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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.

5 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First double-layered post.

  2. Poem for BSD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I think I shall never see
    a tree as dead as BSD

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    http://members.iinet.net.au/~gasteen/How%20Not%20T o%20Drive%20(Comedy).rar