(Updated) NEC ND-3500A "16x" DVD±R/RW "4x" DL (dual layer) drive (OEM) for "$68.00" shipped

[uwannawhat]

No 'special' cable needed.

Just use what you had hooked up to your CD Burner or even add it as the primary or secondary drive if you have two plugins.

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: everydae

Originally posted by: marcello
So, I just got my DVD drive in the mail today. Mine came with no cables to connect it with. Is this the same with everybody else, or did I get jobbed? Thanks.

Because it's OEM. In general, OEM storage device (ODD and HDD) doesn't include any cable.

Thanks, is there a special type of cable I need to get? I probably can't just use the one from my old CD Burner, right?

You can find the "Quickstart Guide" for the NEC 3500A drive here: LINK

 

[marcello]

Originally posted by: MysticMan1

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: everydae

Originally posted by: marcello
So, I just got my DVD drive in the mail today. Mine came with no cables to connect it with. Is this the same with everybody else, or did I get jobbed? Thanks.

Because it's OEM. In general, OEM storage device (ODD and HDD) doesn't include any cable.

Thanks, is there a special type of cable I need to get? I probably can't just use the one from my old CD Burner, right?

You can find the "Quickstart Guide" for the NEC 3500A drive here: LINK

Sweet, thanks

 

[Pakky]

I've burned about 10 DVDs so far w/ no coasters. 5 @ 4x on the discs from NE and 5 Ridata 8x disks. The 8x burning still takes about 11 1/2 minutes to finish w/ either Nero or DVDDecrypter.

-Pak

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: Pakky
I've burned about 10 DVDs so far w/ no coasters. 5 @ 4x on the discs from NE and 5 Ridata 8x disks. The 8x burning still takes about 11 1/2 minutes to finish w/ either Nero or DVDDecrypter.

-Pak

Are you using the newest firmware that available? if not check the first post for a link to new firmware.

 

[homestarmy]

Originally posted by: MysticMan1

Originally posted by: SaturnX
Just a note for those who like burning movies.. the Pioneer doesn't support bit-setting for DVD+R, while the NEC with updated firmware, supports Bit-Setting for both SL/DL DVD+R, 12x video ripping, and is region free.

I've been debating between the DVR-108, ND3500 and the LG 4160B.. but it seems that the NEC comes out on top in terms of features in the end.

Just a heads up.

--Mark

Just a note to clear up a couple of thing, neither the pioneer or the NEC 16x drives support bit-setting for DVD+R, but both support bit-setting for the dual layer format, but there is some "hacked" firmware available that will add bit-setting support for DVD+R to the NEC drive, but unless you own a old DVD player or plan on backing up console games you wouldn't need bit-setting.

please explain why you need bit-setting for backing up games? i am not now, but i may be in the future!

 

[314mofoshodirty]

Originally posted by: homestarmy

Originally posted by: MysticMan1

Originally posted by: SaturnX
Just a note for those who like burning movies.. the Pioneer doesn't support bit-setting for DVD+R, while the NEC with updated firmware, supports Bit-Setting for both SL/DL DVD+R, 12x video ripping, and is region free.

I've been debating between the DVR-108, ND3500 and the LG 4160B.. but it seems that the NEC comes out on top in terms of features in the end.

Just a heads up.

--Mark

Just a note to clear up a couple of thing, neither the pioneer or the NEC 16x drives support bit-setting for DVD+R, but both support bit-setting for the dual layer format, but there is some "hacked" firmware available that will add bit-setting support for DVD+R to the NEC drive, but unless you own a old DVD player or plan on backing up console games you wouldn't need bit-setting.

please explain why you need bit-setting for backing up games? i am not now, but i may be in the future!

Yeah I wanna know about that to

 

[snooby]

Originally posted by: MysticMan1

Originally posted by: ttown

Can DVDDecrypter be used to burn DL, or is there any special software needed to burn DL?

I'm interested in lowest cost possible to make a legal copy of a dual-layer movie.
What all do I need to add software-wise if I buy an OEM dual-layer drive?

You need a copy of DVD Shrink, along with DVD Decrypter. You can read a "how to" DVD Shrink Guide here:
DVD Shrink Guide

For about $7 when you buy it from Newegg you can get the Roxio Easy Media Creator Basic DVD software.

Here's some Nero Suite 6.0.0.6 (OEM) w/ Dual Layer Drive Support $3.99 shipped
Link to software
I don't know if this software is any good or not, but for $4......

Has anyone tried to order Nero from softwareandstuff? Do they actually check whether you've bought hardware?

You can only get Roxio if it's packaged with the drive you want, right? I don't think the offer it as a separate item to be purchased with whatever drive you want.

 

[marcello]

Ok, for some reason, whenever I try to burn with Nero, it only writes an image to my hard drive. I can't get it to burn for some reason. I had no problem with my CD burner, but now that the DVD is installed, it won't work. What am I missing? Thanks

 

[catrats]

It's possible that your version of Nero doesn't support/recognize the NEC 3500A drive. What version of Nero are you using?

 

[CATASTROPHY]

Marcello....if you are using multible drives ,you have to check which drive you want to use.If you installed a virtual drive when you installed the software maybe it is defaulting to that drive for burning

 

[marcello]

I'm using Nero 5.5.10.35 Enterprise Edition. I only have one drive installed right now, and I'm pretty sure it's selected.

 

[salvorhardin]

when you go to choose recorder, does it show up? It sounds like your version of nero doesn't fully support the NEC drive and it's defaulting to the image recorder.

 

[MysticMan1]

Originally posted by: marcello
Ok, for some reason, whenever I try to burn with Nero, it only writes an image to my hard drive. I can't get it to burn for some reason. I had no problem with my CD burner, but now that the DVD is installed, it won't work. What am I missing? Thanks

You might find help with your problem at the NEC drive forum at cdfreaks.com LINK

 

[SynthDude2001]

I just ordered the 3500A in black from Newegg, only $70.99. For that price it's practically a steal, especially when you consider that 8x drives were barely below $100 less than six months ago.

 

[Doggiedog]

I just bought this and using the free DVD-R from Newegg, I could only burn at 6x which took about 30 mins.

Am I doing something wrong? I burned about 4.1Gigs of pictures using Windows to burn the DVD-R.