That is more real to me that the one for £5.

Well the fiver offer was a stab in the dark, was basically having a laugh. But £40 is plain ridiculous, especially considering they don't know what it really is and 20x Lightscribe drives can be bought new and retail from svp for £15..

Dw1640..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Philips-IDE-DV...QQcmdZViewItem

Obviously the picture indicates the drive is not BenQ drive, also the 20X LS drive is not BenQ either.

But: http://club.cdfreaks.com/f92/philips...rmware-148001/

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and lol BenQ or not, £40 is a rip off for any new dvd drive. ESPECIALLY if it's being sold by someone who thinks it's just any old drive.

nice obervation about 5 logos ...

2 RW logos ?

I meant logos other than the big BenQ name. Maybe I should have said icons instead.

I could have sworn I remember the 1640 from late 2004, but it was probably just my imagination. I love the drives so much, that I could start daydreaming that they were around back in the 1960s. I think the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) had them in use during the height of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Even Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a BenQ.

My point remains, the classic models had four icons, while I've been seeing some later models with only three.

As for the 8801s, I saw several sites about a week ago that seemed to have plenty in stock. I didn't bookmark them, but I'll see if I can find them again.

Here's one:

http://www.oyyy.co.uk/product.php?xProd=59789

Here's another:

http://www.ultratec.co.uk/stocklists...del=DVD8801/67

And one more:

http://www.hpsales.co.uk/extra.asp?pn=DVD8801

I agree the 1640 was and I believe still is one the best drive among BenQ DVD writers. I have mine stay as resave and good shape ready to get in to service.

Yes , 1640 still beats most of the new burners

A friend of mine whom I got a 1640 a year ago and sold him some Panasonic TYG03 is very happy with the results .

He burnt a disc with 1640 @16X and the result is awesome :

I Agree this awesome scan and show near perfect performance by the BenQ1640 drive.

1640 > 1650 ?

What do you mean by this?, if you are asking whether 1640 is better drive than 1650 is depends to your own taste some people say definitely some might say no.

> means "is greater than" so yeah I was asking which was better.

thanks for the answer anyway

Yes my own experience with both drive shows 1640 has better performance over all.

Cool thanks, I'm gonna be watching ebay for new ones.. There's that 1628K but postage is expensive

Scored a PX740A on EBay, fwiw. BSLB, BSNB, or BSRB? Thx, z

I picked up a used 1640 off ebay at the weekend

For how much and in what condition shape the drive is ?.

Think it was £7.50, haven't checked it yet. Dunno when I'll get round to it TBH.

Let's hope every thing goes well and then the price you have paid is a fantastic price for BenQ 1640. I hope you enjoy it when you get it.

Sorry to say negritude, But sofar noone on those links is able to sell me a drive. Do these drives even exist anymore?...
I don't think so, because I bought my last DVD8801 late sept '07.
(Note, I emailed them about stock and delivery time because I live in Sweden.)

Thanks anyway trying to help our members out.

Please guys and youd girls keeping this thread alive.

Does DVDInfoPro report PIE/PIF totals wrong on Benq drives? I get same PIE/PIF peaks and Jitter as Nero, but the totals are much lower..

Well I have got it but I'm down an external case and I've lost a unique power adapter, so I can't test it for the time being. I guess I'll have to mothball it for a few weeks with the 1620 I bought some months back.

The price you pay when you only own laptops.

Glad that you got OK, I rally congratulate you for the price yopu paid for such fantstic and hard to find BenQ drive.

BTW: this one of the Quality Scan I have just finished doing with My BenQ 1655 drive.

Thanks..should be good. Just looked it up and the total cost inc postage was £11.51.

That means I now own a 1620, 1640 and a 1650.