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Anyone out there got a DVD writer?
I've just ordered a Pioneer 105 DVD-R/RW. Its the same as the Pioneer A05 but doesn't come with the software or fancy box. And is therefore cheaper
I've just ordered a Pioneer 105 DVD-R/RW. Its the same as the Pioneer A05 but doesn't come with the software or fancy box. And is therefore cheaper
It was 145 pounds including VAT and postage from Blankdiscshop.co.uk
Written 2 data DVDs so far. Not had time to try a video DVD.
Written 2 data DVDs so far. Not had time to try a video DVD.
Cheers, I hadn't heard that Adobe were releasing a DVD package. I'll look out for it in the summer.
Managed to get DVD-Rs to play in my standalone player. It only seems to like the DVD if it contains a full discs worth of data. My test DVD only contained a few Mb of video. Once I wrote a disc with lots of video it worked fine. DVD-RW don't work regardless but I can live with that.
Messing around with Ulead DVD Workshop at the moment. It can create 'Matrix DVD' style motion menus, where the icon for each chapter is actually a small clip from that chapter. Very impressive but takes AGES to render.
Although Nero burning rom seems to get a bad press on the internet for burning DVDs I've had no problems with it (version 5.5.10).
Managed to get DVD-Rs to play in my standalone player. It only seems to like the DVD if it contains a full discs worth of data. My test DVD only contained a few Mb of video. Once I wrote a disc with lots of video it worked fine. DVD-RW don't work regardless but I can live with that.
Messing around with Ulead DVD Workshop at the moment. It can create 'Matrix DVD' style motion menus, where the icon for each chapter is actually a small clip from that chapter. Very impressive but takes AGES to render.
Although Nero burning rom seems to get a bad press on the internet for burning DVDs I've had no problems with it (version 5.5.10).
Since you're getting into the DVD burning game, you might want to know of these cats
http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/index.html
cheapest source of blank CD's and DVD's I know of. I've been very happy with their stuff.
http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/index.html
cheapest source of blank CD's and DVD's I know of. I've been very happy with their stuff.
That's it. Rub it in. You got it 20 quid cheaper!
What DVD-Rs are you going to use? I can recommend Samsung BeAll and Datawrite Classics.
For data stuff everything has worked just fine. As I mentioned before the only probs I have had are with my standalone player.
I flashed my drive with the hacked firmware so I can write the above media at its rated speed, not the speed Pioneer wanted me to write them at
What DVD-Rs are you going to use? I can recommend Samsung BeAll and Datawrite Classics.
For data stuff everything has worked just fine. As I mentioned before the only probs I have had are with my standalone player.
I flashed my drive with the hacked firmware so I can write the above media at its rated speed, not the speed Pioneer wanted me to write them at
I was thinking of using Datawrite, as i've used them on my friends burner, also Bulkpaq too. There is a shop near me that sells them for £1 each, or at least it used to
Where did you download your "hacked" firmware?? Weren't you a bit worried that the firmware was "hacked"??
Where did you download your "hacked" firmware?? Weren't you a bit worried that the firmware was "hacked"??
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I was slighty worried but I read lots of posts from people who tried it without problems.
There is currently a hacked 1.33 firmware but when I did mine I used 1.3
Have a look at this forum :
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=12632
Other useful links :
http://forum.rpc1.org/
http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/
All I can say is it worked fine for me. Allowed me to burn media at its rated speed rather than the default x1. worth reading up on anyway even if you decide not to bother. The hacked firmware also removes region encoding. Which is a good thing because region encoding SUCKS.
There is currently a hacked 1.33 firmware but when I did mine I used 1.3
Have a look at this forum :
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=12632
Other useful links :
http://forum.rpc1.org/
http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/
All I can say is it worked fine for me. Allowed me to burn media at its rated speed rather than the default x1. worth reading up on anyway even if you decide not to bother. The hacked firmware also removes region encoding. Which is a good thing because region encoding SUCKS.
I think you should consider an 'external' writer. Maybe USB or Firewire. Not as neat as an internal drive but for laptop use it will give you a bit more flexability. Plus you can use it on a variety of different machines. Unfortunately I don't really know much about external units.
For UK purchases have a look at Dabs and Ebuyer
For UK purchases have a look at Dabs and Ebuyer