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

[Scott Prive]

Ouch. Using a higher-rated product, one normally assumes the same or better 
performance.

Not very good testing (or they didn't listen to QA).

-Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Scobie [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 3:47 PM
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [Dvdrtools-users] RE: Pioneer Burners and 4x Media
> 
> 
> According to the FAQ at Pioneer, these drives will not write 
> at 4x, it 
> is the 4x media that confuses them.
> 
> An article I read elsewhere says that during the OPC stage of 
> the burn, 
> the laser power ramps up to full and stays there and does not proceed 
> further. After about 5 mins the laser has overheated and died...
> 
> Richard
> 
> MAL wrote:
> > 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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