Brand New Pioneer DVR-110 is Out!

[usernamemax20charact]

Originally posted by: Bozo Galora
AT has a review of the drive on front page

Thanks for the heads up.

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AT's Final Words:

The DVR-110D released with its 1.08 firmware is not the worst drive that we have seen, but it does not live up to our expectations. The failed write on the MCC 03RG20 and TYG03 media broke our hearts, since they are rated high on the list for quality.

However, we cannot expect too much out of a first release firmware. Pioneer's firmware teams do have to feel out the wrinkles, and after giving some time to iron them out, we should see higher performance. The media to which the DVR-110D was able to write successfully was completely readable, with exception to the low quality AN31 and VDSPMSAB 001, and the PlexTools scans proved this when we saw 0 uncorrectable errors and a low frequency of PI errors.

At the time that these results are published, there may be a newer firmware out for the DVR-110D and in no way should this review be the only deciding factor in your purchasing decision of a DVDR drive.

For now, BenQ's DW1640 and Plextor's PX-740A still perform better than any other unit out there in both speed and quality across all types of media. We cannot yet recommend the DVR-110D because of the handful of failed writes to the higher quality media, but time and future firmware updates will tell if Pioneer can still keep up.

 

[BBock7271]

this drive has gotten bad ratings across the board

 

[RideFree]

News flash - BIOS rev. up to 1.17 (No pun intended) Google it. 😀😀😀

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: usernamemax20charact
The DVR-110D... broke our hearts

:brokenheart:

I've had great luck with my two Pioneer DVD burners. Don't remember exact model numbers, first one was a 4X±R and my current one (perhaps a 107) is a 16X±R. Works great and burns on anything. Sad to hear the new one isn't up to expectations.

 

[madrid]

I read the review but at times reviews don't tell the whole story. Wow, I was hoping the DVR-109 was a fluke, but I guess I will get the NEC 3540, but will Stomp 3.50E work with this burner?

 

[HDTVMan]

Originally posted by: RideFree
News flash - BIOS rev. up to 1.17 (No pun intended) Google it. 😀😀😀

Agreed Bios 1.17 is nice.

Also dont use Junk Media like Ritek use some quality media like Verbatim and its a different story. I do 12x burns on 8x media all the time with no problems. I did a few error checks after the reviews but they are fine. Maybe a media review on certain dvd burners is in order?

You should always go here www.vcdhelp.com and look at the burner and the media people have success with. Not all media is the same.

I have also said it 100 times if you look at the inner ring on Ritek media you will see bubbles where the media isnt manufactured properly. Ritek hasnt been good since Grade 03/04 since then its just been junk. Ritek is a one trick pony. Please quit testing with it.