Anyone tested it??

what?
how bout a link
gona go look for it and try it tonite. I dislike the fact that benq makes changes in firmware and continues to use the same name. such as the b7h9 leaked fw and the official, and now this minor change but still basicaly the same.

(in reply to emperor)

what's so new about B7H9? It's been out for weeks.

(in reply to S33K3R)

oh yea
silly me i thought the v was something different but guess not
did the v get you too emperor?

hmm perhaps I am missing something here. you have b7h9 available for download twice on this site
http://www.cdr-info.com/Sections/Firmware/SingleModel.aspx?DriveId=965
its release date was the 25 of august
b7h9 release date

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

I thought that people might have been talking about B7J9 or something

(in reply to S33K3R)

How about B7K9?

http://support.benq.com/front/BenqMain.asp?MenuHead=128&ShowType=program&FileURL=service/driverlist.asp&Dataid=16041&downloadclass=Driver&product=3731&langu=null&ops=2756&GenMenu=&RootId=undefined

Sept 29.

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

Hrm.... I wonder if the BenQ 1620 can burn DVD-Rs at 16x now? It always topped out at 12x even on B7J9

(in reply to Halcyon)

wish i had picked up tyg02 50 pack for 29.99 last week. oh well perhaps they will go on sale soon again.

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

Sorry about this, my mistake, i will update the link to B7K9

(in reply to S33K3R)

For sure the update list for B7K9 is huge...

Release Reason:

1. Modified the writing strategy for DVD+R & DVD-R media.
2. Update media list.

Media List:

Support DVD+R DL (Double Layer) media:
01. Mitsubishi (MKM 001)
02. Ritek (D01)
03. Philips (CD2)

Support 16x DVD+R media:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON AZ3)
02. Philips (C16)
03. Mitsubishi (MCC 004)
04. TAIYO YUDEN (YUDEN T03)
05. Prodisc (PRODISC R04)
06. Prodisc (PRODISC R05)
07. Maxell (MAXELL 003)
08. Ricoh (RICOHJPN R03)
09. Ritek (RITEK R04)
10. SONY (SONY D21)
11. TDK (TDK 003)
12. CMC (CMCMAG M01)
13. BeAll (BeAll PG0)
14. MBI (MBIPG101 R05)
15. MUST (MUST 006)
16. Nanya (NANYA FLX)
17. Optodisc (OPTODISC F16)

For 8x DVD+R media which is able to write at 16x:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON AZ2)
02. LeadData (LD S03)
03. SONY (SONY D11)
04. TDK (TDK 002)
05. TAIYO YUDEN (YUDEN000 T02)
06. Ricoh (RICOHJPN R02)

For 8x DVD+R media which is able to write at 12x:
01. Umedisc (AML 002)
02. BeAll (BEALL000 P80)
03. EDD (DT-D03 004)
04. Infodisc (INFODISC R20)
05. Infomedia (INFOME R20)
06. Maxell (MAXELL 002)
07. MBI (MBIPG101 R04)
08. Mitsubishi (MCC 003)
09. NANYA (CLX)
10. NANYA (CHX)
11. Philips (PHILIPS 081)
12. Plasmon (PLASMON1 C01)
13. Prodisc (PRODISC R03)
14. Ritek H02 type (RITEK R03)
15. Ritek CH1 type (RITEK R03)
16. WingSing (WINGSHIN 001)
17. MJC (MJC 003)

Support 16x DVD-R media:
01. BeAll (BeAll G16001)
02. CMC (CMC MAG AM3)
03. Mitsubishi (MCC 03 RG20)
04. Maxell (MXL RG04)
05. Optodisc (OPTODISC R016)
06. Sony (SONY 16D1)
07. TDK (TTH02)

For 8x DVD-R media which is able to write at 16x:
01. BenQ/ Daxon (DAXON0 08S)
02. SONY (SONY08 D1)
03. TAIYO YUDEN (TYG02)

For 8x DVD-R media which is able to write at 12x:
01. BeAll (BeAll G40001)
02. CMC (CMC MAG AE1)
03. Fujifilm (FUJIFILM 03)
04. Mitsubishi (MCC 02 RG20)
05. Maxell (MXL RG 03)
06. Prodisc (Prodisc S04)
07. Prodisc (Prodisc F01)
08. Ritek (RITEK RG06)

NOTICE! Superior quality disc is recommended for high speed writing!

(in reply to emperor)

my philips c08 that was able to burn at 12x was left out in all 1620 fw

(in reply to emperor)

Are you sure? I mean it maybe not at that list but still supported

(in reply to S33K3R)

I have not burnt one with b7k9 but poped it in dvdinfo and it only listed it @8x max. I burned one with fw b7h9 and it only did 8x. seems like they making room for new philips 081 or something. its a shame too since c08 was pretty nice @12x. on the other hand the t02 i picked up at best buy does 16X

(in reply to emperor)

quote:

ORIGINAL: S33K3R

I have not burnt one with b7k9 but poped it in dvdinfo and it only listed it @8x max. I burned one with fw b7h9 and it only did 8x. seems like they making room for new philips 081 or something. its a shame too since c08 was pretty nice @12x. on the other hand the t02 i picked up at best buy does 16X

Nope, TYG02 still tops out at 12x for me... and actually takes about 12min to burn a full disc. Not too impressive

(in reply to S33K3R)

tyg02 is -r 8x
I got YUDEN000T02 which is +r 8x
that real sux to hear that tyg02 will not go past 12x

(in reply to Dolphinius_Rex)

quote:

ORIGINAL: S33K3R

tyg02 is -r 8x
I got YUDEN000T02 which is +r 8x
that real sux to hear that tyg02 will not go past 12x

Oh yeah... T02 goes to 16x, that's for sure! But on B7J9 it still had serious quality issues... perhaps B7K9 has fixed this? When I get some more I'll throw another one in and do some testing.

(in reply to S33K3R)