Re: Read speed of Pioneer A06 compared to BTC DVD-ROM drive

"Mark & Mary Ann Weiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > The Pioneer firmware is locked at a 2.1x max read speed!!  I read
> somewhere
> > that this was to sicourage pirating DVDs, though not sure this is the
real
> > reason.  Anyway, if you jump over to
>
> Out of curiousity, does this limitation exist on A03 and A04 model drives?
>

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe all Pioneer
drives are limited to 2X because that's part of the DVD Forum -R spec,
apparently to discourage people from piracy by testing their patience ;>)

My LiteOn LDW 411S rips at 8X+ (exceeding 12X in the middle of a
single-layer disc, according to DVD Decrypter,) and burns at a little over
4X in both formats.

In the case of the Pioneer, it is a deliberate firmware limitation, nothing
to do with the capabilities of the hardware.