Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Review Of NEC ND-3500A DVD Writer
Posted by Suhit Gupta in "ARTICLE" @ 12:00 PM
"I’m not sure how NEC does it, but whenever there’s a new DVD writing standard, it’s always an NEC drive that lands on my desk first. So, picking up where the very capable ND-2510A left off, is the ND-3500A. Now, the ND-2510A was the first dual layer compatible drive that I got my hands on, but other than that, the specs were pretty much identical to the older ND-2500A. The ND-3500A on the other hand, is a much more revolutionary device. Although I’ve looked at a couple of DVD writers that sported 12-speed DVD+R capability, NEC chose to skip 12-speed altogether and jump straight onto 16-speed. But the ND-3500A isn’t just rated at 16-speed for DVD+R writing, it can also write at 16-speed to DVD-R discs, if you can find any fast enough media."
The good news is that the features don't end there as it is also the first drive that can burn DVD+R dual layer discs at 4x, instead of the ubiquitously found 2.4x drives that take over 40 minutes to burn a disk. According to TrustedReviews, this is a superb drive, and they have lots of performance graphs to prove it. Hmm, perhaps I should get one because I have really been looking for a nice reliable backup solution for my server that is not tape based.
The good news is that the features don't end there as it is also the first drive that can burn DVD+R dual layer discs at 4x, instead of the ubiquitously found 2.4x drives that take over 40 minutes to burn a disk. According to TrustedReviews, this is a superb drive, and they have lots of performance graphs to prove it. Hmm, perhaps I should get one because I have really been looking for a nice reliable backup solution for my server that is not tape based.
