Here is my dilemmma. I received a Samsung DVD Recorder for Christmas. Unfortuately, the thing will only record on DVD-R media. I also received some blank Memorex DVD-RWs with the gift. I recorded something on these disc and they will play on every stand alone player that I have but the Benq will not read these discs. In fact, it says that there is no disc in the drive. I have tried finalizing which works for the other players and not finalizing but nothing seems to work for the Benq. By the way, I never purchase Memorex DVDs. I am a die hard fan of Taiyo. Does anyone have any ideas as to how I can get the drive to read these discs?
Could you possibly have an older BenQ drive that is + only? I know Memorex is a bottom of the barrel quality media, but your drive should at least see the discs unless the drive is infact + only. We have some at work like that and we have to be careful with the media we try to read or write. As for TY - you'd be well advised to stick with them or Verbatim, or even Sony and Fuji - made in Japan. MIJ is the key to it. However, Verbatim should be grade-A, regardless. Good luck in your quest!
Hi, The 1655 is one of the latest 16x DVDRWs' on the market. I know this sounds stupid but try bitsetting DVD+RW to DVD+RW & not DVD-ROM. For some reason this has helped in the past. Maybe DVD-ROM setting means drive finds it difficult to see anything else in terms of DVDRW in general.
I have both a BenQ DW1640 and DW1655 and neither drive seems to like DVD-RW discs ... when I'm lucky enough to get the drives to read 'em ... I get TONS of read errors ... ... Maybe you should purchase a Samsung DVD-ROM drive for your computer ... they're pretty cheap and I'm positive that it'll read those darn DVD-RW discs ...
Memorex has some decent manufacturers for their RW media. Benqs usually favor the plus format.I have trouble with the dash backups from a couple of pc of crap pc burners using the benqs read them.They are phenomenal burners. Just weaker readers. I agree with catfreak. If you have the tower space, get a good dvd-rom drive like that samsung/Lite-on 167T/or sony. Usually $20-$30 at newegg.com. This additional dvd-rom drive will save a lot of wear and tear on your sweet benq 1655. I still have yet to wear out my original benq 1620 after 3000+ backups.I only use them to burn,except in my single dvd-rw drive pc.
this is correct .. if the DVD-RW is 4x, chances are that the media code is MCC01RW4 .. you'd have a hard time topping that quality ...
