4x/2x/12x DVD-RW, 16x/8x/ 32x CD-RW - MPN: DVR105 See Product Details
Description
The DVD recorder that supports 4X writing and 2X re-writing with high speed DVD-RW media! Pioneer's DVR-A05 has achieved 4X write speed to DVD-R and 2X to DVD-RW. The DVR-A05 records up to 4.7GB of video in just 15 minutes. Improving the recording speed provides an easy to use writing environment.
Quick Glance
Type of Drive: DVD-RW Drive
Internal/External: Internal
Interface: IDE (ATA/EIDE/ATAPI)
Summary
Product Title: Pioneer DVR-105 DVD-RW Writer
Manufacturer: Pioneer
Power Score: 3.3 | 3 Reviews
Unit Type
Type of Drive: DVD-RW Drive
Internal/External: Internal
General
Class: Cd-Rom
Category: DVD
Load Type: Tray
Performance
Interface Type: IDE (ATA/EIDE/ATAPI)
Cache Size: 2 MB
Dimensions
Height: 42.3 mm
Width: 148 mm
Depth: 198 mm
More Info
URL: Manufacturer Link
Strengths: everything
Weakness: didn't find yet
I have had this drive for about 2 weeks, and am very satisifed with it. I have burned about 10 DVD-R discs, not a single coaster yet. All discs have played in my Xbox without problems. I have been using BeAll media, since 4x is still hard to find/expensive. Burning at 1x takes about 45 minutes, never over 50 minutes. This is an outstanding deal, as this drive is the same as the DVR-A05. If you...
Strengths: This drive has been very reliable. Over the past 10 days I have burned appoximately 30 disks. I made 1 coaster, and that is to blame on cheap media.
Weakness: I wish the rewrite speed was 2.4x like the +R/W drives, but seeing that I wont be using many RW discs that wont be a problem.
I would definitely recommend this drive to my friends. It is very very solid. The only down side I can see to this drive is that it comes with no software since it is OEM. If you are looking for free software you should look for the A05, which is the same drive with free burning software. The upside to having no software is that you get an excellent deal. 4x burning is very nice because you can...
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Pioneer DVR-105 DVD-RW Writer
I bought a Pioneer DVR-105 burner a year ago. It worked fine for nine months, then started developing problems with re-writeable DVDs. I blew canned air on the recording head and that helped things for a couple of months. Then towards the end of the one-year Pioneer warranty, the burner went haywire. It wouldn’t record or erase DVD-RWs and gave me all sorts of error messages. I flashed the...
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