The question as above. I am planning to buy this external dvd writer and wonder if there are any issues with this writer and anydvd. Used anydvd with my Benq 1620 flawlessly.

PLease respond.

Thanks

What you mean with anydvd and the BenQ? As you know anydvd is not a burning app, so if you mean it should work for ripping then normally it should do.

I meant that i used anydvd to make my drive region free on my 1620. and i wondered if the AnyDVD software has any issue with the 164B External drive.

You mean to make the movie region-free. As i know there shouldn't be any bigger issues.

yes. to make the discs region free as not to use up my 4 remaining changes... any others care to comment?

not really, since rapid fire already answered your questions...

anydvd works fine to make discs read as region free with most drives (and ALL benQs as far as i know)

the only problem is with Matshita drives because of the hardware inside. anydvd cannot make discs appear region free to these drives, but with the correct region disc, anydvd will still do it's job on a Matshita drive.

in short, rapid fire was right...you're fine.

thank you very much. my laptop an ibm t43 comes with one of those matshita drives and its impossible so i was thinking of getting one. anyone can comment about the performance of this drive?

i can't help you on external drives. all of my BenQs are internal.

check out the BenQ subforum in the Optical Drives forum...they should be able to help you out!

I guess you'll be happy with it, otherwise i like the Plextor PX716 UF too!
Also take carefully a look on the drives name matSHITa!
You know what i mean.

@ panjfj,

Perchance have you looked into using Region Free (RPC-1) Firmware in your BenQ EW164B Burner? By the way RPC2 means Region Protection and RPC-1 means Region Free. That way you will never have to be worry about using up Region changes in your BenQ EW164B Burner.

Below is a link for BenQ EW164B version BEFB Region Free (RPC-1) Firmware.

http://tdb.rpc1.org/#EW164B

Best Regards,
bjkg

@ panjfj,

Perchance have you considered replacing you Laptop internal Matsushita (Panasonic) Drive with a more conventional internal DVD Drive?

Below is a Forum posting link concerning another Forum Member who also has a Laptop internal Matsushita (Panasonic) Drive. This posting contains some discussion that you might consider relative to your situation.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=173788

Best Regards,
bjkg

I don't like external drives. Too many problem posts about backing up with externals.

I have the BenQ164B external ( rebadged Sony 810UL ) crossflashed with external BenQ BEFB firmware and it works with firewire ( 26Mbs burst rate ) I gat a 16X read and 16X burn with no problems. I usually just use it when I am at work.

if i had a laptop, that would be the only reason i'd buy an internal drive. i don't even really like external hard drives, although i'm running out of space in my computer (both physical space and drivespace )

@ reasonsnotrules,

Suggest getting a larger internal hard drive instead of considering an external drive. External drives are too problematic plus internal drives have a cheaper purchase price and a quicker data transfer rate.

Best Regards,
bjkg

oh trust me...i'm on top of it.

biggest drives go inside the tower and the ones they replace become extra storage.

i don't have external cases (lecture me...i'm asking for it!) I just use a USB to IDE adapter to get at the info on those drives, but i don't usually need to access them that often.