"NEC 2500A" "Ricoh MP5308D" "HP420i

[stardreamer77]

Hi all,
If the price is same, which drive is better??
all 8X+-R ....

"NEC 2500A"
"Ricoh MP5308D"
"HP420i"

thanks...

[Vanderlow]

I think the 420i is a rebadged NEC2500A. They're taking the 420i and cloning it and using it on the NEC2500 for the added bitsetting capability.

Here's the database and user comments:

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDname=&cdrs=&cdrws=&dvdrs=&dvdrws=&dvdprs=8&d...&Search=Search

[stardreamer77]

thanks.....
but... the HP homepage show this 420i only support CD-R at 24X burning speed.... and the 2500a is 32X.. why??

and is it the Ricoh MP5308D also NEC 2500A OEM??

thanks.

[-jsl-]

HP dvd420i that shows up as a 420n is a rebadged ND-2500A. I think they only specify 24x/10x CD-R/RW speed because BenQ/Philips might take over the production later and their drives currently only support 24x/10x. From what I read the dvd420n is really 32x/16x CD-R/RW though. The HP drive burns DVD+R as DVD-ROM by default and supports changing book type on DVD+RW.
Ricoh MP5308D is a rebadged NEC ND-2500A too. It has not been confirmed whether it supports bitsetting/changing of book type or not.
There is also a patched firmware for the ND-2500A out which is based on the HP 420n and therefore supports bitsetting.

[Vanderlow]

So if you don't mind flashing hacked firmware go with the NEC and you can use either HPs or NEC's firmware, but probably not vise versa.

[stardreamer77]

thank you all.....