New HP DVD300 firmware available.

[gammite]

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareDownloadIndex.jhtml?reg=&cc=us&softitem=dv-17727-...etype=software

The upgrade includes the following features:

New laser write strategies for 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+R and 4x DVD+RW media.
***The firmware update will NOT allow the DVD300 drive to write at 8x speeds. The DVD300's maximum recording speed is 4x no matter what recordable DVD media is utilized.***

Further support of black CD-R media.

Improvement in readability of certain DVD+RW media.

Improved strategies to increase the number of writes to DVD+RW and CD-RW media.

Other general errors resolved.

[bdaboy]

That's strange my current firmware is 3.0 and I haven't updated in a while, at least a few months, But the release date shows mid January?