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Pioneer DVR-A05 Review

Posted by Hemos on from the learning-'bout-it dept.

kila_m writes " Over at DVD Writers we have the world's first review of the recently announced Pioneer DVR-A05 DVD writer. It supports 4 speed DVD-R writing, 2 speed DVD-RW, 16 speed CD-R and is able to write to CD-RW disks at 8 speed. The review is based on a pre-release unit and is fairly comprehensive. " The review itself is one level deeper.

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  1. Why don't they ever clarify by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    how foobar speed DVD relates to foobar speed CD?

    Who will be the first to announce a DVD recorder that is 56x *

    * Oh, by the way, that's equivillant to 56x CD, added by our marketing department :-)

    Also, as DVDs are thinner than CDs, can they spin faster without breaking???

  2. Does look good. by QuiK_ChaoS · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am just wondering how many more Atapi drives have to come out before they phase of that stupid 1/8" Jack nad Volume control that no-one uses. Would make them easier to paint and mod.

    Of course everyone reading this probably uses them. I personaly never ever have.

  3. Re:All I want for Christmas is my DVD writer... by Lumpy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes and no...

    Joe Schmoe doesnt want a DVD writer except for one reason only... to write DVD's that have the home movies on them. currently the incompatability between burned DVD's and stand alone DVD players is so bad that even the seasoned DVD creators are standing back and waiting.. (No i do not have a DVD burner at home, only at work.. and on linux :-)

    Until they can make it as fool-proof as SVCD or VCD's on your dvd player... (my first firewire card came with videowaveIII that allowed me to capture/edit/burn to SVCD without even thinking... which is good for the average windows user.)

    DVD VIDEO creation is still difficult and iffy. and at $5.00 a pop for the cheapest DVD blank... Joe doesnt want to risk it not being playable in aunt nellies dvd player.

    --
    Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
  4. Re:SCSI by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just like you said SCSI/IDE are just interfaces. I think your point of failure is the HP drives, Hoss. Stop buying them.

    Benefits to IDE: Cheaper to buy, doesn't take up a spot on my SCSI chain (I've got devices that actually need U160 on there.)

    My recommendation: buy a cheap IDE controller (last time I checked Promise made one for $30) and a nice IDE burner. You'll see it utilize .3% more CPU, not worth spending $100+ more for a slower speed SCSI drive just to save that CPU.