CD Freaks presents the BenQ DW1625 Lightscribe DVD-Writer

July 5, 2005

It has been just over two months now since we presented our last BenQ review, the DW 1640. Now we take a look at the BenQ DW 1625, which is LightScribe capable for writing professional-looking labels to LightScribe Discs using the recorder itself. The drive is capable of 16x DVD+R, 8x DVD-R, 4x DVD±RW, 40x CD-R and 24x CD-RW recording. It supports up to 16x DVD and 40x CD read-back.

Like the
1640, this writer also ships with the BenQ's QSuite Application for performing
various diagnostics on media, changing a DVD+R/RW/DL's book type as well as WOPC for determining what is the maximum speed to produce good a quality recording. WOPC effectively allows a burn simulation to be made with any recording software (without physically writing anything to disc) to determine what maximum writing speed the disc is safely capable of handling.

Taken from - www.BenQ.com

*Performance*	[DVD+R DL] Data Transfer Rate /double layer write: 26.59 Mbit/sec (2.4X) [DVD+R/+RW] Data Transfer Rate /write: 177.28 Mbit/sec (16X) Data Transfer Rate /rewrite: 44.32 Mbit/sec (4X) [DVD-R/-RW] Data Transfer Rate /rewrite: 88.64 Mbit/sec (8X) Data Transfer Rate /rewrite: 44.32 Mbit/sec (4X) [DVD ROM] Data Transfer Rate /read: 177.28 Mbit/sec (16X, Max.) Access time: 120 ms [CD] Data Transfer Rate /write: 6000 KByte/sec (40X) Data Transfer Rate /rewrite: 3600 KByte/sec (24X) Data Transfer Rate /read: 6000 KByte/sec (40X, Max.) Access time: 120 ms
*Weight*	1 kg
*Dimensions* *(LxWxH)*	146 x 198 x 42 mm
*Buffer Size*	2MB
*Interface*	E-IDE/ ATAPI
*IDE Mode*	PIO mode 0/1/2/3/4 DMA mode 0/1/2 UDMA mode 0/1/2
*Writing Mode*	DVD+R/+RW] DVD Data and Video [CD-R/-RW] Track-at-Once, Disc-at-Once, Multisession, Packet Writing (fixed & variable packet), CD Digital Audio, Direct-Over-Write on CD-RW, Test Write
*Disc Formats*	*[DVD]* DVD+R DL 8.5GB DVD+R 4.7GB DVD+RW 4.7GB DVD-R 4.7GB (closed session) DVD-RW 4.7GB (closed session) DVD-Video, DVD-5, DVD-9, DVD-10, DVD-18 *[CD]* CD-DA CD-ROM XA (m1, m2f1/m2f2) CD-R CD-RW Bootable CD Photo CD (single & multi-session) Video CD Super Video CD CD-Extra Mixed-mode CD \|CD-Text
*OS Compatibility*	Windows XP / 2000 / ME / 98SE
*Power Requirement*	DC 5V +/- 5%, ripple 100mVpp DC12V+/- 10%, ripple 200mVpp
*Environment* *Conditions*	Operating temperature: 5Â°C~50Â°C (41Â°F~122Â°F) Operating humidity: 8%~80% RH Non-operating temperature: -40Â°C~60Â°C (-40Â°F~140Â°F) Non-operating humidity: 5%~95% RH
*Reliability* *characteristics*	MTBF: 125.000 POH (20%) Non-recoverable read error < 1 block in 10¹² bits (CD and DVD)
*System* *Requirement*	IBM PC compatible Pentium III 550MHz CPU or above 128MB DRAM, 100MB free HDD space for CD/DVD recording related software installation. 1GB free HDD space for CD Image recording

The full review of the BenQ DW 1625 can be viewed by visiting this page. For those who wish to make comments or ask questions about this drive, visit this forum thread.

Source: CDFreaks