CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review - Club CD Freaks

**Dee-27** · 25-02-2008

CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review

You can read the review here

Please feel free to comment on the review in this thread.

You are also invited to add your own tests and scans in this thread.

mognegna · 25-02-2008

Great review Dee-27, and great drive.

It's a bit noisy if compared to previous drives, true?

**The Kipper** · 25-02-2008

Excellent review Dee

**Arachne** · 25-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by mognegna

It's a bit noisy if compared to previous drives, true?

I don't know how Dee's review drive was (although I'm guessing from the conclusion it's as quiet as mine), but mine's not noisy. It does tend to meow when closing the tray though (seriously!)

Excellent review as always, Dee, thanks

...results in the review are about the same as what I get with my drive in all respects

McstylisT · 25-02-2008

I agree , a great review for a great drive. I love mine to bits. Nothing wrong with a bit of noise. LOL !!!!

Albert · 25-02-2008

Lovin' the review, Dee!

Bob · 26-02-2008

Dee the Authors page was a pretty good addition

zardiw · 26-02-2008

CD/DVD Speed Disk Quality supported?

Albert · 26-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by zardiw

CD/DVD Speed Disk Quality supported?

No.

cd pirate · 26-02-2008

I am officially awarding this review as the best one currently posted on cdfreaks! Well done!

It had everything I could hope for and more.

Btw - I looked @ cdrinfo and they once again said the Pioneer had not so good write quality (as they said for the 112). Almost all their review drives show bad burns so I question how good their datarius is.

One thing correlated though, the DL burns were very good for both reviews.

_chef_ · 26-02-2008

Wow, lovely.

One small q: Which JMicron controller is on the mobo? Thanks.

loimlo · 26-02-2008

Would you mind adding more CD & DVD RWs in future reviews? It's a pity to see only 6X -RW, 8X +RW in this wonderful review. I believe it would be a perfect review with Ricoh, Verb, Ritek, CMC, Optodisc RWs etc.

Excellent review as usual!

**Dee-27** · 26-02-2008

Thanks everyone for the comments and feedback, it's very much appreciated.

As many of you will already know. The review teams have been in the process of revising and modernizing our review methods and layout for many months. The review team is large with each individual having different opinions on what was required and how it should be presented and how much media (max) should be burned, so agreement was quite difficult.

I hope we came to a consensus that the members can be happy with.

So i'll try to answer these questions.

@mognegna
The DVR-115D is not as quiet as Pioneer's 16x burners, but that's to be expected with the higher spindle motor rotation speeds and the amount of air being moved.
The drive is not noisy though.

@Arachne
I never noticed this before, but my drive also seems to have a pussycat inside.

@Bob
Yes. I like the Authors page too, it allows us to run some tests that we ourselves think are important.

@cd pirate
I'm glad the hardcore CD Freaks also like our new reviewing methods and presentation, thank you.

@_chef_
JMB363 R03 (with Microsoft Vista drivers)

@loimlo
I'm already burning the maximum amount of media allowed for CD-R and DVD R. I've tried to select a good range of media to burn. Some popular and good quality media, some ok media, and some questionable quality media.

We would of course be delighted, for members to also submit results they are getting with media we haven't covered in the review.

ivanX · 26-02-2008

I found it even cheaper (yes, inc VAT) and got it from here:
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=713742

Very nice drive indeed so far!

pinto2 · 26-02-2008

Thanks Dee-27, great review.

Also glad to see JMicron IDE drivers work this good for once.

I fully agree with your SafeBuy seal, first NEC chipset drive since ND3500 worth to buy.

BTW, hope we'll get the DVD-RAM support for DVR-115D drives soon.

**MegaDETH** · 26-02-2008

Excellent review Dee!

I will have to get a Pioneer now!

Burnsama · 26-02-2008

Thanks for the Excellent Review Dee-27

I love this drive but have some trouble with TYG03 16X media

( Bad Disc ? )

zebadee · 26-02-2008

Hi

Excellent stuff Dee-27.

Some interesting additions too!!!

alexanderino · 27-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinto2

I fully agree with your SafeBuy seal, first NEC chipset drive since ND3500 worth to buy.

The 112/212-series drives have the same NEC chipset (MC-10041). What is your opinion of them?

And Dee, thanks so much for a brilliant, comprehensive review!

The inclusion of jitter scans has made my day

pinto2 · 27-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexanderino

The 112/212-series drives have the same NEC chipset (MC-10041). What is your opinion of them?...

Sorry to say, but I don't own a 112/212 drive, and I'm not that sure chipset revision is of same at all.
Time will tell.

Thanks for your input though alexanderino.

alexanderino · 27-02-2008

You're welcome, pinto2

I own both drives, and IMO, the 112 is overall better than my 215. Given time and new firmware releases, I would expect the 215 to catch up or even excel over the 112/212 -- a hard act to follow.

juancdg · 27-02-2008

Does somebody know if this drive can overburn? I have seen here that this drive is able to overburn. Someone please can confirm this.

EDIT : By the way great review Dee-27

.

achemen · 27-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexanderino

You're welcome, pinto2

I own both drives, and IMO, the 112 is overall better than my 215. Given time and new firmware releases, I would expect the 215 to catch up or even excel over the 112/212 -- a hard act to follow.

u say the 115D wont the 112D ? can u elaborate pls

ivanX · 27-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by juancdg

Does somebody know if this drive can overburn? I have seen here that this drive is able to overburn. Someone please can confirm this.

EDIT : By the way great review Dee-27

.

On the main review page (link at the top) aka Conclusion. Positive points no2 from bottom.

_chef_ · 27-02-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by juancdg

Does somebody know if this drive can overburn? I have seen here that this drive is able to overburn. Someone please can confirm this.

EDIT : By the way great review Dee-27

.

I think that is a wrong conclusion only.

Quote:

As we can see, the drive supports a bit of overburning of DVD recordable media, according to CDSpeed.

25-02-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dee-27 Administrator and Reviewer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 8,161	CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review You can read the review here Please feel free to comment on the review in this thread. You are also invited to add your own tests and scans in this thread. __________________ My Review PC & Optical Drives We came to wreck everything and ruin your lives, God sent us To become a member of cdfreaks.com just click here to join The Forum Rules The NEC/Optiarc F.A.Q. Liggy & Dee's NEC/Optiarc Firmware Page

25-02-2008	#2 (permalink)
mognegna CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Italy Posts: 1,584	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Great review Dee-27, and great drive. It's a bit noisy if compared to previous drives, true? __________________ Lite-On DH-20A3H YV66 (HT716) Lite-On SHM-165P6S MS0R Pioneer DVR-112D@DVR-112L 1.24 Plextor PX-755 1.07 Plextor PX-716A 1.11 BenQ DW1650 BCIC

25-02-2008	#3 (permalink)
The Kipper CD Freaks Senior Reviewer & Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,138	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Excellent review Dee

25-02-2008	#5 (permalink)
McstylisT CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: LONDON UK Posts: 233	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review I agree , a great review for a great drive. I love mine to bits. Nothing wrong with a bit of noise. LOL !!!! __________________ QUAD CORE POWERED @ 2.6GHZ PER CORE

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26-02-2008	#7 (permalink)
Bob I donated to the Tsunami fund and all I got was this lousy title Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Looking for my zigzags ~ I come from the no place and i go to the no where Posts: 14,553	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Dee the Authors page was a pretty good addition __________________ "You've Got a hole in your soul if you don't dig the Blues" .....My New Build is Finished. Click HERE to join CDFreaks.com Formerly rolling56 I'm not responsible for my typing in chat or on the board I have Oldtimers "Life'll Kill Yeah" "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" ~ Warren Zevon

26-02-2008	#8 (permalink)
zardiw New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 7	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review CD/DVD Speed Disk Quality supported?

26-02-2008	#10 (permalink)
cd pirate CD Freak Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 2,927	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review I am officially awarding this review as the best one currently posted on cdfreaks! Well done! It had everything I could hope for and more. Btw - I looked @ cdrinfo and they once again said the Pioneer had not so good write quality (as they said for the 112). Almost all their review drives show bad burns so I question how good their datarius is. One thing correlated though, the DL burns were very good for both reviews. __________________ Best DVD media: Verbatim MCC002 4x DVD+R Verbatim MCC02RG20 8x DVD-R DATASTREAM BRANDED CMC MAG E01 8x DVD+R Verbatim MCC04 & MCC03RG20 16x DVD +-R Ritek G05 media = My writers: BenQ 1620 (thanks to terminalvelocd!), BenQ DW1800 x 2, LG 4167B, LG H22N, Pioneer 106D, Pioneer 109, Pioneer 111L.

26-02-2008	#11 (permalink)
_chef_ CD Freaks Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Benders.Big.Score] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 23,503	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Wow, lovely. One small q: Which JMicron controller is on the mobo? Thanks. __________________ Started with burning capable optical drives (CD-R) in 1997. Bought optical drives from AOpen, HP, LiteOn, NEC, Philips, Pioneer, Plextor, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo, Toshiba and Yamaha. *'Things are now in motion that cannot be undone.' [Gandalf, LoTR]* Enable DMA with micrAp$0ft Enable DMA free at your will busTRACE => Upper/Lower Filters Util DevCon *HOW TO ... Delete the Upper & Lower Filters!* If you expect help then please start by using the powerful SEARCH.

26-02-2008	#12 (permalink)
loimlo CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Taiwan Posts: 167	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Would you mind adding more CD & DVD RWs in future reviews? It's a pity to see only 6X -RW, 8X +RW in this wonderful review. I believe it would be a perfect review with Ricoh, Verb, Ritek, CMC, Optodisc RWs etc. Excellent review as usual! __________________ BenQ 1680 surprised me!

26-02-2008	#13 (permalink)
Dee-27 Administrator and Reviewer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Scotland, UK Posts: 8,161	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Thanks everyone for the comments and feedback, it's very much appreciated. As many of you will already know. The review teams have been in the process of revising and modernizing our review methods and layout for many months. The review team is large with each individual having different opinions on what was required and how it should be presented and how much media (max) should be burned, so agreement was quite difficult. I hope we came to a consensus that the members can be happy with. So i'll try to answer these questions. @mognegna The DVR-115D is not as quiet as Pioneer's 16x burners, but that's to be expected with the higher spindle motor rotation speeds and the amount of air being moved. The drive is not noisy though. @Arachne I never noticed this before, but my drive also seems to have a pussycat inside. @Bob Yes. I like the Authors page too, it allows us to run some tests that we ourselves think are important. @cd pirate I'm glad the hardcore CD Freaks also like our new reviewing methods and presentation, thank you. @_chef_ JMB363 R03 (with Microsoft Vista drivers) @loimlo I'm already burning the maximum amount of media allowed for CD-R and DVD R. I've tried to select a good range of media to burn. Some popular and good quality media, some ok media, and some questionable quality media. We would of course be delighted, for members to also submit results they are getting with media we haven't covered in the review. __________________ My Review PC & Optical Drives We came to wreck everything and ruin your lives, God sent us To become a member of cdfreaks.com just click here to join The Forum Rules The NEC/Optiarc F.A.Q. Liggy & Dee's NEC/Optiarc Firmware Page

26-02-2008	#14 (permalink)
ivanX New on Forum Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 15	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review I found it even cheaper (yes, inc VAT) and got it from here: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=713742 Very nice drive indeed so far!

26-02-2008	#15 (permalink)
pinto2 DVD Freak Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 7,212	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Thanks Dee-27, great review. Also glad to see JMicron IDE drivers work this good for once. I fully agree with your SafeBuy seal, first NEC chipset drive since ND3500 worth to buy. BTW, hope we'll get the DVD-RAM support for DVR-115D drives soon.

26-02-2008	#16 (permalink)
MegaDETH CD Freaks Senior Reviewer & Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Watertown Posts: 3,230	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Excellent review Dee! I will have to get a Pioneer now!

26-02-2008	#18 (permalink)
zebadee CD Freaks Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hiding in backwater. Posts: 4,762	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Hi Excellent stuff Dee-27. Some interesting additions too!!! __________________ Click HERE to join cdfreaks.com Hi, I'm a BQFlasher: with aWOPC Tool: tendency suffering from MediaCodeSpeedEdit: BenQs' QSuite 2.1: Plus Manual: Meet the family Slysoft (Daddy) AnyDVD - (Mommy) CloneDVD2 - (Son) CloneCD - (Nephew) CloneDVDmobile CD/DVDSpeed: + NEW User's Guide[en]: [Italian ver:] Plus ala42's EnableSolidBurnReg: WinDWFlash: FWCheck:

26-02-2008	#17 (permalink)
Burnsama Burns Attack Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: 5min to NY City Posts: 4,208	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Thanks for the Excellent Review Dee-27 I love this drive but have some trouble with TYG03 16X media ( Bad Disc ? )

27-02-2008	#21 (permalink)
alexanderino CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: au.nsw.syd Posts: 496	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review You're welcome, pinto2 I own both drives, and IMO, the 112 is overall better than my 215. Given time and new firmware releases, I would expect the 215 to catch up or even excel over the 112/212 -- a hard act to follow.

27-02-2008	#22 (permalink)
juancdg CD Freaks Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 127	Re: CD Freaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-115D DVD Burner Review Does somebody know if this drive can overburn? I have seen here that this drive is able to overburn. Someone please can confirm this. EDIT : By the way great review Dee-27 .

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