Holy Crap! *GOOD* DL Burner hits the market!

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:26 pm **Post subject:**

You wont regret it, I don't

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Tue Aug 31, 2004 9:58 pm **Post subject:**

lol, now all I can picture is a Simpsons style man falling into a bottomless pit shouting "I regret nothing" :lol:

Well burning at a higher speed is much appreciated

Been stuck at 4x for well over a year...

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 5:11 am **Post subject:**

hehe.. so, you wanna make some money? Come work for me. :moon:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 8:40 am **Post subject:**

For me the biggest difference is the fact that I haven't burnt a coaster with the 108 (yet), as opposed to the NEC where it was 70/30 good to bad.

I'm loving the 108 and wish I'd never had the NEC.

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 9:35 am **Post subject:**

I never burnt a coaster on my 104 that wasn't my own fault. Various cheap and cheerful media too.

Now I've got a 107 and I've not had a coaster on that yet either (All Datawrite Yellow @ 4x). My paypal account is bursting at the seams so I might just snag one of these as a 2nd drive anyway. :lol:

EDIT: As soon as SVP get a black one in stock. :roll:

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:04 pm **Post subject:**

have you guys firmwared the 108? I'm sure there'll be a firmware with numerous features and the like?

If so, any chance of a link? I'm incredibly lazy don't you know....
:mrgreen:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:13 pm **Post subject:**

I've firmwared it to 1.10 : http://www.pioneer-eur.com/eur/download ... W110EU.EXE

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:17 pm **Post subject:**

an official firmware huh? :outsider:

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 3:31 pm **Post subject:**

http://www.rpc1.com for unofficial firmwares :wink:

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:20 pm **Post subject:**

Say anyone know anything about this BenQ 1600 dual layer writer ?
It got tom's hardware 's blessing and another test in the mag in front of me has it again as the winner....

I thought benQ was that no good manufacturer of crappy monitors

or should I go for that pioneer.......or maybe the liteon ? :wacky:

Please reply b4 tommorrow .... Gonna order some equipment ...

sparhawk · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:46 pm **Post subject:**

OKay the Pioneer looks pretty good, but has anyone actually tried burning anything as DL?

If so which make of disc? SVP have none in stock - again - and have not as yet said which ones will work with which burner.

Going to have to get one soon anyway, but do not want to end up with a pile of expensive coasters or useless discs, especially at the cost of the damn things.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:07 pm **Post subject:**

benq isn't as good with the cheaper -r media ohgo, but apart from being a little company there's not much wrong with it.

I don't have any comparitive reviews though.

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 5:57 pm **Post subject:**

got this through the post today

ohgodnotanotherone · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 6:48 pm **Post subject:**

spudthedestroyer wrote:

got this through the post today

The 108 ? why not throw it in the deep at once..... just try and burn a data dvd-r at max speed on a cheapo brandand check for any errors.. :wacky:

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 7:30 pm **Post subject:**

http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/16x4all_beta1.zip

Beta hacked firmware. Just about to try now, I'll let you know

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:04 pm **Post subject:**

coolness, been burning media with no problems all day. Let us know PCA how it goes.

That firmware sounds like it enables 16x for all media which sounds... well

I mean burning 4x @ 16x? or does it just uncap them, so you can burn stuff at any setting.

I firm'd the 105 so i could burn 2x at 4x with no problems but 4x -> 16x would be a big step

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 10:55 pm **Post subject:**

It uncaps it, BUT it makes my PC freeze at the first speed change

So back to stock for me I'm afraid

spudthedestroyer · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:26 pm **Post subject:**

wat media at wat speed did u try?

2x @ 16x? :mrgreen:

Yeah, I'd expect them to be a bit 'dodgy' for a while. Keep me posted as to any other firmwares though, would like to stay ontop of the game

PC_Arcade · **Posted:** Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:29 pm **Post subject:**

I used fuji 8x @ 12x and it was a no go

ViSCeRaL · **Posted:** Mon Sep 06, 2004 1:24 pm **Post subject:**

Just ordered a black one from SVP, they just came into stock.

Now I got dual dvd writing and dual layer capability. :twisted:

That's triple layer isn't it?

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