so apparently this burner is supposed to be able to do 8x dvds at 16x

how can i configure it this way?

You have to have 16X media or 12X or 8X that are supported by BenQ's firmware for overspeeding to 16X.

Here is the list:

Support 16x DVD+R media:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON AZ3)
02. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON CY3)
03. BeAll (BeAll PG0)
04. CMC (CMCMAG M01)
05. GigaStorage (GSC503 H01)
06. Infomedia (INFOME R30)
07. LeadData (LD M04)
08. Maxell (MAXELL 003)
09. MBI (MBIPG101 R05)
10. Mitsubishi (MCC 004)
11. MUST (MUST 006)
12. Nanya (NANYA FLX)
13. NSD (NSD R40)
14. Optodisc (OPTODISC R16)
15. Optodisc (OPTODISC F16)
16. Philips (PHILIPS C16)
17. Prodisc (PRODISC R04)
18. Prodisc (PRODISC R05)
19. Ricoh (RICOHJPN R03)
20. Ritek (RITEK R04)
21. SONY (SONY D21)
22. TDK (TDK 003)
23. TAIYO YUDEN (YUDEN T03)

For 8x DVD+R media which is able to write at 16x:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON AZ2)
02. LeadData (LD S03)
03. Ricoh (RICOHJPN R02)
04. SONY (SONY D11)
05. TDK (TDK 002)
06. TAIYO YUDEN (YUDEN000 T02)

For 8x DVD+R media which is able to write at 12x:
01. Umedisc (AML 002)
02. BeAll (BEALL000 P80)
03. EDD (DT-D03 004)
04. Infodisc (INFODISC R20)
05. Infomedia (INFOME R20)
06. Maxell (MAXELL 002)
07. MBI (MBIPG101 R04)
08. MJC (MJC 003)
09. Mitsubishi (MCC 003)
10. NANYA (CLX)
11. NANYA (CHX)
12. Philips (PHILIPS 081)
13. Plasmon (PLASMON1 C01)
14. Prodisc (PRODISC R03)
15. Ritek (RITEK R03)
16. WingSing (WINGSHIN 001)

Support 16x DVD-R media:
01. CMC (CMC MAG AM3)
02. MBI (MBI 03RG40)
03. Mitsubishi (MCC 03 RG20)
04. Maxell (MXL RG04)
05. Optodisc (OPTODISC R016)
06. Prodisc (Prodisc F02)
07. Sony (SONY 16D1)
08. TDK (TTH02)

For 8x DVD-R media which is able to write at 16x:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON0 08S)
02. SONY (SONY08 D1)
03. TAIYO YUDEN (TYG02)

For 8x DVD-R media which is able to write at 12x:
01. BeAll (BeAll G40001)
02. CMC (CMC MAG AE1)
03. Mitsubishi (MCC 02 RG20)
04. Maxell (MXL RG 03)
05. Prodisc (Prodisc S04)
06. Prodisc (Prodisc F01)
07. Ritek (RITEK RG06)

I use dvdinfopro to read the write descriptors on the blank dvds and it willtell you what the firmware of the dvd writer can handle on the blanks....you can have 16x certified media but if the firmware isnt up todate then the writer cant write at that speed.

slightly off topic. . .
I sure wish I could find the complete supported media list for P9. All I can ever find is the overspeed and higher speed media list. What about 4x media that writes at 4x, and 8x media that writes at 8x? I know it doesn't have the marketing (sales) advantage of high "bling" factor to increase sales, but the information would be so very useful to me. This is quickly turning into a high-speed-media only writer. But I would rather save some cash by getting high-quality, low-speed media. Is there any of this that performs really excellent on the 1620?

Oh well. I guess that's not the optical writer drive I happened to purchase. The 1620 is built for speed. In that case, I sure would like to find a source for the Philips c16 that is so lovely at 12x. Now, I wouldn't mind paying a little bit more for that kind of performance. Is it even available, or is there an equivilent?
What about extreme high quality at 16x? I've never seen a write-at-16x scan posted that was entirely satisfactory (to me) on quality. What media can I buy for that?

What is your level of satisfactory quality then? Nero Quality Score of 99%?

Actually a simple way -- use the QScan to test if the media is feasible/recommended to write at 16x or other speed.

I would be really interested by such a list too !

Just curious, does anyone know the rip speed of the Benq 1620 @ B7P9?

Here is something a tech from BenQ sent me on november 24th. I thought it could be interesting to post it here, I havent seen such a list so I dont know if anyone had the change to get one of those...
enjoy!

i cant see your comments.??

Anyone able to convert that file to txt, I have no program able to read that file, tia.

Why not just buy high quality 8x media and burn it at 8x? The drive isn't going to force a 16x burn on YUDEN000T02, it's just there if you want to burn at that speed.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=EN

is a spreadsheet viewer from Microsoft....

thanks