[Dvdrtools-users] RE: Pioneer Burners and 4x Media

[Scott Prive]

The announcement is very interesting; it implies 4X is possible in the drives. 

When you put 48X-rated cd media in a CD recorder that does 16X, the burn occurs 
at 16X. I would expect putting 4X media in a 2X burner would cause a true 2X 
burner to record at.. 2X.

That said, I will not patch my drive AND I will avoid the "4X" media until 
there is more discovery. 

Perhaps this patch simply governs the drive to 2X to protect against heat 
failure, and the 4X burns at 2X rate. If THAT is the case, we should see the 
overclocker crowd publish advanced cooling techniques, to get successful 4X 
without overheating   (upgrading the fan, etc).

Anyways, no evidence of 4X here... I'll let someone else risk their hardware 
first. ;-)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: MAL [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 10:38 AM
> To: Scott Prive
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: RE: Pioneer Burners and 4x Media
> 
> 
> I haven't actually read anything which says it /can/ do 4x yet. Just
> that 4x media breaks it.
> 
> As per CD-R media, once a higher speed media becomes cheap, they drop
> the lower speeds.
> 
> If you've got some evidence that says it can do 4x, please share.
> 
> MAL
> 
> 
> On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 14:59, Scott Prive wrote:
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > What amazes me is these drives can *do* 4X DVD at all!! 
> They were, after all, advertised as 2X drives. I'm very 
> surprised the drives weren't capped at that speed, so they 
> could turn around and sell a faster model later on (like 
> Lite-On, etc do with CD-R drives).
> > 
> > I seem to recall reading the DVD-R drives would "never" go 
> beyond 2X due to the manner the data was linked. It must have 
> been another one of those published lies at dvdplusrw.org ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Richard Scobie [mailto:address@hidden
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 7:32 PM
> > > To: address@hidden
> > > Subject: [Dvdrtools-users] Pioneer Burners and 4x Media
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Just a warning - in case people have not seen it 
> elsewhere, to visit
> > > 
> > > http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/hs/pioneer.html and update 
> > > their firmware.
> > > 
> > > If not and soon to be released 4x DVD-R media is used, there 
> > > is a very 
> > > strong possibility of burning out the laser.
> > > 
> > > Richard Scobie
> > > 
> > > 
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