well i just looked on the btc web site. looks like they are going to release another drive. the only difference i've noticed between the 1008 and 1108 is the dvd-r write capabilitys. the 1108 can burn dvd-r 8x and dvd-rw 4x. they seem to be the same down to the most minute spec. guess what im tryin to ask is will my 1008 drive burn -r faster with just a firmware update???

http://www.btcusa.com/english/2-2-dvd_rw.htm