Burning Blu-ray 4X for Lite-On LH-2B1S

The Blue-site Hardware has obtained information from the technical support of Lite-On on the CD / DVD / Blu-ray LH-2B1S. According to the information obtained by our colleague, the LH-2B1S could soon benefit from an update to its firmware to add support for burning the Blu-ray at the speed of 4X (18 Mb / sec) which is at least a very good news because it doubles the maximum speed currently supported by the LH-2B1S (2X or 9 MB / sec). It is not yet known what date this firmware is available and if the burn 4X will exclusively concern BD-R or media also rewritable BD-RE. Anyway, we should soon be fixed if it is confirmed.

If buying a burner Blu-ray you are interested, you can take a look at the test conducted by Blue-Hardware precisely on the Lite-On LH-2B1S.

Firmwares for Plextor burners and Windows Vista

Did the arrival of Windows Vista, a fairly large quantity of drivers is currently being published by the majority of manufacturers to support the new operating system. These new drivers include, for example, graphics cards, sound cards, TV cards ... But other types of equipment also require an update to work well with Windows Vista. This is especially true of certain motherboards for which an updated bios is advised. Some scanners also need to update their firmware so that the compatibility with Windows Vista is fully ensured.

The manufacturer Plextor has also published two new firmware for its burners PX-755A, PX-755SA (version 1.06), PX-760A and PX-760SA (version 1.05) to improve compatibility with Windows Vista. For the moment, only the RC 2 (Release Candidate 2) of Windows Vista has been tested with these firmware. Plextor does not therefore guarantee flawless operation with the RTM (Release To Manufacturer) and specifies, in addition, we must also ensure compatibility of burning software with the new operating system.

In addition, both firmware not merely compatible with Windows Vista, which today does a few users, but the quality of burning CDs and DVDs has also been improved. The performance of burning, especially when using the "AutoStrategy," have also been improved. Finally, for models PX-760A and PX-760SA only note that the burning of DVD-R DL at the speed of 8X is now supported. She was so far limited to 6X while DVD + R DL can, however, already be burned at a speed of 10X. For information, the site Gravure-News has just published these days folder to the latest DVD + R DL 8X marketed by Verbatim.

VSO-Software releases study on DVD

The software VSO-Software offers on its website a few days ago a study on DVD recorders and blank media. This study is based on data collected anonymously by software VSO as CopyToDVD, BlindWrite, and PhotoDVD ConvertXtoDVD that incorporate all the burning engine VSO. In this study, one can consult several very interesting information as the names of manufacturers and models of DVD's most popular ie the most widely used. The media formats and brands of the most commonly used DVDs are also listed. Whether on DVD or blank media, the success rate of engravings are also listed in this report.

According VSO-Software, the manufacturer Nec who wins this study with a success rate of 96.00% engravings followed closely by Plextor to 95.68%, 95.62% to Benq or to Philips 95.02%. In terms of popularity engravers, are models GSA-GSA-4163B and 4167B LGE, which are the most widely used followed by the ND-3500AG of Nec and the DVR-110D Pioneer.

Regarding the media to blank DVDs, the format is the most widely used DVD-R enough ahead of DVD + R. Followed far behind the media rewritable DVD + RW and DVD-RW and further DVD double layer (DL). With respect to blank DVDs with the best success rate in etching, the Verbatim (MCC) and the CMC who obtain, according to VSO, the highest scores.

Commend VSO-Software for the study, it is indeed rare for a publisher to provide such information. To view the full results of this study on DVD burners and the media, it is here.

In addition, VSO-Software informs us of the upgrade of its flagship software namely ConvertXToDVD 2 (ex DivxToDVD), which lets you transfer and easily convert a video file into a DVD Video. This new version 2.1 adds support for WMV files, GM Nsv, AVS and VC1. The compatible with the formats MKV, MOV, MP4, OGG, AVI, ASF has itself been improved.

Prime firmware for a Blu-Ray burner

he top players for the New Media High Definition HD DVD and Blu-Ray have appeared a few months ago across the Atlantic. They should also arrive en masse in Europe in the year 2007. In the meantime, you can repatriate on a drive for the PC since many manufacturers have indeed recently announced the upcoming release of burners for HD media. In the race between the two formats, the Blu-Ray seems to have taken a slight lead since the availability of such burners is imminent and many sites online sales have already started to reference the Blu-Ray recorders. However, the HD DVD should themselves either, not with a delay commercialization planned for the end of 2006 to see in early 2007 by some manufacturers.

Regarding the Blu-Ray, the major manufacturers have planned to support this technology in their burners. This is particularly true of Lg, Lite-On, NEC, Panasonic, Pioneer, Plextor, Sony announced that all models of this type in their range. These burners Blu-Ray, if it can also burn HD DVD, can of course also burn DVD + R and CD-R. The burners Blu-Ray will also benefit from updates to their firmware to support more blank media and to improve their performance, for example. The burner GBW-H10N LGE, which is barely in some stores at a price of approximately 750.00 € TTC, is the first Blu-Ray burner to receive an update to its firmware. This new firmware numbered gl04 improves playback movies on Blu-Ray Disc. For information, the GBW-H10N can burn BD-R discs at 4X speed, BD-RE at the speed of 2X, DVD ± R at a speed of 12X and DVD-RAM at a speed of 5X.