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Originally Posted by nomadh Its sad. Put up with a liteon and a nec 2500 wit hhorrific burns for months. Then flashed the nec to a 2510 and got better. MEanwile started looking for a "good" drive the 1640 seemed to be the perfect drive but by jan 06 they had vanished. Naturally the only drive I was confident in was sold out. Benq had a new 1655 for $50 at newegg at the time but it was brand new. I found 1 prelim review that looked good so I bit. When I tested it it was like the heavens opened and gods finger burned my 1st few disks. I had no idea a burn could look like it did in cdspeed. The cheapest media could burn with error rates 1/4th to 1/8th the liteon with the best media. I was sold forever on benq. I guess forever isn't as long as it used to be. Maybe other drives are catching up in quality but I sure hope my 1655 never burns out.
I'll miss you benq. xxxoooxxx |
With modified firmware in particular, the NEC 2500/2510 can hold its own against many of the best drives around. And this is coming from a very happy Benq 1640 and 1655 owner. While my current Liteon 160P6S performs well, early Liteon drives were no match for any decent current drive, seems they've finally gotten the hint with their last couple of generations of drives. As you mention, other drives are catching up in quality but alot of people still look at Benq 1620/1640/1650/1655 as sort of a benchmark to compare the performance of newer drives to.