Bought a Pioneer DVR-106 4x DVD±RW

Just purchased a Pioneer DVR-106 4x DVD±RW, Ive heard good things about this DVD-Writer, Any thoughts here?? Whats the best media out there at the mo? Minus media seems to be the cheapest :p

rough_neck

Im really tempted to pick one of these up for myself. also heard good things. how much did you pay for yours if you dont mind me asking?

What ever u do i wudnt by Ritek discs for a pieinurear forever making cock ups get some light backed discs

Lee

But i still say Sony's r better. (Not cus i own one ) :P

my thoughts are :
how much?
and how do you do the +- symbol?

You can get the pieinurear for £115 and the Sony for £150

Just check out ur character map for the symbol ±±±±±±±±±±±±

6th row down and 12th from the rite

Lee

I paid £128 from OcUk, my m8 had the same one for about 2 weeks with no problems. Also Paid for next day but it hasent turned up :confused: :mad:

I copied the ± from the description on overclockers.

rough_neck

i like my p105 very nice drive for £37.99 :P

my disks are ritek -4x ones, havent really used many but ritek are best known for quality. dont get princo disks (datawrite/datasafe brands). i get disks from www.blankdiscshop.co.uk which list what dye is used, so u can aviod the crap quality princo ones...

Those DVD±RW are just getting cheaper and cheaper... Oh, how I wish someone will make one with SCSI interface... :(

i got one of these about 6 weeks ago and honestly its been brill
no coasters at all dvd wise and 3 total cd-r coasters excellent
drive id recomend it
dvd wise ive been using the orange bulkpaq 4x dvd-r media they
work out at about £21.00 inc p&p for a 25 cake and like ive said not 1 coaster yet!!!touch wood

Suppose down to personal prfrence i had a few problems wiv my Pioneer so thats why i rate my sony so high another thing i h8 about the pioneer is the 2mb cache where as the sony has got a 8mb cache so u can do alot without messing up ur burning

Lee

erm... 8mb cache in a a cd/dvd-rw, isnt that a bit much???? thats more than both my hdd's put together!
i doubt having 8mb over 2mb affects burning much atall... aslong as ur drive is burn proof/buffer underrun protection.

but for £37.99 my 4x dvd-rw burner was a bargain... but ive not yet used it more than 10 times! (had it a few months!)

some one explain why SCSI interface would be better for a dvd/cd writer... they use nowhere near the max ata133 bandwidth... not too much cpu overhead either... why would u want an scsi one!!! it wouldnt be any faster! just cost 2x more!

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Originally posted by |SilentDeath|
some one explain why SCSI interface would be better for a dvd/cd writer... they use nowhere near the max ata133 bandwidth... not too much cpu overhead either... why would u want an scsi one!!! it wouldnt be any faster! just cost 2x more!

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It suddenly becomes very convenient when you've 8 HDDs and 3 optical drives already... See sig. ;)

heh! wtf do u need 3 or 4 optical drives? MASS DVD COPYING??

I only just got mine the other day, great drive and no coasters just yet :D Using Princo brand media..backed up some games and movies. 4x write is fast enough for me.

i've got some bulkpaq orange tops waiting to be used when my 105 arrives. :D

bulkpaq (orange) and datawrite/datasafe and all other disks using princo dye are suppost to be very, very crap, any coasters yet?
i use ones with ritek g04 atm