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Upgrade Your DVD Writer to Double Layer -- Maybe

Posted by timothy on from the don't-blame-us-if-the-obvious-risks-strike dept.

Autoversicherung writes "Even if NEC tells you its impossible, German netzine Golem is reporting hackers have created an updated, unofficial version of the firmware providing DVD+DL (Double Layer) capabilities. Currently model 2100A and 2500A are patchable, more will hopefully follow soon. How cool, this enables me to skip an update cycle for burners!!" It's always fun to use the fish, and sometimes to void your warranty.

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  1. Re:DVD-ROM by evilviper · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Dual layer is when your dvd player has a slight pause where the screen freezes. That is when it is changing layers.

    You have a cheap DVD-player with a tiny buffer apparently.
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  2. The 1300 by goldcd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    is possibly the worst piece of hardware I've ever bought. I returned the fourth one and was arguing with the retailer over whether it was indeed faulty, or whether a 1300 functioning correctly did indeed reject 90% of DVD-Rs and randomly trash the 10% it recognised. Currently they've got the drive, I refuse to accept it back and I bought myself a Plextor last month. I think the moral of the story is that you get what you pay for and realise what your time is actually worth.

  3. Re:DVD-ROM by BarryNorton · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Right, because Sony, Pioneer, these kind of companies have no connection to DVD Video publishing, huh? And if they don't make the devices, capitalism dictates that someone else will step in and do as good a job, right? (No offense, but you're American, right?) Take a similar existing example: there's a huge demand for standalone video players with alterative codecs (DivX, XviD, Vorbis etc.) and packages (OGG, MKV). What's the capitalist response? The big players are not interested and the demand is (not) met by the Umax/Yamada player (and not a lot else), which sucks! It's not about 'them and us', not even about 'them, us and a third party' (RIAA), it's just about 'them' and their many and intertwined commercial interests...