Posted by come_mon_come_mon! on 12/11/05 18:00

SalesMart.com.au 寫道：

> 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.
>
> SalesMart.com.au
> Perth, Western Australia
> http://www.salesmart.com.au
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After one day long study of testing report at


http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx?ArticleTypeId=2&Sub...



about LG 4167B, Pioneer DVR-110 & DVR-110D, Plextor PX-716AL (from my
layman's view), I decided & did bought one LG 4167B (non box set) at
$41.7 (equivalent USD) from shop. LG was choosed because I got the
impression from the test report that this model performed stably in
writing various media & can read wide range of media even if they were
copyright protected. I will use this DVD drive mainly for burning DVD.
So I don't mind it's slightly inferior performance in reading test.


Also, as I will not (and have no spare time too) buy all the DVD media
claimed supported by this model, I need some tools that can help me to
test the drive's function thoroughly. I hope the test will help me find

out if the bought drive function as it should be.


CDSpeed2000, DVDInfopro & KProbe2 were downloaded from below links:


http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html
http://www.dvd-recordable.org/wwwimgs/media/flash/dvdinfopro/index.htm
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93944


Are these software suitable test suites ?

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