NEC1300 vs Pioneer 106

by **cemjack** on Wed Oct 08, 2003 6:18 am

Which is the better of these two drives? I have read that the pioneer handles more media types...but have also read that certain programs such as DVDclone have problems with pioneer drive.
Thanks.

by **dey2day** on Thu Oct 09, 2003 7:40 am

JUST BUY THE DAMM CHEAPEST

Have a good one Doc,
Shawn :evil:

by **Scour** on Thu Oct 09, 2003 9:40 am

Hello!

I recommend the Pioneer, because the media-compatibility and the writing quality is better. Or buy a LG GSA 4040, it´s a good drive, too

by **Noua** on Thu Oct 09, 2003 1:01 pm

I had the same question before bying my burner... I ended up with the Pioneer A06...

Never has a single problem with it so far and with the hacked firmware it works even bether... So this is my choice, unless of course you want to stick with a burner that has many problems with media compatability... (NEC).

Good Luck!

by **cemjack** on Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:15 am

what is the hacked firmware version you recommend/use?

Appreciate the help. I was leaning towards the pioneer, THEN I read the review of the new plextor.

by **Noua** on Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:10 pm

Well, for the 106 there's only one hacked version.. Unless there was a new release in the last 2 days thet I'm not aware of.
It removes the rip speed limit, burns 2x on 1x media and of course makes your burner RPC1.

Well, the new Plex... Yes! That's another story... If I had the money... oh yeah... But Dvd+R is more expensive than "minus" so I wouldn't use the 8x speed... Ahhh I'm good for what I have....

by **treemana** on Sun Oct 12, 2003 6:33 am

I just made a similar decision. (I was also considering the Sony 510A, but ruled it out because I didn't think the 8MB buffer was worth the extra cost.)

I went with the Pioneer A06 (yesterday). So far, so good. My DVD player (XBox) seems to work equally will with +R and -R. It didn't like the +RW that I tried. (I haven't tried a -RW yet.)

BTW, the A06 has a $20 rebate through Nov 1. (It might be limited to the US though, the rebate form is titled "Pioneer DVR - A06 USPK").

by **RJW** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:37 am

The a06 is much better drive based on.

reading damaged / poor burned media
writing quality
media compatability

by **wicked1** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:12 am

treemana wrote:I went with the Pioneer A06 (yesterday). So far, so good. My DVD player (XBox) seems to work equally will with +R and -R. It didn't like the +RW that I tried. (I haven't tried a -RW yet.)

BTW, the A06 has a $20 rebate through Nov 1. (It might be limited to the US though, the rebate form is titled "Pioneer DVR - A06 USPK").

There are 3 types of DVDROMs used in XBOX's. Samsung(awesome reads about anything)Philips and Thompson(reliability issues).The Samsung and Thompson both rear dvd-rws.The Philips generally doesnt read any dvdrws.They all will read cdrws but not cdr unless you were blessed with a samsung drive(rare).

by **treemana** on Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:38 am

wicked1 wrote:There are 3 types of DVDROMs used in XBOX's. Samsung(awesome reads about anything)Philips and Thompson(reliability issues).The Samsung and Thompson both rear dvd-rws.The Philips generally doesnt read any dvdrws.They all will read cdrws but not cdr unless you were blessed with a samsung drive(rare).

I must have the Phillips. It liked both DVDRs but didn't like the one DVD-RW I tried. However, I'm now 1 for 2 on my DVD+RW attempts. I'll have to figure out what I did differently one the second one.

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