HP840b

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction Tests
4. DVD Error Correction Tests
5. Protected Disc Tests
6. CD Recording Tests
7. CD Writing Quality - Plextools
8. CD Writing Quality - Clover System
9. DVD Recording Tests
10. DVD Writing Quality - Page 1
11. DVD Writing Quality - Page 2
12. DVD Writing Quality - Page 3
13. DVD Writing Quality - Page 4
14. DVD Writing Quality - Page 5
15. DVD Writing Quality - Almedio
16. DVD+R DL - Page 1
17. DVD+R DL - Page 2
18. BookType Setting
19. LightScribe Feature
20. Conclusion

As in almost all latest release drives, we expected to see the Booktype setting feature supported by the HP 840b. Unfortunately, this is not the case. We tried several of the most popular utilities that offer this function but we failed to change the booktype setting. We couldn't even access the menus most of the time, with "device does not support this feature" popping up. We post some Screenshots taken with the software warning messages...

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