Best DVD Burner for my Mac ?

meckintosh · meckintosh #1 (**permalink**)

09-30-2003, 09:37 PM

hi,

im looking for the best DVD Burner for my G4/800. I tried the NEC 1300 and the Sony DRU-510A, but was rather disappointed.
The NEC would only burn 2x and the SONY just 1x. Even after successful simulation (in Toast 5.2.1 or 6) they wont speed up.
So now im interested in your opinion....

rman · rman #2 (**permalink**)

09-30-2003, 09:52 PM

I asked the same question here.

meckintosh · meckintosh #3 (**permalink**)

09-30-2003, 10:28 PM

no..not external..
i want mine internal!

goodolebwinches · goodolebwinches #4 (**permalink**)

10-01-2003, 03:00 AM

If you have a PC get the PIONEER DVR-105(OEM version), and get the 1.33 firmware update through installing it in the PC.

Then install it in the MAC. You have to get 4X DVD-R media, but it'll do it. Not much of a speed increase over 2X though, but you'll notice it.

Emrys · Emrys #5 (**permalink**)

10-01-2003, 11:42 AM

I have the DVR-104. It is a DVD-RW. Last SuperDrive I've seen that is DVD-RW. Most of 'em are DVD-R's now-a-days. Don't know why they dropped the RW's, but it is the best drive. I can burn movies, watch'em, if I don't like 'em, I erase the DVD and start over

DVD's are expensive still these days. I have 3 DVD-RW's and I just use them over and over until I find something I want to keep and then burn it to DVD-R. Pretty cool...

hughvane · hughvane #6 (**permalink**)

07-16-2010, 05:10 AM

I had to ditch a Pioneer 105 R (external) because it wouldn't deal with modern disk media. I bought a Pioneer 112D, and then a 115D, both external, both of which work fine with a G4/1.25/firewire. The internal optical drive on my G4 eMac 1.25 is a Sony CD-RW CRX315E, so that won't work for dvd's.

The 'external' bit doesn't matter, since the optical drive case dimensions for PPC Macs is the same, ie. the drive inside is the same for external and internal.

Go for Pioneer!

chscag · chscag #7 (**permalink**)

07-16-2010, 07:40 PM

Hugh, why are you responding to a post that's 7 years old? Is there something missing here?

Regards.

hughvane · hughvane #8 (**permalink**)

07-16-2010, 07:54 PM

Because it appeared well up the list, on Page 1 as far as I recall, of entries in OHAP. I suspect a recent post has been edited out. Unless I somehow clicked an earlier page number in error.

Thanks for the notification. Feel free to remove both my and your recent (2010) entries.

chscag · chscag #9 (**permalink**)

07-17-2010, 12:12 AM

Not a problem, just thought maybe I might have missed something. Your advice is on target and certainly still relevant.

Regards.

Emrys #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 27, 2002 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,345 Mac Specs: 17" iMac G4 800MHz 1GB RAM	10-01-2003, 11:42 AM I have the DVR-104. It is a DVD-RW. Last SuperDrive I've seen that is DVD-RW. Most of 'em are DVD-R's now-a-days. Don't know why they dropped the RW's, but it is the best drive. I can burn movies, watch'em, if I don't like 'em, I erase the DVD and start over DVD's are expensive still these days. I have 3 DVD-RW's and I just use them over and over until I find something I want to keep and then burn it to DVD-R. Pretty cool... Emrys Community Administrator / Moderator MAC-FORUMS.COM - The Ultimate Source For Your Mac!
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hughvane #6 (permalink)
Member Since: May 18, 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, New Zealand Posts: 3,270 Mac Specs: MacMini 2.4, 8 Gb, OS 10.9 and 10.6; MacBook 2.4, 4 Gb, OS 10.6.8	07-16-2010, 05:10 AM I had to ditch a Pioneer 105 R (external) because it wouldn't deal with modern disk media. I bought a Pioneer 112D, and then a 115D, both external, both of which work fine with a G4/1.25/firewire. The internal optical drive on my G4 eMac 1.25 is a Sony CD-RW CRX315E, so that won't work for dvd's. The 'external' bit doesn't matter, since the optical drive case dimensions for PPC Macs is the same, ie. the drive inside is the same for external and internal. Go for Pioneer! ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Please post your Mac (or other) specs and MacOS version in your post, your profile or your signature. It helps us to help you better. I'm leaving now to go and find myself. If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait.
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chscag #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 42,696 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i5, 3.2 GHz, iPad 3, iPhone 5c, 3 iPods, Yosemite	07-16-2010, 07:40 PM Hugh, why are you responding to a post that's 7 years old? Is there something missing here? Regards. COMMUNITY RULES Writing a Quality Post
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Member Since: May 18, 2008 Location: Banks Peninsula, New Zealand Posts: 3,270 Mac Specs: MacMini 2.4, 8 Gb, OS 10.9 and 10.6; MacBook 2.4, 4 Gb, OS 10.6.8	07-16-2010, 07:54 PM Because it appeared well up the list, on Page 1 as far as I recall, of entries in OHAP. I suspect a recent post has been edited out. Unless I somehow clicked an earlier page number in error. Thanks for the notification. Feel free to remove both my and your recent (2010) entries. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Please post your Mac (or other) specs and MacOS version in your post, your profile or your signature. It helps us to help you better. I'm leaving now to go and find myself. If I should return before I get back, please ask me to wait.
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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 42,696 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i5, 3.2 GHz, iPad 3, iPhone 5c, 3 iPods, Yosemite	07-17-2010, 12:12 AM Not a problem, just thought maybe I might have missed something. Your advice is on target and certainly still relevant. Regards. COMMUNITY RULES Writing a Quality Post
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meckintosh #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	09-30-2003, 09:37 PM hi, im looking for the best DVD Burner for my G4/800. I tried the NEC 1300 and the Sony DRU-510A, but was rather disappointed. The NEC would only burn 2x and the SONY just 1x. Even after successful simulation (in Toast 5.2.1 or 6) they wont speed up. So now im interested in your opinion....
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rman #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 24, 2002 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 12,584 Mac Specs: 2 x 3.0GHz Quad-Core, 6GB OS X 10.6.8 \| 15in MacBook Pro 2.2GHz OS X 10.6.8 \| 64GB iPad 2 WiFi	09-30-2003, 09:52 PM I asked the same question here.
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goodolebwinches #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	10-01-2003, 03:00 AM If you have a PC get the PIONEER DVR-105(OEM version), and get the 1.33 firmware update through installing it in the PC. Then install it in the MAC. You have to get 4X DVD-R media, but it'll do it. Not much of a speed increase over 2X though, but you'll notice it.
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