NEC ND-2510A Recorder - Page 18

Firmware Hacks - Page 1

There are a lot hacked firmware versions available all over the internet. The main interest is in expanding the supported media list and increase the compatibility of Double Layer media. Also, NEC included a maximum ripping speed limit that can be overcome with unofficial firmware flashing.

NEC claims that the previous model, the ND2500A is not capable of writing Double Layer media. However, the two NEC drives are the same. You can see below the pictures that show that even the laser heads are identical. Can you tell from which drive the picture was taken?

• NEC ND-2500A

• NEC ND-2510A

Since the ND-2510A and ND-2500A drives are identical, there is an unofficial firmware available for the ND-2500A to make it capable of writing Double Layer media.

Several writing quality tests are available in our forum. As NEC reports ''there is no support of burning DVD-9 dual layer for ND-1000A, ND-1100A, ND-1300A, ND-2500A and oem versions ND-2100A, ND-5100A and ND-5500A. Only standard 4,7GB (DvD-5) will be supported. There won`t be any official firmware updates available to change it."

In the following pages we will comment on some problems we came across with the ND-2510A, and if they can be solved with a hacked firmware version.