After seeing the quality of the burns I have gotten on all the different media types I use, I think I can see why NEC skips PI /PIF measurement. You don't need it, as every burn is close to perfect. I also got my Liteon 812S to do scans and +R burns and after I switched to NEC from Pioneer I found I no longer needed scanning. The only use I have left for the Liteon is for bitsetting on +RWs as I have found no decent -RWs.

Part of what I assumed when I bought the NEC was the total disreguard for customers. If that had bothered me I would have gone with Pioneer. I never would have gone with NEC if it weren't for this forum.