Posted by GMAN on 09/24/06 23:16

In article <ef64jj$p0q$1@reader1.panix.com>, retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) wrote:
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>In article <ef3pf8$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:
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>>>>> My RDR-GX7 has been rock solid for years now. I in fact just bought 2 more
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>>>>> 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Tweeter and Sears), because it had already been replaced by the GX-315.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
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>>>>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
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>>of the box? They have yet to puke on ANY brand of disk fed them. 1X , 4X , 8x,
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>>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
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>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out of production, and are superceded by new formulations that are not in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.
>
>
I never said Sony didnt make firmware available. But it is by request.


I have had the unit for 3 years now and very media has worked.

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