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High-Speed Burning Could Harm Pioneer Combo Drives

Posted by timothy on from the but-isn't-that-the-point-of-high-speed dept.

daffydory writes "Both New Scientist and The Register have articles about the Pioneer DVD writers (SuperDrives to us Apple users)." According to these articles, the drives "will bascially implode themselves with the new highspeed media that's coming out. Lovely. There's supposed to be a firmware patch to fix it, but it may be 'problematic' for users to install."

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  1. Ridiculous sensationalism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Lovely how it gets published anyways. Yeah, these drives sure do implode. You know, computer equipment has just been known to do that sometimes. Implosion -- an accurate description of the observed phenomenom. If you are on crack.

  2. This is why.. by Zelet · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am not going to buy a DVD burner until the technology matures a little.

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  3. Thanks Pioneer by nicedream · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ok the new scientist link is down already, but the register link has this:

    In addition to the items mentioned, several OEM units are affected, but Pioneer won't say which ones. You'll just have to contact your box builder and ask them if they have a fix.

    So they make a defective product, but won't say which OEMs are affected? WHY NOT?

    Also, how does new firmware keep a drive from self destructing? Sounds like an engineering problem that firmware couldn't fix, unless said firmware simply lowers the drive speed.

  4. Problems with install? by Oliver+Wendell+Jones · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "There's supposed to be a firmware patch to fix it, but it may be 'problematic' for users to install."

    Huh? I downloaded and installed the patch last night for my DVR-104 drive, it took practically no time to perform, and I think the only possible source of confusion was the "Are you sure you want to do this? [Yes] [No]" prompt... and if you can't figure that much out, maybe you're not smart enough to operate a DVD-RW drive in the first place...

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  5. Re:No fix for Apple users yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    On the positive side, Apple-brand DVD-Rs are pretty cheap ($5 each), and you know they're not going to cause your drive to fry itself.