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Nec Dual Layer burner

  • 25-03-2006 03:26AM
    #1
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭


    Yeah Maplins again. €57 for this -
    http://www.nec.co.uk/ND3550.aspx

    It's not in their main catalogue cos it's a special offer thingy. Seems pretty fast - I've just burnt a 4.32gb movie in 6.5 minutes on a DVD-R disk, think it was an 8x disk so a 16x should be faster.


    (and I'm on a Mac with it in an external box!)


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  • #2
    Sherifu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Its on their .co.uk site for £35 approx €50 :rolleyes:

    Got almost the same model from komplett this week

    http://komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=314089

    works out about the same with postage.
    very fast with the 16x disks im using.
    Happy so far.


  • #3
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    the 3500 series are the mutts nuts, one of the few bits of pc kit that i wouldn't hesitate to recommend:)
    they're absolutely rock solid and you'd be unlucky if it produced a coaster, even on the cheapest of media.
    dead quiet at 8x too


  • #4
    fisab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 232 ✭✭fisab


    I recently bought one from Komplett and have had huge getting any any commercial CD/DVD burning software to recognise it. Nero etc dont see it as a recordable drive. The only one I got working was a freebie - CDBurnerXP Pro.
    Anyone else have this problem?


  • #5
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,738 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    I had 2 NEC DVD burners a year or two back, both gave up the ghost, worked for a while and then nothing, also towards the end of the 2nd one's life it would not recognise some of the newer blanks.
    Thankfully they were within guarantee from Komplett so I opted for a Pioneer and it was rock solid, took everything and no coasters.
    From my experience with NEC drives I would not recommend.


  • #6
    klingklang
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 265 ✭✭klingklang


    Really happy with my NEC (about a year old) - no problems using it with Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 and DVD Decrypter.


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  • #7
    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    fisab wrote:
    I recently bought one from Komplett and have had huge getting any any commercial CD/DVD burning software to recognise it. Nero etc dont see it as a recordable drive. The only one I got working was a freebie - CDBurnerXP Pro.
    Anyone else have this problem?
    which version of windows are you using?
    and is it an up to date version of Nero that you tried?
    flashing the drive's firmware might be worth a shot...


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