NEC ND-2500A DVD burner bitsetting capable? Benq DW800A 8X disk compatability?

[GRL]

I see that the NEC ND-2500A DVD burner has hit the shelves. Does 8X DVD+/-R
and 4X DVD+/-RW. very impressive. Anyone know if this unit offers
compatibility bitsetting with +R and +RW? Sure is a nice feature to assure
compatibility with my DVD set-top players (Panasonics that want nothing to
do with +R/+RW.) As I recall the old 1300A model either supported bitsetting
or always set the "book" on +R/+RW disks to DVD-ROM which pretty much all
set-top players can read then.

Was about to get the Benq DW800A which has bitsetting, but only supports the
"+" formats. Their web site is mute on the subject of compatible disks,
though. And they did not reply to my e-mail asking about that. So a little
worrisome. The NU flavor of the drive supposedly only does 8x with "real" 8X
disks which is no fun at all.

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- GRL

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[Robertazimmerman]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:19:28 -0500, "GRL" <GLitwinski@CHARTERMI.COM>
wrote:
I see that the NEC ND-2500A DVD burner has hit the shelves. Does 8X DVD+/-Rand 4X DVD+/-RW. very impressive. Anyone know if this unit offerscompatibility bitsetting with +R and +RW? Sure is a nice feature to assurecompatibility with my DVD set-top players (Panasonics that want nothing todo with +R/+RW.) As I recall the old 1300A model either supported bitsettingor always set the "book" on +R/+RW disks to DVD-ROM which pretty much allset-top players can read then.

The NEC 1300 does NOT support bitsetting out of the box, nor does it
set the booktype as DVD-ROM. You will need to get the hacked flashware
from Herrie to enable these functions.

http://www.herrie.org/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=30#cat

Have fun!