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| Posted by | Wendy Collins |
| Posted on | 02/12/05 00:26 |
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Review:
Pioneer DVR-110 |
Pioneer Europe NV was kind enough to send us their latest 'Super Multi" DVD Burner, the DVR-110 for review. The Pioneer brand has become synonymous with quality products, and we will be putting the DVR-110 through is paces in this review.
The Pioneer DVR-110 supports 16x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW and 8x DVD±R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written. So far the Pioneer 110 series burners are the worlds first DVD-burners to support the DVD-R9 DL format at 8x. New on the DVR-110 is DVD-RAM writing at up to 5x.
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Specifications:
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DVR-110 | |
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Writes and reads DVD-RAM, DVD-R/RW, +R/RW and CD-R/RW formats | |
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Buffer under-run protection for CD/DVD, Performance Adjusting Firmware | |
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Max. 16x
writing speed for DVD-R/+R* | |
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DVD data capacity: 4.7GB single-sided disc, 8.5GB Dual/Double Layer disc, DVD-RAM 4.7GB disc (Ver.2.0 and 2.1, non-cartridge version) | |
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Software bundle not included | |
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Specifications |
DVR-110 |
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Write Support |
⋅ DVD-R (Ver 2.0 for General disc only), DVD-R DL (Dual Layer, Ver 3.0), DVD-RW (Ver 1.0, 1.1 & 1.2) , +R (Ver 1.0, 1.1 & 1.2), +R DL (Double Layer Ver 1.0), +RW (Ver 1.1 & 1.2), +RW High Speed (Ver 1.0), DVD-RAM (Ver 2.0 & 2.1, non-cartridge version) ⋅ CD-R (Type 74, 650MB / Type 80, 700MB), CD-RW (including HS, US, US+) |
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Read Support |
⋅ DVD-ROM (Single & Dual Layer, Single and Dual Sided) ⋅ DVD-RAM (Ver 2.0 & 2.1, non-cartridge version) ⋅ DVD-R, DVD-R DL (Dual Layer), DVD-RW ⋅ +R, +R DL (Double Layer), +RW ⋅ CD-ROM Mode 1, CD-ROM XA Mode 2 (Form 1, Form 2) ⋅ CD-Text, Photo-CD (Single & Multiple Session), CD-DA, CD-Extra, Video CD, CD-R, CD-RW (including HS, US, US+ ) |
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Write Speed DVD-R |
⋅ 16x CAV (22.16 MB/sec) ⋅ 12x PCAV / Zone CLV (16.62 MB/sec) ⋅ 8x PCAV / Zone CLV (11.08 MB/sec) ⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 2x CLV (2.77 MB/sec) ⋅ 1x CLV (1.385 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed DVD-R Dual Layer |
⋅ 8x Zone CLV (11.08 MB/sec) ⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 2x CLV (2.77 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed DVD-RW |
⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 2x CLV (2.77 MB/sec) ⋅ 1x CLV (1.385 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed 8cm DVD-R/RW with Adapter |
⋅ 2x CLV (2.77 MB/sec) ⋅ 1x CLV (1.385 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed +R |
⋅ 16x CAV (22.16 MB/sec) ⋅ 12x PCAV / Zone CLV (16.62 MB/sec) ⋅ 8x PCAV / Zone CLV (11.08 MB/sec) ⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 2.4x CLV (3.32 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed +R Double Layer |
⋅ 8x Zone CLV (11.08 MB/sec) ⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 2.4x CLV (3.32 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed +RW |
⋅ 8x Zone CLV (11.08 MB/sec) ⋅ 6x CLV (8.31 MB/sec) ⋅ 4x CLV (5.54 MB/sec) ⋅ 3.3x CLV (4.57 MB/sec) ⋅ 2.4x CLV (3.32 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed DVD-RAM |
⋅ 5x CLV (6.92 MB/sec) ⋅ 3x CLV (4.15 MB/sec) ⋅ 2x CLV (2.77 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed CD-R |
⋅ 40x CAV (6.00 MB/sec) ⋅ 32x PCAV / Zone CLV (4.80 MB/sec) ⋅ 24x PCAV / Zone CLV (3.60 MB/sec) ⋅ 16x CLV (2.40 MB/sec) ⋅ 10x CLV (1.50 MB/sec) |
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Write Speed CD-RW |
⋅ 32x Zone CLV (4.80 MB/sec) (US+) ⋅ 24x Zone CLV (3.60 MB/sec) (US and US+) ⋅ 20x Zone CLV (3.00 MB/sec) (US and US+) ⋅ 16x CLV (2.40 MB/sec) (US and US+) ⋅ 10x CLV (1.50 MB/sec) (HS, US and US+) ⋅ 4x CLV (0.60 MB/sec) (Normal and HS) |
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Write Speed 8cm CD-R/RW with Adapter |
4x CLV (0.60 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-ROM (Single) |
Max. 16x CAV (22.16 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-ROM (Dual) |
Max. 12x CAV (16.62 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-Video (with CSS, Single / Dual Layer) |
Max. 5x CAV (6.925 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-RAM |
Max. 5x CLV (6.92 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-R, DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD-RW |
Max. 12x CAV (16.62 MB/sec), Max. 8x CAV (11.08 MB/sec), Max. 8x CAV (11.08 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed +R, +R Double Layer, +RW |
Max. 12x CAV (16.62 MB/sec), Max. 8x CAV (11.08 MB/sec), Max. 8x CAV (11.08 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed 8cm DVD-ROM DVD-R/RW DVD-Video with Adapter |
Max. 3.4x CAV (4.70 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed CD-ROM |
Max. 40x CAV (6.00 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed CD-R, CD-RW |
Max. 40x CAV (6.00 MB/sec), Max. 32x CAV (4.80 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed 8cm CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, CD-DA with Adapter |
Max. 6.1x CAV (0.91 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed CD-DA, CD-TEXT, Mixed- CD, CD-Extra (Play audio) |
Max. 9.3x CAV (1.39 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed CD-DA, CD-TEXT, Mixed- CD, CD-Extra (Data extraction) |
Max. 40x CAV (6.00 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed Video-CD |
Max. 9.3x CAV (1.39 MB/sec) |
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Access Time DVD-ROM |
130 msec (Random Average) |
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Access Time DVD-RAM |
250 msec (Random Average) |
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Access Time CD |
120 msec (Random Average) |
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Interface |
ATAPI (ATA-5, SFF-8090 Ver.5) |
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IDE Data Transfer Mode |
PIO Mode 4, Multi Word DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA Mode 2, Ultra DMA Mode 4 |
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Data Buffer |
2 MB |
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Mounting Orientation |
Horizontal and Vertical (+/- 5 degrees) (80mm discs cannot be used when the drive is vertically mounted. The case remains even when an adapter is used.) |
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Power Requirement |
+5V 1.2A
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Power Consumption |
15.6W (Average during 16X DVD-R writing process) |
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Regulatory Approval |
UL60950-1 First Edition, CSA C22.2 No.60950-1-03, EN60950-1:2001, EN60825-1:1994+A2+A1, CB Report: IEC60950-1:2001, IEC60825-1:1993+A2+A1, FIMKO, SEMKO (Optional) |
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Dimensions (W x H x D) |
(Including height of Front Bezel) 148 x 42.3 x 180 mm |
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Net Weight |
1.0 kg |
What's inside the box?
On this page we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive and its technology.
The drive supplied was the OEM version, and as we can see, we were supplied with a bare drive and instruction booklet.
Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:
The bezel of the Pioneer DVR-110 is plain but attractive. On the tray we can see the 'MULTI RECORDER" logo, and we can also see an emergency eject hole, a single green coloured LED for read and write (we prefer a different led colour though for writing) and an eject button.
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Bottom
On the top of the drive we found one label, and we can see that the drive was made in Japan, dated August 2005.
On the rear of the drive starting from the left, we can see a diagnostics connector; analogue audio connector; jumpers for cable select, slave, and master; IDE connector, and finally the power connector.
But let us continue this review and see how it really performs.
On the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, and the drive features…………
Conclusion
A nice drive - nothing new
Thank you for your obviously informed opinion.
It's a DVD burner, what did one expect it to look like? Paris Hilton perhaps?
[edited by Dee-27 on 03.12.2005 17:34]
[edited by Dee-27 on 03.12.2005 17:42]
Why should "geeks beware"? I don't see how the pioneer dvr110 review should concern people who bite the heads off live chickens.
Doesn't matter since crossflashing wer mad epossible.
More important is the line "Made in ****".
I bought this DVD burner at EZBuy Club for around $40. Also they have it in black! 
Could not the web master go back to school or at least by a good CSS - XHTML book and put a proper printer version of the article and all other articles and reviews up on this site?!
It is tough for many of us to read such a long article online and many I know would love a WORKING print option other than just printing one pasgte at a time.
Many thanks otherwise.
On IE 6.02 + you can print some of the individual pages but not the whole article or review.
Please fix this to make and otherwise great site even better.
Many thanks for Dee's fabulous effort at dissecting this drive.
I now have a better appreciation of the printing problems for these reviews too as each section is between 11 and 28 pages long wit hteh standard formating, making for over 100 + pages to print the whole thing!
As a suggestion have you thought about making these reviews into PDFs for download and printing aming for significantly smaller page numbers.
You might even put all the text and tablular data in a sparate PDF and the graphics in another.
Some such option would be appreciated.
Cheers!
Dee-27, can you help us out on this one? Your cdfreaks.pricegrabber link only points to DVR-110D retailers (some retailers call the burner the "DVR-110", but when you look at the details, it's always the DVR-110D). Too bad Pioneer hadn't just gone to DVR-110E or something to reduce confusion.
DVR-110D, DVR-R100 (DVD-RAM read only)
DVR-110, DVR A10 (DVD-RAM read and write)
I have no idea why the DVR-110 is hard to find in the USA.
There is good stocks of this drive in Europe.
Then after some hunting around on other forums, I finally figured it out: ASUS re-brands the Pioneer DVR-110 as the ASUS DRW-1608P2S (and also re-brands the Pioneer DVR-110D as the ASUS DRW-1608P2). So it appears that Pioneer doesn't market it directly in the US, letting ASUS do that. It's the same drive, as it can be flashed with the exact same Pioneer firmware updates, and it explicitly advertises the DVD-RAM 5X write capability. I found it at NewEgg.com as low as $42 US.
However, I'm now comparing the Pioneer with the LG 4167B, which is very similar in nearly every way in terms of features, performance and price.
My goal is purely DVD data backup, and comparing the reviews here on CDfreaks, and also on other sites, everyone consistently says that the LG 4167B is slightly better than the Pioneer from a writing compatibility standpoint (and seemed about the same good quailty on writing).
And both drives seem to work fine on Macs, which is what I have. I had initially leaned toward the Pioneer since most Macs ship with Pioneer, but Mac OS X 10.3.9 doesn't natively support this particular Pioneer. Both work fine with patchburn, so no real advantage for Pioneer vs. LG.
Anybody have a strong opinion either way between the "Pioneer DVR-110/ASUS DRW-1608P2S" and the "LG 4167B", when the goal is purely DVD backup (ie. don't care about read speeds nor DL, etc.)?
I just downloaded "game cloner ver 1.20" to back up my games but when I run the software it come up on the screen "Burner find, but is invalid.
I have a pioneer dvd-rw dvr110. Can anyone help.
Mic
i just buy EMTEC DVD-RW 4.7go //120min//4x
and my DVR-110 doesn't reconize this DVD
It ok with Verbatim DVD-RW 6X
if you have any explication
Thanks a Lot
Philippe (from France)
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