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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:26 am |
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good job on this thread imo. It will be a nice place to have collected info under one heading. I will surely be keeping my eye on this thread as I plan to upgrade to a 108 from my 107 if things continue to look good for this drive.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:28 am |
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thank you for the support! 
feel free to add stuff to this thread - i will edit it into my post
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:04 am |
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Many new A08s are being offered on eBay (US) for around $100US Buy-It-Now
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:46 pm |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 12:55 pm |
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I would also add (before someone asks)
"No the Pioneer 107D cannot be upgraded to the 108" 
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:04 pm |
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just posted our review of Pioneer DVR-108, let me know if you have any questions/suggestions
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:08 pm |
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nathane wrote: I would also add (before someone asks) "No the Pioneer 107D cannot be upgraded to the 108" lol, added, unless it was a joke, i have seen many ppl ask that
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 1:32 pm |
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:31 pm |
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_emperor wrote: just posted our review of Pioneer DVR-108Wow, that's a superb review!
Interesting that the drive isn't able to overburn DVD... but it's not that important anyway.
The problems with oversized CD formats remind me on earlier NEC/Pioneer drives. 
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:48 pm |
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Cheers! That's well informative. Got 1 question though. is it possible to flash the 108 to an A08 so you can use the drive quietening firmware?? (During DVD playback) obviously you're not going to get the honeycomb or anything. Or are the drives too different??
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:51 pm |
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No, it was not possible for the 107D/107XL so it won't be for the 108/108XL either there are supposedly some important hardware differences.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 3:58 pm |
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[_chef_] wrote: Wow, that's a superb review!
Thanks mate for your support! Let me know if you would like to see anything at the review... ak1ra wrote: Or are the drives too different??
I have to check this...
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:36 pm |
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updated
thx to the guy who changed the images around
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:42 pm |
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ak1ra wrote: Cheers! That's well informative. Got 1 question though. is it possible to flash the 108 to an A08 so you can use the drive quietening firmware?? (During DVD playback) obviously you're not going to get the honeycomb or anything. Or are the drives too different??
I asked and its not possible to use the utility at DVR-108 drives...It works only with the retail DVR-A08XLA/B
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:43 pm |
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Toge wrote: thx to the guy who changed the images around
It was me... I fixed some typos too. You had "108LX" instead of "108XL" in a few places.
Also removed the # synbols from the title because they're quite annoying.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 4:49 pm |
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well thx again 
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 5:08 pm |
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Good thread (will probably become a sticky but we will need to remove the sticky clogging we have on the R/RW section first). Edited MXL RG04 -> RITEK G04
Toge wrote: 8) Is it possible to change a 108 into a A08?
No, as there are some hardware difference between the two drives.
Huh??? doesn't A08 = 108 + Software? Are you sure yo didn't mean XL?
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 7:01 pm |
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wow a sticky! :p nah i'm dead chuffed to have a sticky on a forum such as this
soz, corrected now.
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_emperor wrote: Let me know if you would like to see anything at the review...
Honestly, I have no idea what could there be improved yet.
The only real difference to the NEC 3500 I can see is that the Pio uses Z-CLV for 16x and the NEC P-CAV, also CD burning speed differs. But is that really more important than burning quality?!? Not for me. 
With luck I can check them both out this weekend, challenging together.  I couldn't resist.
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I read in the review by cdrinfo.com that the drive automatically sets its booktype to DVD-ROM when burning DL media. Will it be possible to have a (hacked/patched) firmware that is able to set the booktype to DVD-ROM for -R and +R media as well ?
This would be a hell of a feature over previous Pioneer burners (i have owned a few since the A03 ) and definately will get me to buy one.
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2004 11:28 pm |
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DVD-R and DVD-RW don't need booktyping...
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redfoxert wrote: I read in the review by cdrinfo.com that the drive automatically sets its booktype to DVD-ROM when burning DL media. Will it be possible to have a (hacked/patched) firmware that is able to set the booktype to DVD-ROM for -R and +R media as well ? This would be a hell of a feature over previous Pioneer burners (i have owned a few since the A03 ) and definately will get me to buy one. I cannot really answer this, but as far i know there isn't booktype possible for -R format, as for +R/+RW i don't think Pioneer will officially supports it 
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:49 am |
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[_chef_] wrote: Honestly, I have no idea what could there be improved yet. Media hacks 16xALL tests coming soon...
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Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 3:54 am |
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using what firmware?
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