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NEC 3540 DVD Writer Reviewed


This drive is one of the better DVD writers out there for now. Very quick with outstanding writing quality, it's easy to see why NEC has quite a following in the optical drive community.
NEC drives have quite a following among enthusiasts and after having the ND-3540A in our 'Labs, it's easy to see why. While affordably priced, their new 16x DVD±RW offers a healthy dose of features and some of the fastest DVD reading and writing speeds available.

It shouldn't be too surprising that what the ND-3540A does best is write DVD's. When writing to DVD+R and DVD-R media at 16x, the drive took about 6 minutes to write an entire 4.7GB DVD. NEC's new DVD writer also performed pretty well in our rewriting tests, turning in some impressive times with both DVD-RW and DVD+RW media. The ND-3540A held its own when writing to DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media, but due to its Z-CLV writing method, it wasn't as fast as some of the other drives we've tested.

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