Posted by Mike S. on 09/24/06 14:26

In article <ef3pf8$l9o$8@news.xmission.com>,
GMAN <glenzabr@nospam.xmission.com> wrote:
>In article <451526d8.146539718@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:
>>On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:45:14 -0400, "Alan Grossberg"
>><snowbird7@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> My RDR-GX7 has been rock solid for years now. I in fact just bought 2 more
>>>> of them off of ebay.
>>
>>>I have to agree with you. After using the Sony RDR-GX300 for a few months I
>>>liked it so much I bought another two (much cheaper floor models from
>>>Tweeter and Sears), because it had already been replaced by the GX-315. The
>>>GX-7 and 300 seem better made than their later models. I've had no problems
>>>with them...excellent recording quality and their on-screen menus are really
>>>slick, or sleek, or both.
>>
>>What about customer support and new firmware?
>>
>>
>Why do i need to constantly update firmware if they workd the way they are out
>of the box? They have yet to puke on ANY brand of disk fed them. 1X , 4X , 8x,
>16X media has all worked fine on these units. I dont need a hack or such to
>disable macrovision ans i use a pro TBC made by FOR-A

If your recorder is in use long enough that the blanks you are using go
out of production, and are superceded by new formulations that are not in
the media code table of your recorder, you may have a problem. The unit
may, indeed, begin to "puke" on some blanks, or produce burns that are
subpar and not play on many machines. Since the media pool is always
fluid, this is the primary reason why products that record to optical
media have periodic firmware updates. The drive needs to have the proper
write strategy for the blanks it writes to.

I have a 4 year old Panasonic DMR-E30 which is still in use; however, by
last year it was choking on some newer 8X and 16X media which were not
even dreamed of when the burner unit inside was originally programmed.
Panasonic issued a firmware update for that (and numerous older units)
which added compatibility and reliability for newer media.

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