LabsDVD writers
HP's dvd1040e looks rather plain compared to the stylish Freecom and LG drives. It comes with a good software bundle, however, which includes the excellent Nero Recode video-encoding package. Unfortunately, its overall DVD burning performance was below average in this group. The dvd1040e was the slowest external desktop burner in both our single-layer and two-layer DVD tests. It was also at the bottom of the table when writing DVD-RW discs, but it fared better burning DVD+RWs, where it managed 6.55X, putting it third in the external DVD writer group. It was the second-fastest external writer when writing CD-R discs, with a speed of 30.29X, which was just behind LiteOn's Super AllWrite. HP's dvd1040e is fast at writing CD-R discs and reasonably fast at burning DVD+RWs, but its performance is otherwise disappointing. Overall, it's the slowest external desktop DVD writer in our group. Samsung's faster Super-WriteMaster also comes with Nero Recode and is a better buy. SPECIFICATIONS:
20X DVD-R, 20X DVD+R, 6X DVD-RW, 8X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R DL, 8X DVD+R DL, 12X DVD-RAM, 48X CD-R, 32X CD-RW Sponsored Links
HP Pavilion dv6910ea
Intel Pentium Dual Core, 2 Ghz, 3072 MB, 250 GB HP Pavilion dv5-1000ea Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 Ghz, 3072 MB, 320 GB HP 550 Intel Celeron M 530 1.73GHz / 1024MB / 120 Intel Celeron M, 1.73 Ghz, 1024 MB, 120 GB HP 6735S AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core RM-70 2.0GHz / 2 AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile, 2 Ghz, 2048 MB, 160 GB HP Pavilion dv2899ea Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.5 Ghz, 4096 MB, 320 GB |
|||||||||||
