Posted by SalesMart.com.au on 11/30/05 10:14

On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 22:11:24 +1300, GraB <grab@whatever.co.nz> wrote:

>On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:01:57 GMT, sales@___Email_Address_on_Web_site
>(SalesMart.com.au) wrote:
>
>>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.
>>
>What specifically is the advantage of DVD-RAM? Why do you think it so
>good for data backups over DVD+R?

DVD-RAM is like having smaller hard drives. Programs can even be
installed onto them. The best backing up method are USB2 hard drives
as they are very fast for backing up several gigabytes of storage.

DVD-RAM just more robust with what it can be used for. Great for
backing up DATA and also used in many brand name model DVD Recorders
such as Panasonic, JVC, Toshiba and a few others. By having a LG DVD
burner the user can upload to the computer for editing then delete the
files using the LG burner which is far faster than doing via the DVD
recorder.

I use several methods for DATA backing up. About 4 or so USB2
harddrives, DVD-RAM media, 100Mb Zip media, amnd every so often will
burn to a DVD-R disc but that is very rate to backup DATA to DVD-R for
me.

I use DVD-R for video and DVD-RAM for video in my E30 recorder and
small DATA amounts on DVD-RAM media.

On my E30 recorder as soon as I place a DVD-RAM disc in there I can
start recording inside a couple of seconds. Most other formats take a
while before they are ready to record to.

>
>The sheer speed of the burner is irrelevant if you are interested in
>quality burns.

I burn at 16X without any problems using DVD-R 16X speed media on LG
4163, Pioneer 108, Pioneer 109 drives and have some other older models
along with the LG 4167, Pioneer 110 amd a BenQ 1640A drive.

People that choose to use hacked firmware often have to burn at the
lower speeds and even then run into troubles.

I've never used hacked firmware and warn against it. If a customer
wants to buy a new drive and intends to install hacked firmware then I
won't sell the drive.

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