Grain
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I know there is a 20X BenQ coming out quick, although word on the street for it is Liteon rebadged. This model you mention I haven't heard of. In the past, BenQ's that were RAM ready had a Panasonic chipset I believe, and weren't widely appreciated.
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I've been changing ISP's searching for the holy grail, mediocre speed internet. Still looking.
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I donated to the fuckers also
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funny you dont like your 1655 for d/l grain , i mainly use my 1640 for d/l now as its giving the best scanned results at 4x.
my 1655 only has 2.4x supported speed for d/l, my 716sa isn't that good at d/l , the pioneer is almost as good as the benq though
My 165X's will do an average job at 2.4X, but they seem to do not so well at anything faster than that, IF you can find media that it even can, as you say Corny. Pion 111 & LG 22N both will scan 93-96% at 6-8X, and as Verbatim rate's and guarantee's the MKM 001-00 at those speeds, they are the drives I use. Don't have the Plex 716A in the box right now (need a bigger case!).
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Like Kev say's, you can't beat Future Shops sale price. NCIX.com also has the odd sale, they're in Vancouver.
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The Plextor 716 did/does an excellent job with dual layer discs. The Pioneer 111 also does a fine job, as does the LG H22N. These are drives that I use with DL's. I don't particularily like the way Benq 1655/0's do DL's, but then again you can't easily buy them now anyway. If you are looking for an all around excellent drive, the Pioneer 111 might be for you. The LG is a favorite of mine, but it isn't a good reader. You may want to wait for the new Pioneers which are due out in January, with FINALLY a sata version following a few months later.
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I loved GT3, GT4 didn't have quite the same appeal, although game play had improved. Didn't like the way you had to progress through the game as much with 4 as 3.
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HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (ATA)
Media Information:
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD+R DL
Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 4,173,824
Free Space: 8,547,991,552 bytes
Free Time: 927:32:74 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x
DVD?R DL Boundary Information:
L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912
Changeable: Yes
Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: MKM-003-00
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519
Physical Format Information (Last Recorded):
Disc ID: MKM-003-00
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519
Results:
I 23:02:53 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.7 Beta started!
I 23:02:53 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 23:02:53 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,492 KB - Available: 1,750,892 KB
I 23:02:53 Initialising SPTI...
I 23:02:53 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 23:02:53 Found 2 DVD?RWs and 2 DVD?RW/RAMs!
I 23:04:03 Operation Started!
I 23:04:03 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==-
I 23:04:03 Source File Sectors: 4,173,824 (MODE1/2048)
I 23:04:03 Source File Size: 8,547,991,552 bytes
I 23:04:03 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE
I 23:04:03 Source File File System(s): None
I 23:04:03 Destination Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (F:) (ATA)
I 23:04:03 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x)
I 23:04:03 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824
I 23:04:03 Write Mode: DVD
I 23:04:03 Write Type: DAO
I 23:04:03 Write Speed: MAX
I 23:04:03 Link Size: Auto
I 23:04:03 Test Mode: No
I 23:04:03 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 23:04:03 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912
I 23:04:03 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary
I 23:04:03 Filling Buffer... (256 MB)
I 23:04:03 Writing LeadIn...
I 23:04:25 Writing Image...
I 23:04:25 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2086911)
I 23:13:41 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2086912 - 4173823)
I 23:22:27 Synchronising Cache...
I 23:22:52 Closing Track...
I 23:22:53 Finalising Disc...
I 23:23:17 Exporting Graph Data...
I 23:23:17 Graph Data File: C:\DVDInfoPro Scans\HL-DT-ST_DVD-RAM_GSA-H22N_1.00_12-8-2006_MKM-003-00_MAX_DISCOVERY_IMAGE.ibg
I 23:23:17 Export Successfully Completed!
I 23:23:17 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:19:13
I 23:23:17 Average Write Rate: 7,722 KB/s (5.6x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,211 KB/s (8.1x)
I 23:23:17 Cycling Tray before Verify...
W 23:23:27 Waiting for device to become ready...
I 23:24:00 Device Ready!
I 23:24:00 Operation Started!
I 23:24:00 Source Device: [1:0:0] HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (F:) (ATA)
I 23:24:00 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 4x, 6x, 8x)
I 23:24:00 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==-
I 23:24:00 Image File Sectors: 4,173,824 (MODE1/2048)
I 23:24:00 Image File Size: 8,547,991,552 bytes
I 23:24:00 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE
I 23:24:00 Image File File System(s): None
I 23:24:00 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 4173823)
I 23:36:07 Exporting Graph Data...
I 23:36:07 Graph Data File: C:\DVDInfoPro Scans\HL-DT-ST_DVD-RAM_GSA-H22N_1.00_12-8-2006_MKM-003-00_MAX_DISCOVERY_IMAGE.ibg
I 23:36:07 Export Successfully Completed!
I 23:36:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:11:59
I 23:36:07 Average Verify Rate: 11,610 KB/s (8.4x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 16,866 KB/s (12.2x)
I 09:10:50 Close Request Acknowledged
I 09:10:50 Closing Down...
I 09:10:51 Shutting down SPTI...
I 09:10:51 ImgBurn closed!
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BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (ATA)
Media Information:
BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (ATA)
Current Profile: DVD+R DL
Disc Information:
Status: Empty
Erasable: No
Free Sectors: 4,173,824
Free Space: 8,547,991,552 bytes
Free Time: 927:32:74 (MM:SS:FF)
Supported Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x
DVD?R DL Boundary Information:
L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912
Changeable: Yes
Physical Format Information (ADIP):
Disc ID: MKM-003-00
Book Type: DVD+R DL
Part Version: 1
Disc Size: 120mm
Maximum Read Rate: Not Specified
Number of Layers: 2
Track Path: Opposite Track Path (OTP)
Linear Density: 0.293 um/bit
Track Density: 0.74 um/track
First Physical Sector of Data Area: 196,608
Last Physical Sector of Data Area: 16,580,607
Last Physical Sector in Layer 0: 2,283,519
Results:
I 19:17:55 ImgBurn Version 2.1.0.6 Beta started!
I 19:17:55 Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 2)
I 19:17:55 Total Physical Memory: 2,096,492 KB - Available: 1,654,708 KB
I 19:17:55 Initialising SPTI...
I 19:17:55 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...
I 19:18:04 Found 2 DVD?RWs and 2 DVD?RW/RAMs!
I 19:20:55 Operation Started!
I 19:20:55 Source File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==-
I 19:20:55 Source File Sectors: 4,173,824 (MODE1/2048)
I 19:20:55 Source File Size: 8,547,991,552 bytes
I 19:20:55 Source File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE
I 19:20:55 Source File File System(s): None
I 19:20:55 Destination Device: [1:1:0] BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (G:) (ATA)
I 19:20:55 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x)
I 19:20:55 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824
I 19:20:55 Write Mode: DVD
I 19:20:55 Write Type: DAO
I 19:20:55 Write Speed: MAX
I 19:20:55 Link Size: Auto
I 19:20:55 Test Mode: No
I 19:20:55 BURN-Proof: Enabled
I 19:20:55 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,086,912
I 19:20:55 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: ECC Block Boundary
I 19:20:55 Filling Buffer... (256 MB)
I 19:20:55 Writing LeadIn...
I 19:21:23 Writing Image...
I 19:21:23 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 2086911)
I 19:29:18 Writing Layer 1... (LBA: 2086912 - 4173823)
I 19:37:30 Synchronising Cache...
I 19:37:31 Closing Track...
I 19:37:32 Finalising Disc...
I 19:38:07 Exporting Graph Data...
I 19:38:07 Graph Data File: C:\DVDInfoPro Scans\BENQ_DVD_LS_DW1655_BCIB_12-5-2006_MKM-003-00_MAX_DISCOVERY_IMAGE.ibg
I 19:38:07 Export Successfully Completed!
I 19:38:07 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:17:10
I 19:38:07 Average Write Rate: 8,641 KB/s (6.2x) - Maximum Write Rate: 11,185 KB/s (8.1x)
I 19:38:07 Cycling Tray before Verify...
W 19:38:24 Waiting for device to become ready...
I 19:38:38 Device Ready!
I 19:38:39 Operation Started!
I 19:38:39 Source Device: [1:1:0] BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (G:) (ATA)
I 19:38:39 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Book Type: DVD-ROM) (Disc ID: MKM-003-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x)
I 19:38:39 Image File: -==/\/[DISCOVERY IMAGE]\/\==-
I 19:38:39 Image File Sectors: 4,173,824 (MODE1/2048)
I 19:38:39 Image File Size: 8,547,991,552 bytes
I 19:38:39 Image File Volume Identifier: DISCOVERY_IMAGE
I 19:38:39 Image File File System(s): None
I 19:38:39 Verifying Sectors... (LBA: 0 - 4173823)
I 19:50:49 Exporting Graph Data...
I 19:50:49 Graph Data File: C:\DVDInfoPro Scans\BENQ_DVD_LS_DW1655_BCIB_12-5-2006_MKM-003-00_MAX_DISCOVERY_IMAGE.ibg
I 19:50:49 Export Successfully Completed!
I 19:50:49 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:12:05
I 19:50:49 Average Verify Rate: 11,513 KB/s (8.3x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 16,797 KB/s (12.1x)
I 20:41:26 Close Request Acknowledged
I 20:41:26 Closing Down...
I 20:41:26 Shutting down SPTI...
I 20:41:26 ImgBurn closed!
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Media:
Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL [MKM-003-00]
Burnt With:
BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (ATA)
HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N 1.00 (ATA)
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-112D 1.15 (ATA)
Scanned With:
BENQ DVD LS DW1655 BCIB (ATA)
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Spindle Servo Failure
That's not a good sign, your drive could be getting ready to join the choir invisible. Try burning it slower instead of at max speed, try 8X, if that doesn't work, try 4X, but TYG03's don't usually work well at 4X. Let us know how it comes out.
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Too much information about the img is just an img of information about img's information img
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My new PC!
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My first computer (an Amiga 500) ... Great games machine though.
I'll second that, excellent games. Had one head to head battle game where you could chop the opponents head off with mucho blood gushing about, can't remember the name
, but good times were had by all 
I also find interesting stuff on "TheOnion"One of my fav's
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The Compact Disc reached the market in late 1982 in Asia and early the following year in other markets. (Billy Joel's 52nd Street was the first CD released commercially ... in Japan in October, 1982.) [2] This event is often seen as the "Big Bang" of the digital audio revolution. The new audio disc was enthusiastically received, especially in the early-adopting classical music and audiophile communities and its handling quality received particular praise. The far larger popular and rock music industries were slower to adopt the new format, especially in the huge consumer markets in Europe and the United States. This "highbrow niche" status of the CD format changed dramatically in May, 1985, when UK rock band Dire Straits, then under contract by Philips' Polygram, released the album Brothers in Arms. One of the first all-digital rock recordings and the first by a major act, Brothers in Arms played to the strengths of the CD by offering more and longer tracks, running ten minutes longer than the album's concurrent LP and cassette releases. It spurred the sale of compact disc players like no other recording before it, helped to drive down the price of players, induced other acts and record labels to release more music on CD and firmly established the format in the mind of the average consumer.
Some interesting info at the below link
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I had great luck with Ricoh dyed +R DL's, but can't find them anymore. Here in Canada the informed shopper can get 20 Verb DL's for $30CAD, about $26US, which is only a buck fitty a piece. Have found Fuji DL's with Ritek dye for $1.33, but if you check the media section you'll see they aren't that sharp.
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@Grain
Also, I thought that Rush's Power Windows--also 1985--was the first DDD--all digital--album ever released?
Either way, we've got the year down pat
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He doesn't say whether he recorded them himself or not, but anyway Dire Straits Brothers in Arms(1985) was I believe the first cd released that was DDD ie digital recorded, mastered, and transfered to disc (I stand to be corrected on what each D stands for, but that's close). So the technology was in use then, what exactly they used though I can't say.
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No thanks, I'm not gay.Fook meFook U
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Fook me, 20 Verb DL's are $30-35CAD here, I should be shipping them to you.
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How'd those velcro gloves you had custom made work with your favorite "pet" LFC?
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If you want one for games, this is the one I'd get, and actually probably am! Info copied from another site, sells for $329CAD, which should be about $290-300US.
Samsung SyncMaster 931C
19in Digital LCD w/ DVI, 2ms,
2000:1 Contrast, Glossy Black
Product Info
* The Samsung SyncMaster 931c is a 19-inch analog and digital TFT-LCD delivering a 2000:1 contrast ratio with dynamic contrast, 300cd/m2 brightness, 1280 x 1024 resolution, 160/160 degree viewing angle and scanning frequency of 30-81kHz horizontal and 56-75Hz vertical with a fast response time of 2 ms (gray to gray). It is the first 19" LCD monitor that features Wide Color Gamut (CCFL 97%) Color Innovation with support of other Samsung Magic Technologies including MagicTune and MagicBright III.
Features
* - Wide Color Gamut (CCFL 97%)
- Color Innovation
- 2000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
- MagicSpeed Fast 2ms Response Time
- Print Viewer preview image for accurate printing
- High glossy black infusion of style
- MagicBright3
- MagicTune
Specifications
* Panel
Viewable Area: 19"
Pixel Pitch: 0.294
Brightness(Typ.): 250 cd/m2
Contrast Ratio(Typ. ): 2000:1 (Dynamic Contrast)
Viewing Angle(H/V): 160/160 (CR>5)
Response Time(Typ. ): 2ms (Gray to Gray)
Interface: Analog/Digital
Frequency
Horizontal Frequency: 30-81khz
Vertical Frequency: 56-75hz
Maximum Resolution: 1280x1024
Colour Supported: 16.2 million
Signal Input
Input Video Signal: Analog RBG, DVI Digital Link:TMDS
Sync. Type: Separate H/V, Composite H/V, SOG
Input Connectors: 15pin D-sub, DVI-D
Included Signal Cable: D-Sub Cable, DVI Cable
Mac Compatibility: Yes
DDC: DDC 2B
On Mode: 38 Watts (Max.)
DPMS Mode: <1 Watt
Multimedia Speakers: N/A
Wall-Mount: VESA 75mm
Available Colours: High Glossy Black
Stand: Simple
Dimensions:
Set with stand(WxHxD): 422.7x427.9x219.3 mm
Weight: 5.5 kg
Warranty
* 3 years Manufacturer's Parts and Labour warranty. Manufacturer's Dead Pixel policies will apply.
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How about a log taken aback.
Verb Workers get your arse's in gear
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Future Shop has 100 disc spindles of Verbatim + or - 16X for $19.95C! Just make sure you pick out the CMC made ones and not the Prodisc made Verbatims. There are some MBIL made starting to show up also, apparently they are better than the Prodiscs, not as good as the CMC's. I'm going to have to stock up, bot a shit load when they were $30, but this is better than Christmas!