DVD drive (urgent)

[MANKOU]

Hello,
I am in a big dilemma. I want to buy a DVD drive, but I read that only some of the drives that are now in the market can read "Type 2 media". Are Type 2 media the same as DVD RAM or...? Does this mean that eg Pioneer (which aren't in the list below) can't read DVDs that have been written in a DVD-R-RW-RAM? I just want to be sure that the DVD drive that I'll get will be able to read every disc now and in the future.



"The drives above are read compatible with type 2 medias:

Compaq SR-8583 (5X) - 2,6go only
Compaq SR-8584 (6X) - 2,6go only
Creative DVD-5240E (5X) - 2,6go only
Creative DVD-5241E (5X) - 2,6go only
Creative DVD-6630E (6X) - 2,6go only
Creative DVD-8400E (8X) - 2,6go only
Hitachi GD-5000 (8X) - 2,6go only
Hitachi GD-7000 (8X)
Hitachi GD-7500 (12X)
Hitachi GD-8000 (16X)
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8583 (5X)(not with firmware 0U01, 0W01, 0Y01) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8584 (6X) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8585 (8X) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8587 (16X)
Toshiba SD-M1612 (16X)

Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8184 (4X) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8185 (6X) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8186 (6X) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8187 (6X) - 2,6go only

Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8174 (6X) (C version only) - 2,6go only
Matshita (Panasonic) SR-8175 (8X) - 2,6go only
Hitachi GD-S200 (8X)
Hitachi GD-S250 (8X)
Toshiba SD-C2512 (8X) "

 

[corkyg]

You can check out Pioneer's specs here. I have two DVD-106S drives and have yet to find a disk they can't read.

Pioneer

 

[MANKOU]

Thanks.
The Pioneer 106S and 116 (perhaps more models too) can read : "single and dual layer DVD-ROM/Video, DVD-R/RW, CD-ROM, Audio CDs, CD-R/RW, Video CDs, Photo CDs, Hybrid CDs, CD-Extra (CD-Plus) and CD-Text Discs"

Does this include Type 2 Media? This is my question

 

[AndyHui]

Yes. If the DVD drive can read CDRWs, that is classed as a Type 2 compliant drive.

The original generation of DVD drives had real problems reading CDRs, and were not capable of reading CDRWs.

This has nothing to do with DVD-RAM/DVD-RW/DVD+RW.

 

[MANKOU]

OK, thanks. I'm heading to the shop now