Pioneer or Sony

thuglifethuglife
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Which of these manufactures makes the better Superdrive? Both of them have a drive that can write the plus and the minus format, but which will work best with my 867 MDD? Also, I notice that pioneer has a DVR-106 and a DVR-A06, what is the difference between these drives? are they the same and just market different or what?



thanks Guys

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    The Pioneer will work best because you know it'll be supported in iDVD if installed internally. The Sony drives have odd-sized CD tray covers/doors that not mesh well with the MDD drive bays ... and I'm not sure if they are supported by the system software.



    The DVR-106 and DVR-A06 are identical for all intents and purposes pretty much.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    thuglifethuglife Posts: 9member
    hey Eugene



    thanks for the info, i appreciate it.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    chopper3chopper3 Posts: 293member
    Whatever you do DON'T get the Lacie DVD+/-R drive (part number ends in 686). It's an NEC drive and only really works with Toast, a nightmare. Better off with the Pioneer A05 or maybe the A06.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    johnrpjohnrp Posts: 357member
    I have a Pioneer DVDr drive (v5) works a treat..

    It replaced a Sony that also worked well but I had to use a patch to make it work in the finder.



    check out http://www.xlr8yourmac.com



    Go for the Pioneer IMHO



    j.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    russsrusss Posts: 115member
    Note: At this time only Toast can burn in the plus format. Nothing in Jaguar currently supports it. Word is that this will change in Panther.



    There is also a strange problem with the after-market Pioneer drives where the drive sleeps (spins down) and won't wake up. This can result in anything from a disc that won't eject, a failed burn in iDVD or the worst case, a Kernal Panic when trying to access the disc. Needless to say a reboot is the only fix for it.



    I've had all of these happen in my Quicksilver with the Pioneer DVR-105. You can find lots of reports of this at http://www.xlr8yourmac.com
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