Benq DW1620

[one2nite]

i have a benq dw 1620, when i try to burn anything it doesnt let me, it cant read my blank media, i have 4x dvd-r's and 2x dvd+r and i cant burn anything on them.

please help

[cynthia]

Brand of media you are trying to use? Latest firmware installed for your burner?

[Experi-Mentor]

look here also - the compatibility between your burner & media

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDname=benq+1620&Submit=Search&cdrs=&cdrws=&dvdrs=&dvdrws=&dvdrsdl=&dvdprs=&dvdprws=&dvdprsdl=&dvdrams=&buffer=Any&cdrom=&dvdrom=&orderby=Name&hits=25&Search=Search

[Xiting]

heey, i got the same problem with mine BenQ Dw 1620.
If you did fix it plz help me .

[johnl]

i have problems too

with this recorder any luck for u ?

I'm writing isos with dvddecryper and all going to trash...

[geno888]

Benq 1620 is one of the best burners ever produced.

If you obtain many coaster, and if your drive is not damaged, the cause is the use of very bad media. What media do you use?

[Merovingian]

Just curious here, one2nite, the 1620 is a bit long in the tooth now, is this the first time you've tried burning DVDs?

Oops! just noticed this thread started in March, just shows you quickly our new toys become old hat!

[Chewy]

Benq's are the mercedez benz of burners, however they don't run on low octane gas well(bad media). They are picky.

[lantern]

You could try searching the forum over at CDFreaks.com.

My 1620 works great! The only time I have made a coaster is when I use really crappy media.

[Merovingian]

Benq's are the mercedez benz of burners, however they don't run on low octane gas well(bad media). They are picky.

The 1640 seems to run well on anything, it gives CD/DVD Speed quality scores of 95-97 with really crappy media like Daxon or CMC-MAG, check out the media archives on CD Freak's Benq forum:-

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=138205

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[Chewy]

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=daxon&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=6&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=25&country=&search=Search+or+List+Media

spent a lot of time there, nec and hardware, registered sept 2004

No I'll go with Dee on the Nec as being less picky, Benq are better scanners
than burners, LG's the better burner, Nec best overall.
I have all of them. no pioneer or plex anymore

[Merovingian]

I think the NEC also has the edge for CD burning if I remember correctly.

When my main burner was an NEC 2510 I remember being jealous of the way official BenQ firmware upgrades were very frequent and actually improved matters, whilst I had to rely on the skills of gurus like Liggy for even simple things like wider media support.

Another sobering thing is the price of kit these days, you can buy a 1640 and a 4550 for what I paid for my 2510 back then. If you really want to cringe, my first Panasonic DVD-RAM drive cost £2000, and the disks (1Gb), were £30 a pop.

[Chewy]

according to dee , the nec's are more robust, tweakable and compatible
with more medias, she scans with a benq 1620, as I do. Of course she likes to fix firmwares.