NEC ND-4570A DVD Burner Preview

Positive:

• Supports DVD-RAM read and write 5x
• Supports DVD±R at 16x
• Supports DVD±R DL writing at 8x/8x
• Supports DVD+RW/DVD-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Supports CD-R/RW writing at 48x/32x
• Supports Bitsetting on DVD+R DL media (sets auto. BookType to DVD-ROM)
• Reads DVD-Video SL/DL at 16x/12x
• Very good reading performance
• Very good write quality on our tested media
• New 8x writing method on DVD±R speeds up the burning process.

Negative:

• Does not support Mt. Rainier.
• Reads CD-DA/CD-RW only at 40x.
• Does not support Bitsetting on DVD+R/+RW.
• Green LED for both reading and writing.
• Some CD-R media rated at 48x/52x only writes at 32x/40x.

Conclusion:

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: Although the NEC ND-4570A is a very new drive and no firmware updates are yet available, this drive performs extremely well. Reading performance is excellent and writing performance on the tested media was very good.

We should however wait for a full CD Freaks review of the retail drive before coming to any premature conclusions.

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Thanks to: 

SVP Communication ‘“ United Kingdom for providing the media used in this preview.

Verbatim – Germany and United Kingdom for providing the media used in this preview.

Medea International ‘“ United Kingdom for providing the media used in this preview.

Ricoh Europe ‘“ for providing the media used in this preview.

Daxon (Taiwan) for providing the Daxon media used in this preview.