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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. Error by jamespharaoh · · Score: 5, Funny

    /dev/hdc on fire

  2. Burning Could Harm Pioneer Combo Drives by N3WBI3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I tried burning my drive really slow and it still damaged it..

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  3. Warp 10 by kmahan · · Score: 5, Funny

    She kinna take it anymore, captain! She's gonna blow!

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  4. MPAA's New Weapon by boa13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yup, now pirates will die a seething death as they burn music on their computers. Sucked into your own burner by an imploding disc... what a pyrotechnic ending!

  5. problematic? by Lxy · · Score: 5, Funny

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

    Does problematic mean "I can't get to the machine to upgrade because there's shards of disc flying at me when I go near it!"?

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  6. More Info by DeadBugs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Here is the link to the Pioneer statement. This is only for the new 4X DVD-R and 2X DVD-RW discs that have just been approved by the DVD Forum. AFAIK these discs are not yet for sale. You can also get a free CD with the software update on it from Pioneer.

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  7. No fix for Apple users yet by gwernol · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Pioneer firmware fix won't work on SuperDrives installed in a Mac. As quoted from Macintosh Digital Hub:

    "So what's the resolution? For Mac users, that answer is a bit hazy. Pioneer is releasing updater software that tweaks the internal firmware in its drives so that they are able to use the high-speed media. This firmware updater will be available for download from Pioneer's Web site; you'll also be able to order it on a CD-ROM.

    But this updater will not work with SuperDrives, since they contain Apple's firmware. According to Pioneer senior vice president Andy Parsons, "Apple is aware of the issue, and we expect they will have a solution soon." Those of us with SuperDrives will have to wait or Apple to deliver a firmware update"

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  8. Ouch by stinkydog · · Score: 4, Funny

    According to Webster (Mostly)
    Main Entry: problematic
    Pronunciation: "prä-bl&-'ma-tik
    Variant(s): or problematical /-ti-k&l/
    Function: adjective
    Date: 1609
    1 a : posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide b : not definite or settled : UNCERTAIN c : open to question or debate : QUESTIONABLE
    2 : expressing or supporting a possibility
    synonym see DOUBTFUL
    3 : launching shards of flaming polycarbonate embeded into the area around the head and neck
    - problematically /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb

    SD

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  9. And here's Pioneer's fix by BMonger · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/hs/

    Dunno why that isn't posted in the article...

  10. Uh oh . . . by div_2n · · Score: 5, Funny

    Talk about extreme Digital Rights Management . . .

  11. SuperDrive does DVD? by Erich · · Score: 4, Funny
    I thought the SuperDrive was the drive that could read and write 1.4M floppy disks.

    I was really glad that it could... finally I could read and write DOS 1.4M floppy disks, Mac 1.4M floppy disks, 800K Mac floppies, and 720K Dos Floppies.

    I can't wait to pull out my old 512Ke with the external SuperDrive and start burning DVDs!

    Oh, you mean this is just another example of Marketing BuzzWord TermReuse? Crap.

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  12. Implode? by guttentag · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...the drives "will bascially implode themselves
    CD/DVD drives are essentially centrifuges. As such, they are given to exploding at high speeds.

    If you have a centrifuge that's imploding at high speeds, there's nothing wrong with the device -- there's something amiss with physics in your point in space. Get out of house and contact your nearest physicist right away.