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read the comments): 1 01ne 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 3t PRO 1xDVD-RW (RITEK000V11A) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 3t PRO 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD01........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Apple 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 BeAll 1xDVD-R (BeAll G00001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 BeAll 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bencole Platinum Series 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bencole Platinum Series 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BigPockets 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN TECH) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bridata 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 BulkDVD.net 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 21 Bulkpaq 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 12 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 8 Bulkpaq 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 7 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Bulkpaq 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CD-R Media.co.uk 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 CD-Recordable 1xDVD-R (REC001......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CloneDisc 2xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Creation 1xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datasafe Media 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite 2xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Datawrite Classic 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Datawrite Classic 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Datawrite Classic Red 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datawrite Red (V2) 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Discrite 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Discrite 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 DupEZ 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 DVD Master 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 EMTEC 1xDVD-R (LGE.........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 ESBuy Gold 1xDVD-R (RITEKG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 2xDVD-R (PVC001001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 1xDVD-R (GSC001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Generic/Unbranded 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Generic/Unbranded 1xDVD-R (VIVASTAR....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 GQ (Great Quality) 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 8xDVD-R (MCC 02RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Hatron 2xDVD-R (NANYA P1861.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Imation 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG200..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCW002) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Intenso 1xDVD-R (NANYA P1861.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 IOTA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 IOTA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 7 KHypermedia 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG200..) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 3 poor. 1 KHypermedia 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG300..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 1xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Laser 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Laser 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Laser 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Lead Data 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Lead Data 1xDVD-R (LD01........) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Lead Data 1xDVD-R (Lead Data) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Leda 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 LG 8xDVD-R (MUST 003....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MAXdisc 1xDVD-R (4M SYS 202C1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Maxell 1xDVD-RW (JVC/VictorT7) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Maxell 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Maxell 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Maxell 8xDVD-R (MXL RG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 1xDVD-R (CMC MAG. CO.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 4 Memorex 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG200..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD-R (MBI 01RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD+R (RITEK...S04) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (RITEK000V11A) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 1xDVD-R (RITEKG01....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 2xDVD-R (TAIYOYUDEN..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Millenium 1xDVD-R (DDD DVDR....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mirror Platinum 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mitsui 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MMore 1xDVD-R (EuroDig-Disc) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Nanya 2xDVD-R (NANYA P1861.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Office Depot 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Optimum 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 6 Optodisc 1xDVD-R (OPTODISC....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Optodisc 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 3 good, 2 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Optodisc 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCR004) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Paradox 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Pine 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Pioneer 4xDVD-R (PVCR001002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Pioneer 2xDVD-RW (PVCW00V00245) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Pioneer DVS-R47A 2xDVD-R (PVC001001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Pioneer DVS-RW47B 1xDVD-RW (PVCW000001Q9) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PowerDisc 1xDVD-R (GSC001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (Auvistar....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 11 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 5 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 8 Princo 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 4 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 8 Princo 1xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 4 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Princo 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Prodisc 8xDVD-R (MCC 02RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Prodisc 1xDVD-R (PRODISCG01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Prodisc 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Promedia Bulk 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Q-tec 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Raycom 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 RiData 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiDisc 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 9 Ritek 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Ritek 2xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKM02....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Samsung 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Samsung (DigitAll) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sentinel 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Shintaro 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Shintaro 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Shintaro 1xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sky 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sky 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sky 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 SmartBuy 1xDVD-RW (ProdiscDVDRW) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Sonic 2xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Sonic 2xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Sonic 4xDVD-R (Yi Jhan 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 1xDVD-RW (JVC/VictorT7) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 StarMedia 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Supermedia 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Supermedia 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 1xDVD-RW (TDK501saku]3) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG010000d9) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 That's Write! 1xDVD-R (Lead Data) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 That's Write! 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Traxdata 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Universal 1xDVD-R (GSC001) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 6 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 1xDVD-RW (MCC 00RW11N9) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim DigitalMovie 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 7 Vivastar 1xDVD-R (VIVASTAR....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 6 White Label 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 WYSIWYG 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Yakumo 1xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Yakumo 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Zeus 1xDVD-R (PRODISCG01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 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| Very nice unit, bought it in Ireland, I would still keep another cdrw alongside in another bay, don't expect to do any ' exotic ' back-ups with this unit --> (CloneCD etc..) paired with a Lite-On.. now there's a team to have! ;) I find compared to DVD-Roms, its slow to rip a movie (around 2x - 3x), I have DMA enabled, and its on the secondary cable as a slave, under the Lite-On.. that's not really a problem, you're assured a quality rip, but, not an experience for the habitual Ritalin user.. All you need is Nero to start you off, I'd encourage anyone to buy OEM and head straight off to AHead's website to download Nero Burning Rom, that's all you need for most tasks, combined with some fine pickings from vcdhelp.com.. ;) Has a fan at the back, runs fairly hot, but considering what it is actually doing, shouldn't be a problem with a adequately ventilated case.. Forget DVD+R and all that malarkey --> look at the price of the blank media ffs! enough said, I think DVD-R is here to stay, for the moment.. Nice drive, just for backing up 4 and a half gigs of data securely to a DVD-R is worth the money alone, being able to reference 8 CD's of data from one disc... Get it, go, get one now. Comments posted by Strahlen from Other, July 26, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Works really fine. No problem at all even with very low priced dvd-r dvd-RW exceptions: - In cdr mode: It is able to determine the size of over 650 Mb cdr but he locks the burning at exactly 650. No overburning possible. - In dvd-R & W mode With very low priced dvd he is not able to determine the type of dvd inserted dvd-r or dvd-rw. He sees the media randomly as a dvd-r or dvd-rw. Too bad because often, when you order dvd-R and dvd-rw, nothing is written on the box that let you image the type of media you use. And this does not depend on the software Instant dvd or nero And the same occurs for the size determination, you have to force the software to write it in case he sees a 3.96Go Comments posted by amemo from Other, July 24, 2002. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Replaced my old CD Read-only drive with the A04 ($275). Very smooth upgrade. I have MS 98 SE, 800 Mhz system with 2 - 20 GB hard drives. Sony Dv camera with firewire port. I use Studio 7, tmpgenc for mpeg2's (good software) VBR setting, 6000Mps setting, MyDvd (supplied with A04) works good for making the DVD menus and importing the mpeg2's. Burned video onto Pioneer DVD-R no problem. Beautiful picture! Plays fine in my Daewoo 5700 (SAMs club $79.00). Note that a DVD is advertised as 4.7 GB but is really 4.3 GB then subtract the file system required for the actual DVD format. Overall, this drive reads and writes the advertised formats very well. I am very pleased with it. Comments posted by jfctake1 from Other, July 23, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| The 104dvd writer is now available from 121cdr.co.uk for under £200 Comments posted by Billy from Other, July 22, 2002. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Most of the problems i read in the comments section involved the dvd burning software doing a lousy job at converting *.avi files. The easiest way to convert these is tmpgenc. I have also found MyDVD to do the best at encoding the video source to make a dvd and that pinnacle makes the coolest menus, if only it could encode worth a darn. I like the Pioneer drive but i only wish it went a bit faster. I got spoiled with the Sony DUR110 Comments posted by Titmouse from Other, July 22, 2002. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I purchased this drive about two weeks ago. It came with B's software. I use Vegas Video http://www.sonicfoundry to edit my videos and then I use DVD complete by Dazzle to write my work to DVD. This combination ROCKS!! Absoluley ZERO problems. I love this drive. I have played DVD's created this way on 10 different players. All worked fine. I used DVD-r disks from CompUSA the $3.99 each ones. They all worked. I use the B's software for data storage only. Comments posted by firefighter from Other, July 21, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| After reading so many excellent reviews for the Pioneer DVD-A04, I bought external firewire version from firewiredirect.com. It arrived yesterday and have spent the 18 of the last 24 hours trying to burn a dvd. Tried InstantDVD (which comes with writer), Nero 5590, Ulead Movie Factory... and all three complain about buffer underrun or SCSI error (!) even at simulation. I am running WinXp Pro (is that a problem ?) on Asus A7V266-E motherboard with Athon 1800 processor with 256 MB DDR... The firewire card is from Pinnacle (2 years old - I got with Studio DV)... I am running a RAID array of 80 GB (2 x 40 WD 7200 RPM ATA 100) ? Any insite will be appreciated... Thanks, Anix Comments posted by Anix from Other, July 21, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| fantastic! Comments posted by Mike from Other, July 18, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| As for menus: Yall will need some program like Nero Vision Express, Sonic DVDit, or Ulead DVD Workshop. They will assist in making menus. As far as testing burnings go, I'm gonna have to give this drive a 10 because of the VCD---->DVD, SVCD---->DVD, and Divx---->DVD all work in three different set top dvd players. And the dvr-104 cooperates really well with Ulead DVD Workshop. I'm able to slap in 6 hours of VCDs into a single DVD and play it back on my dvd player. Yes yes, this makes us lazy but it shows that the discs that the dvr-104 spits out are kosher for the dvd players. Comments posted by IonNuke from Other, July 18, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| You should be able to use this with a Toshiba SD200. It works with my SD100 no problem if you use datasafe generation 3 DVDR media written using VOB InstantDVD. Comments posted by Bluesox from Other, July 18, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I recently purchased a CenDyne package that contained the DVR-104. I have only created 1 disc but it worked the first time with no problems in both my PC and my Pioneer home player. Gotta hand it to Pioneer. Comments posted by UnleasheD from Other, July 16, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I can't say a 10 yet because I haven't run enough tests yet. But so far I made a few back ups of my Region 1 and Region 3 DVDs and they play fine in an Apex 1200 and Apex 3201 and Pioneer DV-525 DVD player. I used some cheapo branded DVD-Rs found at the local electronic shop. Not to mention these films and other films that i created from home video also work in my Playstation 2. Data burns well. If only Pioneer can jack up the speeds of burning data. 2x may be pretty fast for DVD-Rs but it still takes a chunk of time waiting for it to finish burning. Also it's a pretty good CD Burner but it doesn't really like CD+G discs that well. But I guess it's main point is that it's a DVD writer and most of it is to concentrate as a DVD writer. Overall its good enough to make me happy with it for awhile. Comments posted by IonNuke from Other, July 08, 2002. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Just got this drive installed (no problems at all...) Made a backup of a movie using Nero 5.5.9 and a cheap Ritek DVD-R ($1.70)-worked like a charm in my GE1101P stand alone. Comments posted by mystical_lord from Other, July 06, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I bought this machine based on the excellent experiences other have reported here and I belived I made the right choice. However, maybe not everyone will find it easy or be lucky enought to start using it immediately. It burns CDs and DVDs perfectly if all you want to do is store data. But so far I haven't succeeded in burning even a small 100Mb video Clip. Have tried Ulead's DVD Factory and MyDVD, and got error with both. With Ulead's software it apparently burns all the material but reports the error and aborts the operation. The result is a DVD that plays back only 50 minutes. Another complaint is that now I cannot burn SVCDs with VCDEasy. If I want to do it I have to use my old CD writer. VCDEasy does not recognize the drive. I won't rate it right now until I solve all these problems. So far I'm really frustrated. Comments posted by Marcos from Other, July 05, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I've had this little gem for a few months now and offer these comments to those in the market. First, brief system info: 1.8 GHz PIV, 1 Gig ram, 80 Gig primary drive (7200), 60 Gig secondary drive (7200), 40 Gig USB2 storage drive (5200), Pinnacle A/D-D/A capture card. Second, vid apps: Ulead DVD Movie Factory, Studio 7 and every imaginable graphics program you can think of. The 104 came OEM with my machine. Workflow: capture, edit and convert to AVI from analog source with capture card using Studio 7. Render MPEG2 chapters for preparation for DVD Authoring. Author DVD with Movie Factory and burn. Result: perfection. The results are the same regarding digital video capture from dig-cam or web-cam. Creating MPEG2 slideshows from still images are a snap. Data storage is effortless. I have yet to rip DVDs (next project). DVD-R media burned with this unit is payable on all machines I've tested. I am very happy with this product and based on my experience with it, would recommend it. Comments posted by CHAOS from Other, July 05, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Got the White Box 104 Kit from www.avlogic.com for $250, came with cables and Nero/MyDVD/PowerDVD software. Installed without incident, works fine, although the DVD-R that came with it (Optodisc) is only a 1x disc per Pioneer's system. DVD-R and DVD-RW play perfectly on my stand-alone Pioneer 343 and PC Pioneer 104S. Highly reccomended. Comments posted by Opus33 from Other, July 04, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| i am thinking of buying the pioneer drive. and the main reason i want to buy is to copy geniune dvd movies. i wanted to know before i buy if this is the right writer to buy and how long will it take to copy a original dvd? and is there anything else i need to know before i decideto buy. can somebody kindly explain what does ripping mean, as i understand i have to ripp the files first in order to copy. can somebody explain everything i need to do in order to copy a original dvd please thanks in advance Comments posted by dave from Other, July 04, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Love my Pioneer DVR-104. I spoke with the guy at ESBuy.com, who said they have heard the release date for the next model (A05?) will be October. It will be 4x. Glad I didn't wait. Having too much fun using it now! Nina Comments posted by NinaJane from Other, July 03, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| So far I haven't been able to test this drive out with DVD-Rs because I haven't found anywhere that sold any. But I am able to play my region 1, 2, 3, and 5 DVDs with no issues and the RPC1 firmware has been released. For those that are interested: http://kickme.to/dvd105s There will be instructions on how to patch the firmware so that the drive will be come regionless and you won't ever have to worry about how many chances you have left to change the regions. Comments posted by Mr. X from Other, July 03, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Hi there, the Pioneer DVR-04 is shipped with VOB's instant CD/DVD V6.04 (take a look at www.vob.de foor specs) and Sonic's MyDVD 3.0. Comments posted by Hank from Other, July 03, 2002. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I got my 104 about 2 weeks ago,I threw it in a USB 2.0 drive kit and am using it with my labtop running XP,so far I havent had any problems and thats scaring me,I have never installed something with a 6 hour head-ache,but so far so good,I have burnt a few things and I'm happy with my purchase Comments posted by subclubkid from Other, July 01, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Well, this is the built-in DVD burner in my Apple iMac's SuperDrive. It works very well. All of the discs I have burned with iDVD2 worked with all of the players my family and friends have (Sony, Panasonic, Audiovox, Genica). I have also been able to burn DVD-RW discs, but it's a hassle trying to erase the whole disc before you can write to it again. Comments posted by bruintoo from Other, July 01, 2002. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Had mine for two weeks now. It just works, every DVD I make, even using the cheaper media, plays back fine. It works with Nero 5.5.8.2 and Ulead DVD Movie Factory no problems. I am in the UK using PAL sw. It works fine with svcd - vcd - cd - cdr -cdrw even mini dvd - no problem. Works on XP too! Very impressed. Comments posted by Fastshooter from Other, June 25, 2002. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| You have to patch the firmware. Search on google for the Pioneer Region Free DVD firmware page. >to all owners of Pionner DVR-A04: I intend to buy one, but I do have one question about the region that it'll be locked after the 5th change. Is there a possibility to lock it on region "0"?? This matters to me a lot, 'cause I'll be recording at least in 02 regions... Thanks, Roberto Blondt by Blondt rated this Writer No rating - June 24 2002 Comments posted by joao from Other, June 25, 2002. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| to all owners of Pionner DVR-A04: I intend to buy one, but I do have one question about the region that it'll be locked after the 5th change. Is there a possibility to lock it on region "0"?? This matters to me a lot, 'cause I'll be recording at least in 02 regions... Thanks, Roberto Blondt Comments posted by Blondt from Other, June 24, 2002. 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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