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  1. 18th Mar 2004 18:09 #1
    Sifaga
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    I heard this second hand and was wondering if its true or not,

    I heard that Pioneer burners have a counter in them and when you get to 800 burns the burner stops working.

    they can reset it , but if you reached 800 in a short period of time they assume your pirating DVD's and dont reset it.


    I apoligize in advance if this is old news, common knowlege, proven false, hearsay, urban legend, proven hoax.....

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  2. 18th Mar 2004 18:10 #2
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    ...methinks urban legend.
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  3. 18th Mar 2004 18:23 #3
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    I'd have to agree about it being an urban legend. I honestly don't think they would even care that much. Sony maybe, but not Pioneer. But who knows, maybe that's why we see so many posts about drives being unable to burn DVDs but still read / burn CDs and maybe even read DVDs. Still, I doubt it.
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  4. 18th Mar 2004 18:30 #4
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    ive got one that has burned over 4000+ .. others i have are between 1000 - 3000 i guess ... they are in duplicators in case you are wondering ... but standard issue 104's , 105's


    no counter -- i mean what for ?
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  5. 18th Mar 2004 18:40 #5
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    Fair enough

    i shouldnt eaves (sic) drop at computer stores
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  6. 18th Mar 2004 18:50 #6
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    I'll agree with urban legend...

    Having said that, I have come across a Xerox printer that craps itself every 10,000 copies and you need to buy a new chip to reset it. Its a guaranteed maintenance type of thing.
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  7. 21st Mar 2004 17:04 #7
    Sifaga
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    Just to close this off

    I shot an email to a mate who works for Pioneer and this was his reply.

    XXXX,

    Absolutely no truth to this.

    XXXX
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    Don't take this the wrong way, but why didn't you just email your mate in the first place ?
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  9. 21st Mar 2004 17:18 #9
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    I did,

    he just got back to me now
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    Oh, OK. Fair emough then. Just seemed strange that you would ask a heap of complete strangers when you had a contact on the inside.
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    didnt think theyd be allowed to do it
    would have been breaking some kind of intrusion of privacy law or something
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    That would b bad for business. Thousands of writers would have to be reset and the pioneer burners would no longer be seen as reliable.
    As a result they wouldn't sell well anymore
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