Ritek G03's on Pioneer DVR-106

[quantum]

Can Ritek G03's burn at 2x on the DVR-106? I have a bunch of G03's and will need to use them if I get a 106. I have a 104 now and burn at 2x with the hacked 1.31 firmware.

[Imperial Zeppelin]

quantum:

I've got the Cendyne-labeled 105 and picked up some Memorex DVD-Rs which ADVDInfo reportr as Ritek G03. Both Nero Lite and Prassi give me up to 4X burning speeds with these, although I'm a conservative person and have only burned at 2X.

Zep

[quantum]

Do you have the stock firmware or have you updated it?

[Imperial Zeppelin]

I got a hold of a program from The Firmware Page, firmware flash site . Here's the readme file from the firmware.

Drive: Pioneer DVR-105/DVR-A05 (DVD-R/RW Burner)
Firmware Rev.: v1.30
Patch: RPC-1 (Region Free) + 2xDVD-R + 12xRip
Date: 2003.04.07 - 23:35 GMT
Authors: zaitec2, >NIL: & Gradius for the write strategy
Release Notes: This is the release version of the 2x4all DVD-R
including the anti 2x Rip Speed patch ;)
The 2xDVD-R patch DOES NOT affect the burning process
for media media that already burned at 2x.
The 2xDVD-R enables burning non 2x DVD-R's at 2x BUT
PROPER BURN IS NOT GUARANTEED! It depends on the media
Flashing Instructions: Make sure you don't have Intel Application Accelerator
installed. Then run UPGRADE.BAT. This should run fine
on Japanese systems as well. For more info:
http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=12632
Useful Links: http://forum.rpc1.org/ (See: DVD-R/RAM/+RW)
http://pioneerdvd.rpc1.org/
Thanks to: Flash, Depl0y and everybody who contributes to the
R/RW section of the forum

ZepThe Firmware Page (http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php)

[quantum]

Right, that makes sense. There is hacked firmware to allow 2x burning for the DVR-105 (and DVR-104) but not for the newer DVR-106.

[The Edge]

The RPC1 firmware with 12x ripping and 4x burning will be released tonight/tomorrow.
I'll post link ASAP.
I can't wait :)

[quantum]

I hope you mean for the DVR-106??

[edit]ah yes, I see a new firmware on the firmware page. It's brand new so I'll wait for others to try it out.

This may be somewhat bad news. I really don't have the extra money to get a 106, but I feel an urge to get one. Hmm.. what good are charge cards if you don't use them..:confused: