Anyone tried the PIONEER DVR-105/A05?

[DirtyAbdul]

folks:

i still got problems with my A04/104 and i'm definitely getting a new one. has anyone tried the A05/105? supposedly, the 105 is already available (which is just the bare drive without software compared to the retail A05). it seems to have slightly better specs than the sony dru-500a (for which there is still no RPC-1 firmware).

check out these links:

http://www.esbuy.com/pion4xdvdrec.html (free s&h, 15% restocking fee if not satisfied)
http://mtzon.zoovy.com/product/PIDVR105P8P ($10.95 s&h, return policy looks crappy :()

i am like one mouse-click away from buying that drive... :sly:

DA

ps: unfortunately, newegg doesn't have that drive yet.

[talonz]

I have yet to see any x4 speed media ..

[The_Flash]

Where are the SCSI versions of these drives? I'm waiting until I find a decent SCSI DVD-R before I upgrade my A03.

[DirtyAbdul]

Originally posted by talonz
I have yet to see any x4 speed media ..

that should not be the problem. they WILL definitely appear. MY problem is to decide to get a drive SOON (like in 1 or 2 weeks) so that i can burn SAFELY at 1x and 2x...

i was chatting a little bit with "fraqtl" here: http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtopic.php?t=8339

DA

[alexnoe]

@The_Flash:
You don't need SCSI.
BTW if about, lets say, 100 people claimed that their SCSI setup is faster than an identical, correctly configured IDE setup, then less than 10 of them would be able to explain why that should be ("because SCSI is better" is no explanation!), and then, only 1 or 2 of them have a setup which is indeed faster.
Most people consider an SCSI setup either a status symbol, or have missed the last 5 years of developement in IDE.

[DirtyAbdul]

... or just have the need of many drives ;). i used to have scsi, too (for 2 cd-rw burners and 1 dvd-rom and 2 ide hdd's) until i found that great "abit it7 max" board with 4 additional ide channels (for RAID) enabling me to connect up to 12 devices altogether!!! unfortunately, those 4 additional ide channels only allow me hdd's and not other ide devices :(. but that's ok for now.

currently, all my devices are ide (see footnote for my rig). btw, i DID notice that file transfer from scsi drives is indeed less interuptive during work when running in the background b/c of less overhead.

DA

[atreides93]

Ugh I can't imagine going back to SCSI drives....
i used to play with those when I was younger...but now with ATA133 IDE why use scsi????

[The_Flash]

Originally posted by DirtyAbdul
... or just have the need of many drives ;).

btw, i DID notice that file transfer from scsi drives is indeed less interuptive during work when running in the background b/c of less overhead.

DA

There ya go.

Thanks for explaining to me that I don't "need" it though. At the very least you could agree that they should be offered as an option.

[wfn1]

Originally posted by atreides93
Ugh I can't imagine going back to SCSI drives....
i used to play with those when I was younger...but now with ATA133 IDE why use scsi????

i'll switch to ide when they have a 15krpm, 3.6ms seek Ultra ATA drive with tag queing, disconnect and segmented caching... but wait then it might cost just as much as my current Seagate Cheetah X15-36LP... nevermind....

[wfn1]

Originally posted by alexnoe
@The_Flash:
You don't need SCSI.
BTW if about, lets say, 100 people claimed that their SCSI setup is faster than an identical, correctly configured IDE setup, then less than 10 of them would be able to explain why that should be ("because SCSI is better" is no explanation!), and then, only 1 or 2 of them have a setup which is indeed faster.
Most people consider an SCSI setup either a status symbol, or have missed the last 5 years of developement in IDE.

you do not need scsi for optical stuff... ide burners, dvd-r etc is miles ahead of their scsi counterparts. but for hard drives you cannot touch scsi's serving times. most if not all people will benefit from a scsi drive as their startup/application drive because that's where those sub 4ms seek times really shine. nobody uses their drives for linear access unless you're just streaming something. and as far as the other person on here mentioned ata133... it's a joke.. with only 2 drives per channel you will never be able to max out ata100 let alone ata133... plus when you have 2 devices on the same ata channel you will have cpu arbitration and they will never perform up to their max spec anyway.

[SuperFabius]

Hi all,
if you need to add 4 ATA/IDE devices (2 channels), not only HD, to MB IDE channels, give a loock here:

http://www.promise.com/product/datasheet_list_eng.asp?product_id=11

This card supports 48bit LBA address for >137GB HD.

Hope this will help (and I haven't ANY business affair with this company....!)

BYE

[alexnoe]

This card won't work with CD writers (high CPU load), thus you should your hard discs to it and connect your CDVD writers onboard.