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Arnie.d said:

Yes, the pioneer burners are very good. I've used them since the 102 model. I know have a 111 and a 112 in my pc (and I previously had the 102, 104, 106, 110, 111 and 112. I have burned hundreds of single layer discs and close to a hundred dual layers discs and I have never had a coaster. But I'm only using my pioneers in combination with ImgBurn and verbatim media.

I'd stay well clear of the later Pioneer models, especially the SATA ones like the DVR-215. It just refuses to burn dual layer discs, even with the latest firmware (i have 2 drives and both have the same problem). Failed to burn any, including verbatim, yet when i try the same discs in my external LG drive they burn with a 100% success rate. I would recommend the LG drives over the newer Pioneer ones anyday

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adywan said:

Arnie.d said:

Yes, the pioneer burners are very good. I've used them since the 102 model. I know have a 111 and a 112 in my pc (and I previously had the 102, 104, 106, 110, 111 and 112. I have burned hundreds of single layer discs and close to a hundred dual layers discs and I have never had a coaster. But I'm only using my pioneers in combination with ImgBurn and verbatim media.

I'd stay well clear of the later Pioneer models, especially the SATA ones like the DVR-215. It just refuses to burn dual layer discs, even with the latest firmware (i have 2 drives and both have the same problem). Failed to burn any, including verbatim, yet when i try the same discs in my external LG drive they burn with a 100% success rate. I would recommend the LG drives over the newer Pioneer ones anyday

That sucks. It's hard to believe.

What program do you use to burn? Are you using a PC or Mac?
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Arnie.d said:


That sucks. It's hard to believe.

What program do you use to burn? Are you using a PC or Mac?

I always use ImgBurn on a PC. they also spit out some single layer discs too saying incompatible media (even though i only use either Verbatim or Tayo Yuden discs) but the same discs that were spit out by the pioneer burn without problems with my LG. The 2 SATA pioneer drives i have are useless (one has the latest firmware, the other the original version that it was shipped with). A few people have had problems with Pioneer SATA drives, but pioneer just say that its problems with system drivers being out of date, which my systems have all the latest drivers. Strange thing though is that the drive with the older firmware burns a lot better than the one with the latest firmware so my thoughts are that its nothing to do with system drivers but is instead to do with pioneers firmware. I just crossed flashed my one drive from a 215D to a 215 and funnily enough its started to burn dual layer, but is still too picky on media. My advise is to stay clear of SATA DVD drives. Never had a problem with any of the Pioneer IDE drives i've ever had, but i'm sticking with my LG drive.

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I'd stay well clear of the later Pioneer models, especially the SATA ones like the DVR-215. It just refuses to burn dual layer discs, even with the latest firmware (i have 2 drives and both have the same problem). Failed to burn any, including verbatim, yet when i try the same discs in my external LG drive they burn with a 100% success rate. I would recommend the LG drives over the newer Pioneer ones anyday


That's weird. Not sure of the SATA models, but Dark Jedi recommended the Pioneer DVR115D to me, and I have never had better luck with a burner. It's light years beyond anything else that I've ever used.

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adywan said:


I'd stay well clear of the later Pioneer models, especially the SATA ones like the DVR-215. It just refuses to burn dual layer discs, even with the latest firmware (i have 2 drives and both have the same problem). Failed to burn any, including verbatim, yet when i try the same discs in my external LG drive they burn with a 100% success rate. I would recommend the LG drives over the newer Pioneer ones anyday


That's weird. Not sure of the SATA models, but Dark Jedi recommended the Pioneer DVR115D to me, and I have never had better luck with a burner. It's light years beyond anything else that I've ever used.

The IDE models of the Pioneer drives have always been great for me but when i swapped to SATA they are nothing but problematic. It appears to be a problem with Pioneers firmware as a lot of people are having problems with their SATA drives, including their bluray ones, on different motherboards. Pioneer have said they are looking into it but the latest firmware didn't fix the issues. I'd say stick with IDE drives

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just burned my first dual layer disc with no problems,
am using windows xp sp2/nero 7/ and a new
EXTERNAL lg GSA-E40L, which can burn up to 10x
on the dual layer..

i went ahead and tried 4.8x just to be safe,
bought some cheaper memorex dvd-r dl,
and its working 100%

got lucky i guess..

can't wait to burn the purist version soon,

now burning....terminator 1 extended version .....looks good!

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Hey guys,
does every dual-layer disc, regardless of the company, have bad layer breaks? Like a moment where you have to "pause-and-resume"? Or did I just not do it right the first time?

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I just did the default layerbreak with ImgBrn, and I had a Memorex DVD+R DL. I made a copy of an R3 DVD (bought, then made own copy to play), so it's possible it came with the source. Would that be it?

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