Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review - Club CDFreaks

*Two Degrees* · 14-02-2005

YSS has his tests/review of the above drive up: http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/sw9585.htm

*Kenshin* · 15-02-2005

Thanks!

16x write quality is not good.

http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/9585dvd16x.htm

DVD-RAM 5x

http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/ram.htm

*Wesociety* · 16-02-2005

Hmm that's too bad, I hope it can improve with firmware.

*Namoh* · 16-02-2005

I saw it reads and writes DVD-RAM, but what are the specs (my Chinese

isn't that good

).

*Sen* · 16-02-2005

That's Japanese. The write max speed for all DVD is the same as LG GSA-4163B. But they're not the same design.

Opticalbell · 06-04-2005

I will have a new firmware for these drives within a week. I expect serious performance improvement on the write speeds.

yenchee · 20-04-2005

Any progress on the new firmware update? I saw NewEgg just drop the price down to 49.99. However, there are two models: SW-9585BDD and SW-9585C. Does there anyone know what is the difference?

*Wesociety* · 20-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opticalbell

I will have a new firmware for these drives within a week. I expect serious performance improvement on the write speeds.

Excellent! I would love to see the performance on this drive enhanced.

*Wesociety* · 20-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by yenchee

Any progress on the new firmware update? I saw NewEgg just drop the price down to 49.99. However, there are two models: SW-9585BDD and SW-9585C. Does there anyone know what is the difference?

Newegg will often make up their own "model numbers" to distinguish between colors / oem / bulk / retail versions of the same drive.
In this case it appears that the "SW-9585BDD" is just the bulk version in black and the "SW-9585C" is the bulk version in beige.

I also noticed something quite humorous on the product specs:

Quote:

Originally Posted by newegg.com

Features: Supported DVD+RAM Recording Function.

DVD+RAM ??

?? , an obvious typographical error.

*Wesociety* · 20-04-2005

Anyone out there have this drive that can share some disc quality scans and/or transfer rate tests on produced discs?

fatfeel · 20-04-2005

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2030
this site has formware ver B101 for the SW-9585

yenchee · 20-04-2005

The firmware comes from IO-Data which is an OEM version of SW-9585. However, I heard the update does not work on newegg model at rpc1.org forum. I just ordered one, and I will give it a try when I receive it.

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Just received the Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9585C from Chief Value and have it installed and tests should be available later this evening. Initial impressions:
Firmware Upgrade B-101 failed with engrish error message of "Download No Successful"
Slow in recognizing discs.
Playback of DVD+RW movie backup " Starship Troopers" looks good.
Format of DVD+RW went OK and file copy worked.
Data transfer rates look good.

I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow... /.

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Preliminary Tests:

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Opticalbell

I will have a new firmware for these drives within a week. I expect serious performance improvement on the write speeds.

I've done my part, now where is that firmware update?

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AttackMantis · 26-04-2005

Can you do a 16x burn / tests ?

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by AttackMantis

Can you do a 16x burn / tests ?

How did I know someone was going to ask for that? And the answer is no because I don't have any 16X media.

Your call will be responded to in... 20 minutes... 25 minutes... 23 minutes... 14 minutes... 2 minutes... 40 minutes...

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Some additional scans:

*pipemanid* · 26-04-2005

Last Scan:

happyme · 30-04-2005

I want to know if any of you have been able to use DVD+RW 4x with SW-9585???
Also if you have been able to ghost a partition or hard drive using the SW-9585, coze when I ghost my HD on SW-9585 by using software GHOST 2003, it simply doesn't work. But when I ghost on my LG GMA-4020B, it works perfectly. I m still puzzle. Can some one verify it for me, please??? Very much appreciated.

happyme · 30-04-2005

I want to know if any of you have been able to use DVD+/-RW 4x with SW-9585???
Also if you have been able to ghost a partition or hard drive using the SW-9585, coze when I ghost my HD on SW-9585 by using software GHOST 2003, it simply doesn't work. But when I ghost on my LG GMA-4020B, it works perfectly. I m still puzzle. Can some one verify it for me, please??? Very much appreciated.

happyme · 30-04-2005

Opticalbell, have you the new firmware yet???

*pipemanid* · 01-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by happyme

I want to know if any of you have been able to use DVD+/-RW 4x with SW-9585???
Also if you have been able to ghost a partition or hard drive using the SW-9585, coze when I ghost my HD on SW-9585 by using software GHOST 2003, it simply doesn't work. But when I ghost on my LG GMA-4020B, it works perfectly. I m still puzzle. Can some one verify it for me, please??? Very much appreciated.

Works great with DVD+RW 4X. I have booted from the drive with no problems and don't see any reason why Ghost would not recognize it.
The DVD RAM is also a big plus now that I have used it.

There are two secrets to life: 1) Don't tell everything you know... /.

happyme · 11-05-2005

pipemanid,

Do u have to update your firmware before using DVD+RW 4x or not??? Coze when I put my DVD+RW 4X in, my burner SW-9585 said unrecognize format, and whether I try to format, erase or whatsoever, it never works!!!

The ghost 2003 recognize the drive but when it tried to put the image on it, after 1 min, it just asks for a new Blank DVD !!! After 1 min!!! Normally to fill ghost on a DVD it take at least 30 min (4x), so when it takes only 1 min, something is not working!!! So after I put in a new DVD, 1 min later on it asks for a new DVD again!!!! So obvioulsy it's working!!! the reason that I am asking is that I have doubt that my DVD Burner is not working correctly, so I ask to check to see if it's work properly or not.

*Wesociety* · 11-05-2005

@happyme, it could also be a media specific problem...
What type of DVD+RW are you using? MID ?
Is it a brand new "fresh" DVD+RW? If not, try one that has never been used.
Have you tried another type of DVD+RW?

14-02-2005	#1
Two Degrees CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Surrounded by granite in North GA Posts: 4,697	Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review YSS has his tests/review of the above drive up: http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/sw9585.htm

15-02-2005	#2
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,446	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review Thanks! 16x write quality is not good. http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/9585dvd16x.htm DVD-RAM 5x http://homepage2.nifty.com/yss/sw9585/ram.htm

16-02-2005	#3
Wesociety CD Freak Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 4,995	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review Hmm that's too bad, I hope it can improve with firmware. __________________ DVDRentalForums.com Netflix, Blockbuster & other DVD rental services discussion community WesleyTech.com Blu-ray, HD DVD & optical storage blog ~ My Articles: Copy Blu-ray Backup Blu-ray

16-02-2005	#4
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16-02-2005	#5
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06-04-2005	#6
Opticalbell New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review I will have a new firmware for these drives within a week. I expect serious performance improvement on the write speeds.

20-04-2005	#7
yenchee New on Forum Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 2	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review Any progress on the new firmware update? I saw NewEgg just drop the price down to 49.99. However, there are two models: SW-9585BDD and SW-9585C. Does there anyone know what is the difference?

20-04-2005	#11
fatfeel CD Freaks Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 194	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2030 this site has formware ver B101 for the SW-9585 __________________ SAMSUNG TS-H552B/U@US09 retired LG GSA-H10N@JL12 SAMSUNG SH-S182M@KC03 DVD43

26-04-2005	#13
pipemanid CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In The Mountains Posts: 2,921	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review Just received the Matshita DVD-RAM SW-9585C from Chief Value and have it installed and tests should be available later this evening. Initial impressions: Firmware Upgrade B-101 failed with engrish error message of "Download No Successful" Slow in recognizing discs. Playback of DVD+RW movie backup " Starship Troopers" looks good. Format of DVD+RW went OK and file copy worked. Data transfer rates look good. I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow... /. __________________ Main System Intel D865GBF P4 3.2E 4GB DDR400 2x Maxtor 250GB BenQ 1650 BenQ 1620 Matrox P650 InWin Q500/Antec True550 Dual 19"LCD Backup System Intel D865GLC P4 3.0E 4GB DDR400 2x Maxtor 250GB BenQ 1620 BenQ 1650 Matrox P650 InWin Q500/Antec True550 Dual 17"LCD Workhorse System SuperMicro P6DBS P3 850MHz x 2 1GB SDRAM 4x Seagate UW 9.1GB LiteOn 1633S Pioneer A-305S Matrox G450 InWin Q500/PC Power & Cooling 510 ATX Dual 15"LCD Play System AOpen AX4SG P4 2.8E 2GB DDR400 2x Maxtor 160GB BenQ 1620 BenQ 822A Matrox G550 Antec CS600/Antec True550 Dual 17"LCD Server/Firewall Biostar P4TDK P4 2.4GHz 2GB DDR400 2x Seagate 160GB BenQ 1620 LiteOn SOHD 167T Matrox G450 Antec CS600/Antec True550 19" CRT All Computers Use TB SantaCruz Sound Cards & RealMagic Hollywood+ DVD Decoder cards

26-04-2005	#16
AttackMantis CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 11	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review Can you do a 16x burn / tests ? __________________ Get buggy!

30-04-2005	#20
happyme New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review I want to know if any of you have been able to use DVD+RW 4x with SW-9585??? Also if you have been able to ghost a partition or hard drive using the SW-9585, coze when I ghost my HD on SW-9585 by using software GHOST 2003, it simply doesn't work. But when I ghost on my LG GMA-4020B, it works perfectly. I m still puzzle. Can some one verify it for me, please??? Very much appreciated.

11-05-2005	#24
happyme New on Forum Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 4	Re: Matsushita SW-9585 Tests/Review pipemanid, Do u have to update your firmware before using DVD+RW 4x or not??? Coze when I put my DVD+RW 4X in, my burner SW-9585 said unrecognize format, and whether I try to format, erase or whatsoever, it never works!!! The ghost 2003 recognize the drive but when it tried to put the image on it, after 1 min, it just asks for a new Blank DVD !!! After 1 min!!! Normally to fill ghost on a DVD it take at least 30 min (4x), so when it takes only 1 min, something is not working!!! So after I put in a new DVD, 1 min later on it asks for a new DVD again!!!! So obvioulsy it's working!!! the reason that I am asking is that I have doubt that my DVD Burner is not working correctly, so I ask to check to see if it's work properly or not.

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