pioneer 108, 16 X Burner

[dvdman69]

Anyone seen this advertised? what will be the transfere rate at 16 speed?

[jimmalenko]

At a guess.....


16X ?


1X = 1,500KB/s so 16X = 24,000KB/s by my calculations.

[handyguy]

16x top speed, wont get any faster.

[Capmaster]

I think at that rated speed we'll see some older HD interfaces that won't keep up, and the drive will throttle down to something slower.

[iooi]

Anyone seen this advertised? what will be the transfere rate at 16 speed?

Expect mine in the day or so.. currently sat in the back of a van on the M5 heading north....

[TheFamilyMan]

Burning speed review for A08 and 12x plextor:
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10135

[ViRaL1]

Reviews say Pioneer 16x is slower than Plextor 12x. They use different write methods.

[syeager]

check it out at newegg: black @ 102, beige @99!

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?DEPA=0&description=27-129-157&ATT=CD+DVD...MP=OTC-B1zrat3

That is incredible. If I had not just bought a 4x last christmas, I would definately get one. Great price for a great looking drive.

So, are they dumping these in anticipation for a new blue-ray laser or hddvd?

[wesociety]

So, are they dumping these in anticipation for a new blue-ray laser or hddvd?

Definitely not. Bluray & HDDVD drives are still much too expensive to manufacture and market to the average consumer. Demand for DVD writers continues to skyrocket and mass production means that manufacturing costs are going down. Supply and demand my friend. 16X DVD writers will continue to drop in price as will all current technology equipment.

[iooi]

Using 8x datawrite with fuji die i'm getting 6.50 for a full 4.3 iso.
Not wht i would call 16X but maybe its the media thats the issue as much as anything.
Still better than me 4x drive.

[lenti_75]

who cares.... 4X .....200000X...it's always something new....it never stops.

i can wait 10 more min....

[iooi]

From Here
Maximum Writing Speed
on
DVR-A08XLA/DVR-A08XLB/
DVR-A08XLC/DVR-108AXL/
DVR-108BXL/DVR-108EXL/
DVR-108 Media Manufacturer
16x Sony Corporation
TDK Corporation(Media ID:TTH01)
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.(maxell)
12x Taiyo-Yuden Co.,Ltd.(That's)
TDK Corporation(Media ID:TTG02)
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation(Verbatim)
CMC Magnetics Corporation
RITEK Corporation
8x Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.(FUJIFILM)
Prodisc Technology Inc.
‹ as of 20th/July, 2004 ›

Should help clear up a few speed issues...