When CD Freaks reviews a drive, its usually the last word on the drive. This review lives up to those high expectations. Pioneer's latest drive does some very high quality writes across a wide variety of media. The write speed on CDR media could be improved, but for DVD writing, this is one of the best drives currently.
The DVR-110D can burn a few selected DVD±R media at higher than the media’s rated speed, and still obtain good burn quality. The DVR-110D can also rip pressed DVD-Video at 16x SL and 12x DL, and pressed DVD-ROM’s at 16x. This makes the drive a useful DVD-Video ripping tool.
The Pioneer DVR-110D can burn Double Layer media quickly, and in most cases with good quality. This drive handled some DL media with good quality that many other drives struggle with.
Another thing worth a mention is the drive runs fairly quietly, and runs cool. This may be important in some environments, especially if the drive is housed in a cramped PC case or a hot climate. The DVR-110D feels solidly built, the tray has a nice solid feel to its action, and the whole drive has a feel of good build quality.
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Runs quietly?!? It revs up like a 757 is sitting in your living room! After that it tones down tremenmdously but you know when that drive has started to spin.
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