On Sep 24, 2008, at 2:58 PM, J.M.P.Hissel wrote: > >> Peter, where does the DVR-112D stand in this regard for a MDD DP >> 1.25? . > > Why not take the, AFAIK, latest Pioneer of these serie, the DVR-116D. > Just ordered one for my QS 800/'02. Price in The Netherlands, > picked up in > the shop (for me 500 m around the corner), Euro 26,95 (= US$ 39,50). > BTW, the older DVR-115D is even Euro 10 more expensive here!?!?
Pioneer announced it was getting out of the business of making drives shortly after the DVR-111 was released. I think they back-tracked, somewhat, but it was clear that they weren't making much money on drives, what with DVR-111Ds being available for just under $30 from OWC. I have no Pioneer drives beyond the DVR-111D as all subsequent purchases were for SATA drives, for which the Lite-On 20X Litescribe burner is just about the best one can buy (I do not use the Lightscribe feature). It is sometimes called "the screamer" as it spins the media so fast. I presently have four Intel-based machines, all except one being all- SATA. The most recent Intel-based machine got two hand-me-down DVR-110s, which are PATA, from two Digital Audios. These are seen as an "Apple Shipping Drive" by MacOS 10.5.5. The only downside to the -110 and -111 is the speed is 16X, but that may be artificially limited to 8X by the media. The "RPC1" folks have lots of firmware hacks for Pioneer drives, and of those the "BenQ" hacks are the best. These add-back some features which Pioneer removed for marketing reasons. Pioneer firmware revisions read something like 1.10. If the firmware revision reads 8.10, then it is the BenQ version, and it may indeed offer much higher performance, as well as much greater media compatibility (support for more media codes). I generally buy Memorex media, both DVD5 and DVD9, and these are actually made by Ricoh in Japan. I inventory about 200 DVD5s and about 50 DVD9s at all times, and the number of "coasters" I have had with the Memorex/Ricoh media has been vanishingly small, whether the burner was a Pioneer or a Lite-On. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
