Home News Reviews Forums Shop


HP 300i or Pioneer A05 ??

DVD-R/W, DVD+R/RW, DVD-RAM
Post a reply

HP 300i or Pioneer A05 ??

Postby musicman on Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:21 am

I am planning to get a dvd burner need your suggestions which one should I get???? HP or Pioneer ???I need your help. Thanks alot.
musicman
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:15 am
Location: Toronto
Top

Postby Raz0rX on Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:16 am

If you are in Toronto, I know a place that carries NEC 1300D (dual format writer) cheap, for $300 from Logic Computer House. They don't have it in stock, special order only, takes about 3 to 4 days.
DJ Doboy

There are appoximately 5% male registered nurse in Canada as of 2001!
User avatar
Raz0rX
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 213
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto
Top

Postby musicman on Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:08 pm

Thanks for your information, I'll contact this store.
musicman
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 6
Joined: Sun Jun 22, 2003 12:15 am
Location: Toronto
Top

Postby Raz0rX on Sun Jun 22, 2003 2:36 pm

I am pretty sure our local supplier have the NEC in stock. So it really only needs 1 day.

I have the NEC burner, quite good!
DJ Doboy

There are appoximately 5% male registered nurse in Canada as of 2001!
User avatar
Raz0rX
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 213
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto
Top

Postby jase on Mon Jun 23, 2003 6:02 am

VERY picky with DVD-R media though.

DON'T buy if you want an easy life with the cheapest media. Pioneer 105 with the 2xforall firmware is the one to go for if that is what you're after.
jase
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 965
Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2001 8:00 pm
Top

Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Jun 24, 2003 9:16 am

The HP 300i is a rebranded NEC ND-1100A

The Pioneer A06 looks remarkably like an NEC ND-1300A

...rather then choose between HP and Pioneer, why not go for NEC?? LOL!
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Top

Postby Raz0rX on Tue Jun 24, 2003 11:22 am

I haven't get my hands on many DVD media, so far, I have only tried Maxell (2x), Optodisc (2x), and Ritek +R (4x). I tried Princo but it does not work with this drive.
DJ Doboy

There are appoximately 5% male registered nurse in Canada as of 2001!
User avatar
Raz0rX
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 213
Joined: Sun Nov 04, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Toronto
Top

Postby Spazmogen on Tue Jun 24, 2003 12:48 pm

If you don't mind an NEC ND-1100A clone, you can get the IOMEGA DVD+RW drive from www.tigerdirect.ca for $196 CDN.

More in this thread: http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=11345
e6400 Core 2 Duo @ 2.13ghz
GeForce 7600GT 256mb PCI-e
2gb DDR2 667mhz Patriot ram 1.8v in d/c
Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 F10 BIOS
WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA300 7200RPM 16MB Buffer
Samsung SATA2 80gb 7200rpm
Samsung SH-S182D 18x DVD burner
User avatar
Spazmogen
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1472
Joined: Tue Oct 23, 2001 8:00 pm
Location: Woodstock, Ontario
Top

Postby jase on Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:17 am

dolphinius_rex wrote:The HP 300i is a rebranded NEC ND-1100A

The Pioneer A06 looks remarkably like an NEC ND-1300A

...rather then choose between HP and Pioneer, why not go for NEC?? LOL!


It doesn't look much like an NEC to me.

Pioneer A06

Image

Nec 1300A

Image

Nowt like each other.
jase
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 965
Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2001 8:00 pm
Top

Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Jun 25, 2003 9:55 am

well, I meant the specs of the drive looked similar.... I suppose you are right though, it is unlikely that the A06 is an OEM

however, I have seen CD-RW drives that are OEMs with less in common then those two drives!
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Top

Postby jase on Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:10 am

True, true, but the giveaway here is the placing of the emergency eject holes. The Pioneer is in the same place as the A05; the NEC is the same as the 1100A.

Both the 1100A and the A05 are apparently capable of burning both +R and -R, and beta hacks have apparently been released although neither are working very well. I've been told by some contributors of another forum that the A06 is a modified A05.
jase
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 965
Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2001 8:00 pm
Top

Postby dolphinius_rex on Wed Jun 25, 2003 10:13 am

that makes sense actually. I've been hearing a lot about how most burners COULD be capable of burning both formats if the manufacturer wanted it.
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada
Top
Post a reply

Return to DVD Writers

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests

Powered by phpBB © 2000, 2002, 2005, 2007 phpBB Group
cron
All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2024 CDRLabs Inc.