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iamjames · 27-08-2006

I was going to get a BenQ drive but after reading nightmare stories on this forum about them suddenly not working after a few months I think I'll go for this Pioneer DVR-111 drive.

Thanks for the review.

DOLL_8468 · 11-09-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by qdos

I've just ordered a DVR-111 after a really **not** so impressive rendezvous with a Lite-on PS160 which was really dreadful. After reading absolutely tons of material it boiled down to this Pioneer model or the NEC ND-4570A and the Pioneer squeezed through on (good old fashioned...) looks!

It won't arrive for a couple of days and I wondered if anyone can give me the lowdown on the comments regards this drive needing a special 80 pin cable in order to achieve it's top end burn speeds?

Code:

*It is required to use a cable corresponding to U-ATA66 (80-wire conductor cable)

My hardware's a very recent Shuttle which has an IDE cable on the primary IDE controller designed exclusively for the optical drive fitted to work as the Master IDE1 device - and this cable seems to have met the requirements of other burners OK... so do I need to go shopping for a better cable as well, or am I safe not to bother?

TiA for any advice...

No yours will work fine.
Jenni

DOLL_8468 · 11-09-2006

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Originally Posted by gregtherotterius

Dee do you know if all DVR-111 drives come with those indentations in the casing? Call me lame but pretty funky looking..

I have 8 of these and non have those dimples on them, they were bought 5 weeks ago.
Jenni

davidw89 · 16-09-2006

Whats the firmware i should crossfire..everyone is crossfiring to the L series why? Whats the latest version and newfeatures? DOes the latest firmware supports all +R booktype to dvd rom?

*_chef_* · 17-09-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidw89

Whats the firmware i should crossfire..everyone is crossfiring to the L series why? Whats the latest version and newfeatures? DOes the latest firmware supports all +R booktype to dvd rom?

"crossfiring"? Nope. Crossflashing, if.

And the features are discussed in many threads.

davidw89 · 18-09-2006

Where...i have searched through some of my answers havent been answered..blah. Edit do i download the softwares from the Dangerous brother or something as they make their dvd drive region free or something? If it screws up can i flash it back? Whats the latest firmware i should flash to?

*_chef_* · 19-09-2006

Haha.... blah.

You can only learn if you start to put self-effort into it.

davidw89 · 21-09-2006

I would like to know whether my computer supports UMDA4..if it cant how much and what does the internal plug for it looks like?

**DrageMester** · 21-09-2006

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Originally Posted by davidw89

I would like to know whether my computer supports UMDA4..if it cant how much and what does the internal plug for it looks like?

UDMA4 isn't a plug, it's just a signalling mode on the data cable to your drive.

If you have a Parallel ATA harddrive in your pc, you can look at the Primary IDE Channel under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers in your Device Manager, and see which Ultra DMA Mode your drive is running. Chances are that it will be UDMA5 and your optical drive will run UDMA4 if the firmware allows it and you have an 80-wire cable.

If your pc is recent enough to use a Serial ATA harddrive then it will definitely be able to run UDMA4 if the drive/firmware and cable allow it.

davidw89 · 22-09-2006

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Originally Posted by DrageMester

UDMA4 isn't a plug, it's just a signalling mode on the data cable to your drive.

If you have a Parallel ATA harddrive in your pc, you can look at the Primary IDE Channel under IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers in your Device Manager, and see which Ultra DMA Mode your drive is running. Chances are that it will be UDMA5 and your optical drive will run UDMA4 if the firmware allows it and you have an 80-wire cable.

If your pc is recent enough to use a Serial ATA harddrive then it will definitely be able to run UDMA4 if the drive/firmware and cable allow it.

Yep it's mode 5..thanks i think i will be getting a Pionner ^_^

davidw89 · 22-09-2006

Um in Primary Control i get UMDA Mode 5 and in Secondary Controller i get UMDA 2

I followed: http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625

So cna my computer enable UDMA4?

*Bhairav* · 26-09-2006

^Do you have an 80 conductor cable on both IDE channels?

2gwm · 16-01-2007

I am tempted to purchase the 111 right now, but if I knew that the 112 is going to introduced soon, I would go with that one. Any suggestions?

I burn a lot of DVDs and I would be open to any suggestions if there is a better choice for me as far as speed and quality of reproduction?

I am a newbie so you will have to have a little patience with me....

Thank You!

*_chef_* · 16-01-2007

Still a few weeks before the 112 will arrive in europe.

If you need a dvd burner now, I would suggest to grab an 111 or 111D and flash it with the latest firmware.

Blodulv · 09-02-2007

the link to the review isnt working

Quote:

Sorry, the page you requested does not exists.

**Dee-27** · 09-02-2007

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Originally Posted by Blodulv

the link to the review isnt working

The link is fixed now. Thanks for reporting it.

cheesie · 10-02-2007

Thanks for the review just ordered 3 based on your review

humberto32 · 05-03-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by qdos

I've just ordered a DVR-111 after a really **not** so impressive rendezvous with a Lite-on PS160 which was really dreadful. After reading absolutely tons of material it boiled down to this Pioneer model or the NEC ND-4570A and the Pioneer squeezed through on (good old fashioned...) looks!

It won't arrive for a couple of days and I wondered if anyone can give me the lowdown on the comments regards this drive needing a special 80 pin cable in order to achieve it's top end burn speeds?

Code:

*It is required to use a cable corresponding to U-ATA66 (80-wire conductor cable)

My hardware's a very recent Shuttle which has an IDE cable on the primary IDE controller designed exclusively for the optical drive fitted to work as the Master IDE1 device - and this cable seems to have met the requirements of other burners OK... so do I need to go shopping for a better cable as well, or am I safe not to bother?

TiA for any advice...

I just bought a pioneer DVR 112D-BK with a Bytecc ME-340U2F enclosure. So I'm gonna use it as a external firewire drive. Will I need this 80-wire conductor cable to get the max 18X speed?

**DrageMester** · 05-03-2007

Hi humberto32, welcome to CDFreaks!

Quote:

Originally Posted by humberto32

I just bought a pioneer DVR 112D-BK with a Bytecc ME-340U2F enclosure. So I'm gonna use it as a external firewire drive. Will I need this 80-wire conductor cable to get the max 18X speed?

There will be an 80-wire IDE cable inside the enclosure. You will need a FireWire (a.k.a. IEEE 1394) cable to connect the enclosure to your pc. I don't know whether the FireWire cable is bundled with the enclosure.

humberto32 · 05-03-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrageMester

Hi humberto32, welcome to CDFreaks!

There will be an 80-wire IDE cable inside the enclosure. You will need a FireWire (a.k.a. IEEE 1394) cable to connect the enclosure to your pc. I don't know whether the FireWire cable is bundled with the enclosure.

Yes, it comes with usb and firewire cables, so I guess I'm all set.

Antec900_2007 · 13-07-2007

Dee-27

I'am thinking of giving the DVR-111 a try based on your review also!

Thanks,Clint

Sossity · 23-06-2008

I have this model, DVR-111D, & I would like a straight forward way to enable bit setting for it, I want to be able to book type DVD+R to DVD-ROM. I want/need a modified firmware + installer for my Pioneer 111D version 1.29 with bit setting function. I am inexperienced with this sort of thing, so I need step by step directions. Am running Windows XP home edition service pack 2 on a Dell dimension PC Pentium 4 processor computer system bought in 2003.

thanks for any help for a newbie,

Sossity

bevills1 · 23-06-2008

Download 8.19 INT and 8.29 INT frimwares for DVR-111L from http://tdb.rpc1.org/index.htm. Flash the DVR-111D with the 8.19 INT first to cross flash to 111L, and finally flash with the 8.29 INT latest firmware. The drive should then be seen as DVR-111L and will auto bitset DVD+R to DVD-ROM when burned. Be aware cross flash voids warranty, and the drive should be tested first in case it need be returned if defective.

Edit: See http://forums.speedlabs.org/index.php?topic=1082.0 for step by step details of cross flash.

Sossity · 24-06-2008

I just finished getting my pioneer DVR-111D to be able to auto bit set DVD+R to DVD-ROM booktype, I think it did anyway, I checked a DVD+R disc I burned after installing the flash firmwares, in the verify disc part in Image burn & saw booktype DVD-ROM towards the bottom under last recording session. I have read that this makes DVD+Rs more widely compatable in general & with older equipment.

I want to archive/back up my movie files, jpgs, & tiff photos downloaded from my point & shoot digicam that are now on an external hard drive, onto discs. The movie files are mpg clips taken by my digicam. These files I want to burn now are not finished/edited DVD videos in DVD video format, but are more like data. what would be best for my purposes? I want/need the discs to last & be the most widely compatable the most operating systems, older & newer, PC & Mac, & set top DVD players. These will be archive discs, that I want to be able to open up in the event my hard drives fail.

I also have finished edited home movies in DVD video format as well, what would be best to archive these with?

Thanks for the links to the firmware & the links to the steps, I think it worked.

Sossity

27-08-2006	#26 (permalink)
iamjames New on Forum Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review I was going to get a BenQ drive but after reading nightmare stories on this forum about them suddenly not working after a few months I think I'll go for this Pioneer DVR-111 drive. Thanks for the review.

16-09-2006	#29 (permalink)
davidw89 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Syd Posts: 283	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Whats the firmware i should crossfire..everyone is crossfiring to the L series why? Whats the latest version and newfeatures? DOes the latest firmware supports all +R booktype to dvd rom?

18-09-2006	#31 (permalink)
davidw89 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Syd Posts: 283	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Where...i have searched through some of my answers havent been answered..blah. Edit do i download the softwares from the Dangerous brother or something as they make their dvd drive region free or something? If it screws up can i flash it back? Whats the latest firmware i should flash to?

19-09-2006	#32 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Bender's.Game] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,315	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Haha.... blah. You can only learn if you start to put self-effort into it. __________________ 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.

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davidw89 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Syd Posts: 283	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review I would like to know whether my computer supports UMDA4..if it cant how much and what does the internal plug for it looks like?

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22-09-2006	#36 (permalink)
davidw89 CD Freaks Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Australia Syd Posts: 283	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Um in Primary Control i get UMDA Mode 5 and in Secondary Controller i get UMDA 2 I followed: http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7625 So cna my computer enable UDMA4?

26-09-2006	#37 (permalink)
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16-01-2007	#38 (permalink)
2gwm New on Forum Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review I am tempted to purchase the 111 right now, but if I knew that the 112 is going to introduced soon, I would go with that one. Any suggestions? I burn a lot of DVDs and I would be open to any suggestions if there is a better choice for me as far as speed and quality of reproduction? I am a newbie so you will have to have a little patience with me.... Thank You!

16-01-2007	#39 (permalink)
_chef_ CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: @FX labs .de ...watching [Bender's.Game] [Tripping.The.Rift.The.Movie] Posts: 24,315	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Still a few weeks before the 112 will arrive in europe. If you need a dvd burner now, I would suggest to grab an 111 or 111D and flash it with the latest firmware. __________________ 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.

10-02-2007	#42 (permalink)
cheesie CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 86	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Thanks for the review just ordered 3 based on your review

13-07-2007	#46 (permalink)
Antec900_2007 CD Freaks Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Crestwood,Kentucky Posts: 107	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Dee-27 I'am thinking of giving the DVR-111 a try based on your review also! Thanks,Clint __________________ Plextor PX-760A & 716A on the way! Lite-On LH-20A1P

23-06-2008	#47 (permalink)
Sossity CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 43	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review I have this model, DVR-111D, & I would like a straight forward way to enable bit setting for it, I want to be able to book type DVD+R to DVD-ROM. I want/need a modified firmware + installer for my Pioneer 111D version 1.29 with bit setting function. I am inexperienced with this sort of thing, so I need step by step directions. Am running Windows XP home edition service pack 2 on a Dell dimension PC Pentium 4 processor computer system bought in 2003. thanks for any help for a newbie, Sossity

23-06-2008	#48 (permalink)
bevills1 CD Freaks Die Hard Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,064	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review Download 8.19 INT and 8.29 INT frimwares for DVR-111L from http://tdb.rpc1.org/index.htm. Flash the DVR-111D with the 8.19 INT first to cross flash to 111L, and finally flash with the 8.29 INT latest firmware. The drive should then be seen as DVR-111L and will auto bitset DVD+R to DVD-ROM when burned. Be aware cross flash voids warranty, and the drive should be tested first in case it need be returned if defective. Edit: See http://forums.speedlabs.org/index.php?topic=1082.0 for step by step details of cross flash. Last edited by bevills1; 23-06-2008 at 20:46.

24-06-2008	#49 (permalink)
Sossity CD Freaks Rookie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 43	Re: CDFreaks Presents: The Pioneer DVR-111 Review I just finished getting my pioneer DVR-111D to be able to auto bit set DVD+R to DVD-ROM booktype, I think it did anyway, I checked a DVD+R disc I burned after installing the flash firmwares, in the verify disc part in Image burn & saw booktype DVD-ROM towards the bottom under last recording session. I have read that this makes DVD+Rs more widely compatable in general & with older equipment. I want to archive/back up my movie files, jpgs, & tiff photos downloaded from my point & shoot digicam that are now on an external hard drive, onto discs. The movie files are mpg clips taken by my digicam. These files I want to burn now are not finished/edited DVD videos in DVD video format, but are more like data. what would be best for my purposes? I want/need the discs to last & be the most widely compatable the most operating systems, older & newer, PC & Mac, & set top DVD players. These will be archive discs, that I want to be able to open up in the event my hard drives fail. I also have finished edited home movies in DVD video format as well, what would be best to archive these with? Thanks for the links to the firmware & the links to the steps, I think it worked. Sossity

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