock as well for $37.99-- would the 1640 or 1650 be best as an all-around drive? I vaguely recall that after some FW updates many were thinking the 1650 was indeed a better drive.. do they do PIE/PIF scanning fairly equivalently?)

[Scour]

Most guys say the 1640 is better.

But the 1640 causes PIF-spikes when burn DVD+R @ 16x