ASUS, a well known and respected brand for motherboards and graphics cards was kind enough to send us one of their latest DVD writers - The DRW-1608P. This writer is based on the Pioneer DVR-109 and features 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 6x DVD±R DL writing. Like with other ASUS products, this retail drive ships with a decent software bundle including a Nero OEM suite and a Ulead MovieFactory 3 SE suite.
Our US review coordinator Wes Novack has just published an in-depth review of the drive, which includes intensive tests using a very wide variety of recordable DVD±R/RW (DL) and CD-R/RW media.
Summary of Specifications:
| Transfer rate | DVD+R | 16x max. |
| (read & write): | DVD-R | 16x max. |
| DVD+RW | 8x max.* | |
| DVD-RW | 6x max. | |
| DVD+R DL | 8x max. | |
| DVD-R DL* | 6x max. | |
| CD-R | 40x max. | |
| CD-RW | 24x max. | |
| - | - | |
| Mechanism: | Tray position | Vertical / Horizontal use |
| - | - | |
| Cache: | Size | 2MB |
* Note that firmware updates to allow DVD-R DL and 8x DVD+RW writing will be made available once each has been approved by the appropriate parties.
Read the full review, along with a more detailed spec of this drive here, where the review is published. If you have any questions about this drive or any comments to make, please feel free to discuss about the drive in this forum thread.
Source: CDFreaks
