Panasonic SW-9585 DVD Writer

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Panasonic SW-9585

OEM:Panasonic
Chipset:Panasonic

40xCDR ZCLV
24xCDRW ZCLV
16xDVD-R ZCLV
6xDVD-RW CLV
4xDVD-RDL CLV
16xDVD+R ZCLV
8xDVD+RW ZCLV
4xDVD+RDL CLV
5xDVD-RAM ZCLV

~~BD-R~~
~~BD-RE~~
~~BD-R DL~~
~~BD-RE DL~~
~~HDDVD-R~~
~~HDDVD-RW~~
~~HDDVD-RDL~~
~~HDDVD-RWDL~~
~~HDDVD-RAM~~

40xCD
16xDVD
~~BDROM~~
~~HDDVD~~

EIDE, 2MB
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$65

2.0/10
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DVD Media comments for this DVD Writer (click on the link to read the comments):
3 Maxell 8xDVD-R (MXL RG03....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Maxell 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W02) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Panasonic 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Panasonic 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
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This drive is absolute crap. It's creating coasters 4 of 5 times. The latest firmware didn't fix the problem. Even getting the firmware is a pain. The firmware upgrade isn't even in English. Support is terrible for this drive. I would never buy a Panasonic or Matsu*SHIT*a drive ever again.

Advantages: makes coasters very quickly
Disadvantages: poor quality, poor support, extremely noisy

Comments posted by toolio42 from Canada, October 29, 2007. Rated this writer 1 of 10.

This is the same as the defective "Hammer" DVD-DL drive FRy's is still trying to unload, now down to $20 after rebate. Don't buy it !!!! I returned two for warranty (complete failure), they keep failing after about 6 months.

Comments posted by Frank Gifford from United States, April 07, 2007. Rated this writer 2 of 10.

i bought this writer a week ago and still cant get it to write data to dvd or backup a dvd ,also it wnt accept any of the firmware from the manufactures link ,if they dont come out with a better firmware upgrade for it i wouldnt reccomend it to anyone

Comments posted by shawn from United States, June 28, 2005. Rated this writer 1 of 10.

so far it's not good news.... i took the first one back since it wouldn't read any of my DVD+RW media that i had already accumulated while using my old NEC DVD+/-RW drive. second one was the same - wouldn't even recognize the media (would report hardware error). trying to decide whether to throw away all my DVD+RW disks, & take a chance & buy another brand to see if they work ok in it, or just take the drive itself back & get another brand. strangely enough, it DID burn a CD-RW disk made by compusa without a hitch, and didn't have any problems with memorex cd-rw media either. if it's going to be this flakey on one of the most popular brands of dvd+rw media, i'm thinking it's got to be too incompatabile for me.

Comments posted by chas from United States, June 27, 2005. Rated this writer 4 of 10.

I just bought it 2 days ago, a pain to use w/ Ridata 4X DVD-RW, their firmware B101 is not even working w/ the drive. When I think on the Panasonic website, it's said the service is important and they release a firmware that is not well tested before. What a joke!!! I did not expect such a poor service from a cie like Panasonic.

Furthermore, for a new hardware release (Jan 2005) they cannot used DVD-RW 4x, I find it very pitiful.

Comments posted by Stezen Nguyen from Canada, March 18, 2005. Rated this writer No rating.

Comments posted by Stezen Nguyen from Canada, March 17, 2005. Rated this writer No rating.

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Write support / Read support
DVD-R = Works
~~DVD-R~~ = Is not supported
DVD-R? = Not tested

Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds
1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes
2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes
2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes
4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes
6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes
8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes
12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes
16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes

Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds
1x CLV = about 105 minutes
2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes
4x CLV = about 27 minutes

Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds
1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes
6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes
8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes
12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes
16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes

DVD Write types
CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed.
CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed.
ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased.
PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore.

Connection
Desktop = Standalone desktop DVD Recorder
EIDE = Computer DVD Writer with EIDE/IDE connection
SCSI = Computer DVD Writer with SCSI connection
USB = Computer desktop DVD Writer with USB 2.0 or/and 1.1 connection
FireWire = Computer desktop DVD Writer with IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.Link connection (some standalone desktop dvd recorder supports this also but then it is usually to connect your DV camera to the recorder)

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