About Pioneer A06 [Archive]

Sherlock_2

19th February 2004, 21:57

Hi there
Is it true that this DVD Writer can burn dual-layer ?
Is it means that it can write 8.5GB ?
If it can , is there special DVD-R for burning or it can burn on 4.7GB DVD-Rs ?

Thanks

benza

19th February 2004, 23:42

No it can't. The model on the CES (where it was demonstrated) was a (hardware)modified A06. Dual Layer writing will be supported when the A09 comes out (Christmas 2004).

Benza

Sherlock_2

22nd February 2004, 11:29

You mean model A09 can burn dual layer ?

benza

22nd February 2004, 13:27

yes

Sherlock_2

23rd February 2004, 09:01

Ok , when it come to markets ?
And it can burn on 4.7 DVD-Rs or there are another type of DVD-Rs can hold 8.5GB of data ? If there is dual layer dvd-r , how much is it ?
Also if you can , please give me a link about A09

One question again :
What is the different between A06 and A05 ?

benza

23rd February 2004, 09:32

The A09 is going to be release around christmas 2004. It can burn single and dual layer media (4.7 and 8.5GB). You need special DL (dual layer) media to burn 8.5GB. No media yet available.

There is no link to the A09 on the Pioneer website. I read about it on the doom9.org frontpage!

The A05 is a 4x -R burner. A06 is a 4x -R/+R burner.

Sherlock_2

23rd February 2004, 21:29

Does Scenarist 3.0 support pioneer A06 ?

Sherlock_2

29th February 2004, 09:26

Nobody knows ? :mad:

Wensleydale

9th March 2004, 19:29

@benza

You're destroying my dream man! Who/What is your source? Every night I dream about that firmware for my 106 that will forever change my life - no more cce! Not that I don't love cce but imagine the timesaving!

I've never come across an article or anything that says that it was a hardware modification. There, I refuse to believe you :)

oddyseus

9th March 2004, 20:20

That's indeed to bad, cause benza is 100% right. The 1st Pionneer burner to support dual layer burning will be A09

BassPig

20th March 2004, 09:06

All I can say is "good grief!".

I'd be happy if they get the single-layer DVD-R to work properly before they go and attempt dual-layer, which, if you think you had it tough trying to get your Toshiba SD2109 to read DVD-R single layer, it will be an order of magnitude worse on compatibility with an attempted dual layer. I could be wrong, but my intuition about these things suggests that this is a tricky technology to get right, and like deep layer VHS Hi Fi recording was to BetaMax Hi Fi, will be less reliable than the previous standard.

In a perfect dream world of course we'd have dual layer recorders that can do 2056 byte sectors. :)