OptoRite DD0201/DD0203 DVD Writer
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OptoRite DD0201/DD0203 OEM:Accesstek Chipset:Sanyo |
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$200 | 7.8/10 136 votes Read 188 comments (109464 views) Post comment |
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| Those who criticize this drive have not tried firmware v2.30. I am convinced that this is the root cause of many problems, if not the source media itself or the players they are using to play the media. I have had no problems whatsoever with this drive, it has an 8MB buffer and also can perform HD Burn without a hitch. For the price that it is offered at, I consider it a bargain and would buy it again in a second. Give this one a try if you are interested in the extra features at a low price as well as the inherently good basic function of the drive. Comments posted by bobster from Other, December 29, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Had numerous problems with writing and reading. Upgraded to 2.30 firmware from Optorite site and now works like a dream. Optorite seems to have overcome compatibility problems with this drive. Have burnt using Bulkpaq + Choice + Ritek with no problem using DVD Shrink and Clone DVD. Reads from both Pacific and Xgeunius players O.K. Comments posted by Oggyman from Other, December 29, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Updated to v2.30 firmware using WinFlash (USB external case). Have had absolutely NO problems. For $155 total price including the enclosure was a good deal. Using cheap Matrix 4X (Longten) media from shop4tech ($0.73) and after 30 DVD's have yet to burn a coaster. Full DVD takes just over 15 minutes. Have not and will not try HD burn. Understand it is only compatible when media is played in Optorite drive, totally impractical. Had hoped to burn long (i.e. high quality) VCD's on the cheap CD media, oh well. For now will stick to burning DVD's which it does EXCELLENTLY. Yet to try Ritek's. Maybe would have bought a different burner given a second chance (there are better rated burners on this site), but can seriously not complain. Comments posted by Duane Schliebe from Other, December 28, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| I have spent a long time trying to work with my Hi-Val DD0203, which is a rebatched Optorite manufactured by Sanyo. The drive came with firmware release 2.23 and initially it couldn't do anything other than reading DVD-ROMs. It couldn't even read the CD software that came with the drive. Since then I found out a few things about the drive. 1) If you run into problems, flash the drive. Sometimes flashing it just once won't do anything. The first time I tried flashing it with 2.30 and that didn't do a single thing. Flash it until it works! 2) It has to work in a cool environment. It was giving me problems when I had it stacked up between other 5.25" drives. As soon I placed it at the top of the stack, it started burning like a champ. So make sure you have good circulation in your PC case. 3) My computer froze in the middle of the flash procedure and I was forced to reset it. This messed up the flash image in the burner and I could not see the drive again either at bootup (BIOS) or in Windows. I thought the drive was dead. Then I fiddled with the jumpers in the back of the drive and I put the jumper to the second position from the right. It worked again! So once Windows booted up I flashed the drive again with 2.30 and moved the jumper back to the original position (far right) and the PC had no problem seeing the drive. I think this is not a simple drive to work with initially. But once you learned all the tricks about the drive you will have no problem burning anything you want. Now I am a happy camper! Comments posted by andy from Other, December 22, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| FIX FOR v2.30 ROM FLASH PROGRAM FREEZE Brian and others, While I was upgrading to v2.30, I had the "rom upgrade flash program freeze" also. After a couple of tries, I pushed the Eject button when the freeze occured. This fixed the problem, and the flash program completed normally. FYI. Comments posted by sinan from Other, December 22, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I love this thing. I haven't had a single problem yet, and have burned NUMEROUS DVDs. I havent had a chance to use the HD-BURN feature yet, but I can't wait till I do. I definately recommend. And for $107, this burner is a steal. Comments posted by rodeo from Other, December 19, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just upgraded to FW230 tonight and have not tried it yet, but others claim it is the best. I've only used TDK-R 2X and Memorex -R 4X and have had great luck with the TDK-R, but my standalone panasonic will not play the Memorex -R 4X but they play just fine in my computer. My panansonic is an older one, so that may be the problem. Have not tried HD-burn yet. Comments posted by dap from Other, December 18, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Bryan, if using, remove Intel Application Accelerator, it cause problem for firmware updade "under windows" and cause somes reading errors. the best way is to uninstall this Intel software while à new firmware appear to solve this problèm ;) sorry for my english :( Comments posted by didiers from Other, December 16, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| Sorry ! My mistake. The v2.30 firmware for DD0201 and DD0203 drives disappeared from Optorite's and Accesstek's websites for a short while yesterday. It has now been reinstated. Comments posted by jacksona from Other, December 16, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Contrary to the last post, the drive is still supported, and the firmware does still show up on the optorite web page under the "Windows" section. There's a lot of weird rumors going around about this drive, but it is a great drive that will record on any media I throw at it, the cheaper the better. Comments posted by Queequeg from Other, December 15, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Doesn't look like Optorite are supporting these two drives with any more firmware updates. They have disappeared off their website. If you haven't got v2.30 (which appears to solve most of the problems) then you are very unlucky indeed ! If you see one cheap, check the firmware version. Comments posted by jacksona from Other, December 15, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| No coasters burning DVD. Can not get it to burn ANY cds (writeable or read/write). Burning CDs with Nero just freezes entire system (W2K). Tried Firmware, different media--no luck. Works fine with all DVD media so far, but the CD burning is a hassle since now I have to install yet another device to burn CDs. Comments posted by KRayman from Other, December 08, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Brian, Had the prob as you.I had to disable Norton AV to upgrade the firmware. This was done through Windows. Comments posted by samkaye from Other, December 08, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I am trying to flash from 17 to 23/30, but when I click ok, the flash program just freezes. I have tried following these directions posted earlier 1. Disable DMA mode on your Optorite first. 2. Terminate all applications. 3. Flash the upgrade. 4. Reboot and normal up DMA and applications. and still no success. Anyone know what the problem could be? How should I be disabling DMA? I have been going through device manager, IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers. Comments posted by Brian from Other, December 07, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I've had the DD0203 for 4 months and use fw v2.30,very happy now with latest fw.I've used Memorex,TDK and Ritek G04 and all have burned at 4x. If you want RPC1(all regions) go here: http://www.firmware-flash.com/~tdb/ Comments posted by MOVIEGEEK from Other, December 07, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Hi from Italy I've bought Optorite in USA with internet because i haven't found it in Italy. Firmware was updated at 2.30 version. I use Princo DVD-r 4x (white) and Magnex DVD-R 2x. I've following problems: . I've decrypt (using dvd decrypter) the 2 dvd of "The two towers", i've used dvd shrink to compress and i've use Nero 6.2 to master; the media support are the same. But, 1 dvd was regularly read on my dvd player (matshita, in portable PC ACER), the other not. . essentially, on the same DVD-ROM drives or DVD players some dvd are regularly read someone else not. I don't understand why. The TECH support, rapid and courteous, don't give me real solution. Something to suggest to me? thanks giangi1963@tin.it Comments posted by Guido from Other, December 04, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Well as long as a month I use this drive NO COASTERs , I use shitty cdrs & shitty dvd-rs, also burned one DVD+r at top speed! I have no problem 3 data dvds, 2 video dvd. I burned video dvd with nero 6 & an old dvd player read it successfully! It's very good for the 106$ in accupc I spent. I recommend, new firmware is out 230 any one know what's it fix ? enjoy. Comments posted by Noam from Other, December 01, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| I am very upset with this drive. It is soooo picky with the type of media you use. I have yet to find a dvd-r media that will work with this drive. It burned dvd+r fine, but never at the 4x speed even when the disk was rated as such. I tried to upgrade the firmware, drive worked worse. I just tried the 11/26 firware and now the drive doesn't work at all. When burning with Nero 6 Ultra I noticed that the buffer never stayed above 60%. It would go back to 5% and then back to 60%. The drive really NEVER worked like it was supposed to. My advice is to spend just a little more money and get the pioneer 106. My cousin has it and it will burn nany damn thing. Bottom line, this drive SUCKS 100%!!!! Waste of money!!!! Buyer beware!!! Comments posted by Cole from Other, November 30, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| Hello, I am looking at a 00201 and it says it comes with software, everybody seems to be using firmaware. is that what software is inculuded or do i need to get firmware? is there a problem with the original software? Please Email EbayBui@yahoo.com Comments posted by Bui from Other, November 27, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Crap Drive. Doesn't work at full speed with non ritek dye disks. Also has writing errors when you have the central heating on. TOO SENSITIVE to HEAT. Make sure you check your recordings for pixelation when you are in a warm room. It damaged 9 of my disks. Four wouldnt even work when inserted i the dvd player. I returned this to PCWORLD and got a refund. Comments posted by john from Other, November 26, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| version 2.30 firmware is out! Fixes some problems... Get it here http://www.optorite.com/support.htm Comments posted by edries from Other, November 26, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| There is a new firmware 2.30 (11/26/03) for the D0201 & D0203 writers: http://www.optorite.com/firmware.htm Anyone knows what it fixed? My D0203 works great with FW 2.23, 2.25. Comments posted by JohnL from Other, November 26, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| There is a Region Free version of firmware 2.23 out at www.rpc1.org Both for the 201 and the 203. I'm still getting excellent results with Ritek G04 +/-R discs. These are branded: 'Grade A Media' 'DVD 4x' with some lines to write on. Compatibility: Purple +R Ritek's - 100% on PC, XBox and PS2 and standalones Orange -R RItek's - 90% on PC, 70% on XBox, 100% on PS and 100% on standalones. All burnt with Nero 60023 - no special settings, just the defaults. I think the failures are attributable to 'fussy' hardware. Good value discs too, £20 for a spindle of 25 discs at a local Computer Market. Btw, Tried some unbranded TDK discs, 2x write only and not very good at all. Thanks, B1. Comments posted by Bright1 from Other, November 23, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just burned my first backup DVD using Nero 6, Hard disk backup using Norton Ghost, and DVD-Video backup using Nero 6 for the burn. All worked great with Video playing in my Sony DVP-NC600. I used TDK DVD+R47C disk at 4X. Still to test HD-Burn & DVD-R Comments posted by SpacedCadet from Other, November 22, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| To all who have problems flashing firmware upgrades: 1. Disable DMA mode on your Optorite first. 2. Terminate all applications. 3. Flash the upgrade. 4. Reboot and normal up DMA and applications. I had the same problem with v216 and a friend said to do the above when I went to v223. This works. Comments posted by Ross from Other, November 20, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Writer = New DVD Writer since your last vist. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer. Chipset The manufacturer of the main chipset the DVD writer/recorder is based on. Write support / Read support DVD-R = Works DVD-R? = Not tested Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds 1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes 2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes 2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes 4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes 6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes 8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes 12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes 16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds 1x CLV = about 105 minutes 2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes 4x CLV = about 27 minutes Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds 1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes 6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes 8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes 12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes 16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes DVD Write types CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed. CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed. ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased. PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore. Connection Desktop = Standalone desktop DVD Recorder EIDE = Computer DVD Writer with EIDE/IDE connection SCSI = Computer DVD Writer with SCSI connection USB = Computer desktop DVD Writer with USB 2.0 or/and 1.1 connection FireWire = Computer desktop DVD Writer with IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.Link connection (some standalone desktop dvd recorder supports this also but then it is usually to connect your DV camera to the recorder) Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. |
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