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| Posted by | Wendy Collins |
| Posted on | 07/10/05 19:01 |
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Review:
Pioneer DVR-110D |
Pioneer Europe NV was kind enough to send us their latest DVD Burner, the DVR-110D for review. In this review we will be seeing how this latest drive from one the world's most respected optical drive manufacturers performs in our tests.
The Pioneer DVR-110D 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 this is the worlds first DVD-burner to support the DVD-R9 DL format at 8x.
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Drive specifications:
Now let us take a look at the specifications of the Pioneer DVR-110D, found at Pioneer's UK website
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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). ⋅ 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 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 CDR/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 DVDVideo (with CSS, Single / Dual Layer) |
Max. 5x CAV (6.925 MB/sec) |
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Read Speed DVD-RAM |
Max. 2x Zone CLV (2.77 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 DVDROM DVDR/RW DVDVideo 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 CDROM CDR/RW CDDA 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 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 |
15.6 W (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/bulk version. Meaning no cables, software or manual was supplied.
Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:
The bezel of the Pioneer DVR-110D is quite plain looking. We can see an emergency eject hole, a single green coloured LED and an eject button.
Top
On the top-side of the drive we found one label, and we can see that the drive was made in Japan - July 2005.
Underside
Rear
On the back of the drive starting from the left, we can see a diagnostics connector; analogue audio connector; pins and jumper to set the drive to cable select, slave or master; IDE connector and finally the power connector.
We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero InfoTool:
From the screenshot of Nero InfoTool above, we miss Mt.Rainier and CD+G support and a larger buffer size. But the drive does support DVD-RAM reading capability. Our drive came shipped with firmware 1.17.
And another shot from Nero Burning ROM:
We do not really find anything alarming here, but Mount Rainier and a larger buffer would have been nice.
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, the drive features…………
Conclusion
Overburning -> not that it doesn't overburn CD-R, its that it cannot overburn past 89mins.
[edited by lordyu on 08.10.2005 23:31]
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