The Pioneer 106 can burn on 2 layers !!!

niconico
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
From hardmac.com:

The Pioneer 106 is already a couple of months old. The DVD Forum hasn't yet defined a DVD-R double layer norm.

However, during the CES, Pioneer took a 106 burner and flashed its firmware and without touching anything else burnt a double layer DVD-R.

That's a heavy blow inflicted to the DVD+R Forum which is ahead of Pioneer. Clients will now seek magic firmwares from the manufacturers rather than change the burner.





The original story is avaible here





What do you think geeks ? I have the 106 and i'm very interested about it



bye



Nico

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 16
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    i have two and i'm VERY interested. that would make this the perfect DVD burner. now if they can do that as well with the new 8x i'm going to be a happy camper.
  • Reply 2 of 16
    niconico Posts: 50member
    So, if anyone know french, please translate this



    And i want to know where to get that Firmware update





    bye





    Nico
  • Reply 3 of 16
    ast3r3xast3r3x Posts: 5,012member
    Why would they be able to do this with the a06 but not the a05?
  • Reply 4 of 16
    niconico Posts: 50member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by ast3r3x

    Why would they be able to do this with the a06 but not the a05?



    I have no idea, but i want to know if Pioneer will release a firmware upgrade "for the rest of us"



    bye



    Nico
  • Reply 5 of 16
    kennethkenneth Posts: 832member
    woo.. interesting.



    I know the DVR-107 is coming very soon or already in retail. 8X is cool, but I still believe that slower speed is better. The bare Pioneer DVR-106 Black is selling at around $125. My stock Philips combo drive in my MDD (FW800) blows and I am considering a SuperDrive as a primary drive and put the stock combo drive as a back up.



    Burning on a dual-layer media is definitely a plus for me.



    RIAA/MPAA.. knock knock..
  • Reply 6 of 16
    zeebeezeebee Posts: 2member
    I just ordered a 15" Powerbook w/ superdrive.



    Is the Pioneer 106 you talk about the superdrive I'll be getting?
  • Reply 7 of 16
    akacakac Posts: 512member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by zeebee

    I just ordered a 15" Powerbook w/ superdrive.



    Is the Pioneer 106 you talk about the superdrive I'll be getting?



    No. The 106 is a desktop drive. The Powerbook's Superdrive is a special laptop model.
  • Reply 8 of 16
    kennethkenneth Posts: 832member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by zeebee

    I just ordered a 15" Powerbook w/ superdrive.



    Is the Pioneer 106 you talk about the superdrive I'll be getting?



    Your specific SuperDrive model should be Matshita DVD-R UJ-816.
  • Reply 9 of 16
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    Is the 106 special or will older SuperDrives be able to do this with the new media and firmware? Especially, would laptops like my 12" PBG4 867mhz do it? That would BE AWESOME!!!! I bet the media is expensive. That still ROCKS.
  • Reply 10 of 16
    frank_tfrank_t Posts: 428member
    How come no one on the net apart from this site has reported this? This news is very big!



    I've sent the link to http://arstechnica.com/



    ....hope they will put something up about it....



    Cool news



    Frank_t
  • Reply 11 of 16
    niconico Posts: 50member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by frank_t

    I've sent the link to http://arstechnica.com/



    ....hope they will put something up about it....





    What do you mean ?



    bye



    Nico
  • Reply 12 of 16
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    So do people think the new firmware will help PBG4 12" Soopadrives burn multilayer?
  • Reply 13 of 16
    stoostoo Posts: 1,490member
    Aquatic: probably not, but there is a DVD-RW firmware about.



    9.4GB of data to burn at 1x = two hours plus burn time.
  • Reply 14 of 16
    aquaticaquatic Posts: 5,602member
    I definitely got that firmware update from Cynikal for 2x DVDR and DVD-RW and 16x CD burning. That was a lot more than I expected, to expect dual layer burning out of my hardware would be crazy! But I was already so impressed with the 2x firmware patch I'm thirsty for more yummy firmware hackin'.
  • Reply 15 of 16
    bungebunge Posts: 7,329member
    Even with firmware (anyone know where to get the dual layer firmware?) what media can support the dual layer burning?
  • Reply 16 of 16
    hjordis71hjordis71 Posts: 45member
    OT, but what is the difference between the A06 and the 106, or the A07 and the 107?
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