Kingston/KHypermedia BURNERS, any good?

[Gurm]

I saw an ad at Officemax for an 8x burner by KHypermedia.

It claims to be 8x +R (not both???), and it acts all confused (the ad, and their site) as to whether it does 8x write or 8x rewrite (i'm guessing it's 8x4x8, not 4x8x8!).

Also their site has NO firmware downloads, although it does let you log in as a "registered owner", so one would hope there is firmware there.

Does this drive totally suck donkey kong?

- Gurm

[ccbadd]

It is a Cyberdrive DX082D and you can get firmware upgrades from them. It is 8X +R 4X +RW 12X read. It is a + only drive, but it seems to do + very well for me. I did just buy it this past weekend so I have not tested a wide range different media. I did use some Imation 4X +r Ricoh's that wrote is 8:04, pretty quick! We also tried some HP 2.4X and Imation 2.4X and they worked fine also.

[noki]

saw an ad at Officemax for an 8x burner by KHypermedia.

the officemax i went to had a lot of them in stock. it is 8x write and 4x rw, has a large 8M buffer, seamless link burnproofing, made in china, and for $69 after rebate might be a good deal for someone.

Cyberdrive DX082D

who does Cyberdrive use as oem suppliers? BTC?

[ccbadd]

Cyberdrive engineer's it's own drives.

[noki]

Cyberdrive engineer's it's own drives.

anyone know their website (for firmware downloads)? thanks.

[xcool]

Does this drive change the booktype from +R to DVD-ROM like HP 400i and 400e?

[ccbadd]

The websie is www.cyberdrive.com.tw and yes it does set the booktype to dvd-rom for all disks.

[DVDDave]

the drive burns great with memorex 4X at 8X. very quiet. i ripped an 8gig movie with clone dvd. total time ripping/burning was 32 minutes wuth the burn at only 7 minutes--seems like a good drive for $70 bucks after rebate--just no -RW. :P

[noki]

ccbadd
thanks for the link

[dmagic1]

I believe some of the Khypermedia drives are Benq DW800A. I believe someone found out if it says made in Malaysia on the side its a Benq.