nec 4570

[chewy]

what's the verdict on this new drive? Arrived stateside

[lfcrule1972]

I haven't got one - but the boss probably has !!

[lfcrule1972]

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&show...indpost&p=13318

 

I see from the media tests that LUK! has a 4571, not sure what the difference is tho....

[LIGHTNING UK!]

seem pretty awful actually. lots of firmware fixes needed.

[cornholio7]

a new firmware for the 3550 didnt help things at all, its still terrible

[lfcrule1972]

Really ? My 4550A seems fine, altho to be fair I have been mostly using the BenQ - what gives with the NEC's then ?

[cornholio7]

if i burn more than 8x i get that spike no matter what media

[lfcrule1972]

Ah the one about the 2gb mark ?

[chewy]

if i burn more than 8x i get that spike no matter what media

 

try to scan with a non benq drive and see what happens to those relinking spikes

[polopony]

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&show...indpost&p=13318

 

I see from the media tests that LUK! has a 4571, not sure what the difference is tho....

 

I've studied this very carefully and the difference is definetly 1

[Pain_Man]

a new firmware for the 3550 didnt help things at all, its still terrible

 

 

This doesn't bode well for replacing the BenQ with the NEC 3550A. And I'd been hearing good things about it.

 

I'd happily buy another Plextor 716A if the first one hadn't crapped out after only 15 months. My Memorex True-8 (rebadged Pioneer 107) was still going strong when I replaced it with the Pioneer 110D. Only draw back was the 8x limit for 5s and no DL capability at all. Within its limits, it's a great drive. I'm definitely keeping it, in case I ever need a drive in a pinch.

[polopony]

looking at the Nec 4570/4571 the difference is the Nec4571 has a feature called LabelFlash allowing you to burn an image to the top of a DVD I think its like Lightscribe and special discs are necessary

[lfcrule1972]

I preferred your answer here - http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?s=&show...indpost&p=13852