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Postby aznsound on Sat Dec 21, 2002 4:18 am

i have read some reviews on the Internet (don't know how dependable they are) and they said that this drive is full of stuff that prevents users from violating copyright laws because it's from Sony... is this true...? i thinking of getting this drive but i can't get over the copy protection stuff... or is this drive no different from other writers...?
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Postby VEFF on Sat Dec 21, 2002 10:47 am

Those are simply false rumors started by people who don't know what they are talking about, that have now been propagated around the net!
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LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
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Postby Pradeep on Sat Dec 21, 2002 12:34 pm

The only "copy-protection" on the Sony is that it is limited to 2x when ripping CSS protected DVDs. Hardly a problem.
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Postby aznsound on Sat Dec 21, 2002 2:48 pm

cool...! thanks for the infos... i just got home from the store... i just got done installing the drive... now i have the TDK 48x and the Sony... :D ...
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Postby VEFF on Mon Dec 23, 2002 11:50 am

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accidental double post.
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Burners only:
Pioneer DVR-115D
Pioneer DVR-111D
Plextor PX-716A TLA0304
Plextor PX-716A same TLA
LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
TDK 40X USB 2.0 CD-RW
TEAC CD-W540E 40X CD-RW
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Postby VEFF on Mon Dec 23, 2002 11:51 am

Congratulations!

Make sure to upgrade the firmware to 1.0f:
That will help with burning to some brands of DVD-R.
It also enables 4X DVD+R burning (as opposed to the advertised 2.4X) for FREE!
Burners only:
Pioneer DVR-115D
Pioneer DVR-111D
Plextor PX-716A TLA0304
Plextor PX-716A same TLA
LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
TDK 40X USB 2.0 CD-RW
TEAC CD-W540E 40X CD-RW
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Postby boden11 on Tue Dec 24, 2002 2:02 am

Will nero automatically let me pick 4X if the media can support it? I only have these Memorex discs and they list no speed on em (DVD+R) and it does 2.4x fine, but i can't choose 4x in nero when i go to burn...i do have 1.0f installed

with no media inserted it lets me choose 2.6x and 3.1 ....

VEFF wrote:Congratulations!

Make sure to upgrade the firmware to 1.0f:
That will help with burning to some brands of DVD-R.
It also enables 4X DVD+R burning (as opposed to the advertised 2.4X) for FREE!
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Postby boden11 on Wed Dec 25, 2002 2:13 am

bumpage on the 4x question. with no media nero only lets me pick up to 3.1x with the memorex dvd+r it only lets me choose 2.4x (tho its most likely only 2.4x media cuz 4x is hard to come by and usually explicitly on the media). i heard the sony drive locks out the faster speeds automatically unless it detects media that will work...true / false? shouldnt nero let me pick the higher speeds with NO media installed?

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