Posted by SalesMart.com.au on 11/30/05 06:01

On 29 Nov 2005 20:23:53 -0800, "come_mon_come_mon!"
<come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:

>Just walked through the most popular computer shopping mall in my city.
>Sales there recommend most for Plextor & Pioneer products. Reason is
>they use the best components. Plextor PX-708A receives best comment in
>one shop (probably they are promoting this product which is 6x%
>expensive than the average) while Pioneer DVR-110 are also higher
>recommended by many shops.
>
>I saw the LG 4167 model & NEC 3550 too. Many sales said LG is slower in
>read / write speed compared with Plextor & Pioneer models. Also, one
>sales told me that ASUS model (I forgot if it was DRW-1608P2S) is good
>or popular because it has employed pioneer parts.
>
>Yet, they all agreed that LG, NEC, Plextor, Pioneer & ASUS are stable
>products (common comments of sales towards products displayed in the
>show window :p)
>
>Not sure how true these sales talk about. Just quote here for
>discussion reference.

The LG 4167 and Pioneer 110 series urgently require firmware to burn
at the correct speeds. The LG 4167 with firmware DL11 burns a full
disc in 5 mins 19 seconds but anything under 4Gb and it slows down by
quite a bit. Firmware DL12 corrected this but a full disc burn now
takes 6 mins and 8 seconds. The LG 4163 with firmware A105 is perfect.

Pioneer drives have been brilliant right up to the 109 series with the
latest firmware versions that is. The 110 series should become as good
as the previous models when the firmware is updated in the next two
weeks. I would advise hanging off until the next firmware update for
this model. I will be posting the burn speeds of 16X with the new
firmware for this drive in the aus.dvd news group as well in my
members support section.

If you can get your hands on a LG 4163 then that is the drive to get
as the last firmware A105 makes this a very good drive. The LG 4163
for burning to 16X media is the fastest out there and supports writing
to DVD-RAM media.

Once you start using DVD-RAM for DATA backing up you'll use it most of
the time unless you have USB2 hard drives that is.

I have about 12 different DVD burners attached to my PC.

Since selling the Pioneer drives from the 104/A04 to the current
models I've never had a single request for warranty work or on the
LG's since the LG 4082 drives.

It all depends what you are going to be using it for.

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Perth, Western Australia
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