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BenQ
DW1640 |
We at CDFreaks would like to present an exclusive 1st look at the latest drive from BenQ the DW1640. At the time this article was written, the BenQ DW1640 was available for sale in Germany ‘“ meaning we got hold of one before the official launch.
The BenQ DW1640 supports 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 8x DVD+R9 DL writing technology, allowing dual layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written. So far this is the worlds first DVD-burner to support the DVD+R9 DL format at 8x.
Company information:
BenQ is an industry leader in networked digital lifestyle devices with an expertise that encompasses display, storage, imaging, wireless and broadband areas. BenQ has manufacturing plants in Malaysia, Mexico, China and Taiwan. The company has over 13,895 employees worldwide, supporting a strong global sales marketing and service network spanning Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas.
BenQ has research and development facilities in Taiwan (Hsinchu Lab), China (Suzhou Software Development Center) and California, USA (Wireless Technology Center), and has more than 2000 research and development employees in Suzhou, Taipei, Taoyuan, Hsinchu and San Diego. BenQ has amassed 2,162 global patents. 2004 revenues exceeded US$5 billion dollars.
Drive specifications:
Taken from – www.BenQ.com
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What‘s inside the box?
On this page we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with, and take a look at the drive and its technology.
Front
On the front side we can also find our Award logo, which was given to the BenQ DW1620.
Back
Top
Bottom
Left Side
Right Side
Below you will see the contents of the retail box:
- Internal drive itself
- BenQ
Software Disc (ver. 2.1)
- Nero
Suite
- Nero Express v6
- NeroVision Express
- Nero ShowTime
- InCD v4
- BenQ Qvideo 2 v5.2.3.23
- QSuite v1.0
- User’s Manuals
- Nero
Suite
- 4 Mounting screws
- BenQ Warranty information
- Software Quick Start Guide
- Addendum for BenQ Optical Drives
- Hardware Quick Start Guide
Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself:
The front is pretty strange looking, a lot of ’sharp” edges, at the same time it’s pretty simple as it has an eject button, a LED (green – for read and write – we prefer a different LED colour though for writing), and an emergency eject hole.
The logos from the left to right: BenQ logo, DVD+R DL, DVD+ReWritable High Speed, DVD-R/RW, CD-RW Ultra speed+.
On the underside of the drive we found one sticker, and we can read it was manufactured in Malaysia, dated March 2005.
Top
Side
On top of the drive and on the right side, we can see the ventilation system/feature called Air Flow Cooling System (AFCS) and Anti-Dust Cooling System (ADCS), but more about this later.
On the back of the drive there are from the left: digital audio connector??; analogue audio connector; pins and jumper to set the drive to cable select, slave or master; IDE connector, power connector.
Now, let us install the drive and check out the features on the next page…
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[edited by swifty7 on 26.04.2005 03:49]
