Murder fund for 16x M-DISC burner? (BW-16D1HT)

rhd said:

Probably not. I have to recalibrate (physically) my spectro to test the 405 range, and that's a several hour process. Nothing strange has ever really shown up down there, so I'm not sure of the value of knowing whether it's 403, or 408, etc. Plus, testing two things at once is more challenging, so I'm going to focus on power.

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Ah, nvm then. I have notied slight difference in output among 405 diodes, but that end of the spectrum messes with my eyes its hard to tell. As to recalibrating- I don't blame you, I was going to get one of Science Surplus's "DIY" spectrometer kits, but Cyparagon suggested against it due to it being a massive PITA.

I'm in for $10

I'll give $10 as well. Always nice to kill new diodes :eg:

I'm in for $10

~ LB

I think Laser Project has $10 USD to put in aswell acoording to the second post, One More To GO!

RYDorDIE278 said:

I think Laser Project has $10 USD to put in aswell acoording to the second post, One More To GO!

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Thanks - I missed that one!

I suppose I'll be the final one. Count me in. Just at least test it for endurance once you reach the point the diode no longer outputs more power. Would be nice to know how long you can run it at the high amperage ya know?

Sweet lets send this man some money!

PM paypal please!
i guess we pay paypal fees so u get the whole $90?

No fees as gift though right?

nah gift it to him "from friends and family" i beleive.

VisibleGreen said:

I suppose I'll be the final one. Count me in. Just at least test it for endurance once you reach the point the diode no longer outputs more power. Would be nice to know how long you can run it at the high amperage ya know?

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Lol, then we'd be here waiting years for results

That's the current a lot of people choose to run their diodes at, and it's not the case that they die in hours or days or even weeks, typically.

Notwithstanding some of the creative testing ideas out there, this is a classic murder fund. I'm going to test the diode to death, the way we always have with previous murder funds Anything else just muddies the results, IMO.

VisibleGreen said:

No fees as gift though right?

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Correct! I'll pm everyone my PP address shortly.

EDIT: Before we pull the trigger on this, I was just digging through the previous murder fund thread for the LG WH16NS40, and see a big bold gray logo on the front of the drive door that says "M-DISC". http://laserpointerforums.com/f38/murder-fund-wh16ns40-16x-blu-ray-bdr-bdxl-burner-87919.html So I'm wondering, in light of the fact that that LG 16x that was tested a few months ago had M-DISC and wasn't a big power improvement over 12x drives, do we still want to go ahead with this fund to test the ASUS? M-DISC may not be a power indicator after all.

Some options:
A) Cancel this murder fund (no money has been collected yet)
B) Test the ASUS anyway. It's still a 16x burner that hasn't been tested.
C) Test something else, like the BDR-2209, which is Pioneer's more expensive 16x, with BDXL support (the 16x diodes we're currently using in the community are from the less expensive BDR-209DBK that doesn't have BDXL).

I'm cool with any of the above. I'm glad I double-checked the WH16NS40 murder fund thread.

I say test the Asus

I'm fine with any of the options but I'd like to suggest one more:
D) Test the NDB7675 to it's death and see if it gets to 480nm

BTW I can't pay as gift because PP doesn't allow it here. I'll add 5% more for fees if you don't mind.

Yea i cant gift through paypal either, ill cover fees,
Im keen to murder this drive or any other BR drive but i dont want to cancel, Something has to die!

I'm easy, I'll go along with what everyone else decides.