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    New Problem with NEC 3500A drive....

    AnandTech's review show NEC to be the fastest of those they tested with an average speed of 36X. The speed rating given by a manufacturer is always the best you can do with the best media for a short burst rather than the average speed for the entire disk. No one should ever beleave...
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    Bitsetting - NEC 3500A

    Thanks, I also found out by digging through the Nero menus that I can change the bit setting by going to: Nero Toolkit Nero CD-DVD Speed Extra Bitsetting I can now use Kodac +R's on settop DVD players.
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    Bitsetting - NEC 3500A

    I have a NEC 3500A DVD burner. AnandTech reviews say that this recorder allows bitsetting. I use Nero 6.6. How do I bitset? Thanks, in advance, for the help.
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    CD and DVD Burners

    Yes, when the buffer runs low, the buffer under run s/w suspends the writing process until the buffer fills again. This would lower the net write speed. So that if you set the writing speed at, say, 40x for CD or 4x for DVD, the buffer under run s/w would be suspending the writing a number of...
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    CD and DVD Burners

    If the under run s/w doesn't slow down the write speed, how does it prevent buffer under run?
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    CD and DVD Burners

    But doesn't the buffer under run protection slow down the actual write times so that the buffer does not go empty? My thinking is that a 2 meg buffer will empty more often than 8 meg and this will make the under run prtection slow the writing down more than if there was a 8 meg buffer.
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    CD and DVD Burners

    CD and DVD burner s/w now has some form of buffer under write protection. My question is will a burner with a 2 meg buffer be slower than one with 8 meg? My thought is that the buffer under run s/w will result in a good burn but does a 2 meg buffer cause the s/w to slow down the write speed more...