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not the version IAN reviewed W58GA version but the W58E version.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?in ... 8E&cat=DVD

it looks like a liteon but i have never seen a 8X SPEED LITEON DVD RW only record cdr's at 32x16x40 and only record dvd+r's w/ no dvd-r recordable support

Teac does

That picture is of a Liteon, but the DV-W58E is not a Liteon.

can it be upgrade w/firmware to DVD-R support and it this model better than LITEON 811S in writing dvd+r's

went on MSN.COM AND did SEARCH and read some forums on other websites
it's either a NEC2100A(NOT NEC2500A) OR BENQ 800A
and TEAC does not make this model DV-W58E.
with the specs on computergeeks, it most likely a NEC 2100A

TEAC doesn't manufacturer much these days do they?

I have seen the internals of a DV-W58E and they are in no way similar to any other drive other than maybe the upcoming 12x Teac which is also supposedly manufactured by Teac. The DV-W58E uses a Sanyo chipsets similar to Optorite/Plextor drives, not Philips (BenQ) nor NEC.

It is interesting that some drives come with firmware 2.0B yet the only available firmware update for the drives is D0JA. I initially thought that there might be two different hardware designs released under the same model name, but The Dangerous Brothers did not agree and said that they are the same. They would know since they've recently spent a bit of time disassembling the firmware and creating a Region Free patch of D0JA.

Other recent drives from Teac appear to be unlike any other manufacturer and are likely manufactured by Teac as well.

Hello!

The 58E is definitive not a Liteon.

Untypical FW-version for a Teac

I heard rumors that it can be a Benq, but I really don´t know more.

If it's a Sanyo chipset I'd go with dhc, Teac drives were Sanyo for a long time.

Be interesting to see how it performs, Teac traditionally were very strong on media compatibility and burn quality.

I have also guessed it's of Teac design from reading the Japanese reports of the 58E drive and from jsl's posts.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=99364

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/akiba/ho ... vw58e.html

http://www.teac.co.jp/dspd/product/opti ... w58ej.html

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/ ... 7/teac.htm

That drive is certainly a TEAC, if that's the final unit then it seems TEAC are back in the running, cool