The Booktype Setting allows the user to alter the current setting of the pre-burned media to DVD-ROM in most cases, in order to maximize compatibility with other stand alone players. For the Booktype setting to work, the drive must support such a function. Almost all drives on the market support this setting. Unfortunately some do not, or some support it partially (it has been noted that some drives support bitsetting only as far as DL media is concerned). On this page, we will have a brief look as to whether the reviewed drives support the bitsetting function and with which utility the change can be accomplished.

Asus DRW 1608P

The Asus 1608P unfortunately does not support the Bitsetting function.

BenQ DW 1640A

The BenQ 1640 supports booktype change through the "Booktype Management" utility included in the Qsuite, a collection of usefully utilities for BenQ drives which comes bundled in the retail box.

LiteOn SOHW 1693S

Owners of the LiteOn drive can change the current booktype to the preferred one easily, with the aid of the LiteOn Booktype utility which can be downloaded from LiteOnit.com.

NEC ND-3530A

NEC supports the Booktype setting change through the Nero CD-DVD Speed utility and DVD Info Pro. Unfortunately, the 3530A supports this function only for DVD+R DL media.

Pioneer DVR 109

Just as with the NEC drive, the Pioneer DVR 109 supports the Booktype change only with DVD+R DL, which prior to burning the inserted media, changes its setting to DVD-ROM for maximized compatibility.

Plextor PX-740A

The Plextor drive supports Bitsetting through various utilities like Nero CD-DVD speed, DVD InfoPro, as well as the BenQ Qsuite utility since the Plextor and BenQ drives share the same chipset, the Plextor drive being an OEM drive.

Samsung TS-HS552U

Unfortunately, the Samsung drive does not support this feature...

Sony DW-800U

The Sony drive supports this function through several utilities like KProbe, DVDInfo Pro and DVD Dectrypter.

-Quality Scan capabilities

Only two out of eight drives do not support the quality scan feature, neither with Krpobe nor CD Speed Utility.