Hey, just a heads up of an article I just saw over at Slashdot.org. :


Both New Scientist and The Register have articles about the Pioneer DVD writers (SuperDrives to us Apple users)." According to these articles, the drives "will bascially implode themselves with the new highspeed media that's coming out. Lovely. There's supposed to be a firmware patch to fix it, but it may be 'problematic' for users to install."

yes that is true if you goto www.theregister.co.uk there is an article about it there which has a link to the official pioneer page which has information on it plus the firmware updates (i think)

Here is the official Pioneer page with their version of the story and links for firmware upgrades.

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/hs/pioneer.html

http://www.cdrom-guide.com/forums/imgs/jams.gif

Yep & the info itself, although not all of it cause of copyright, not like anyone notices here but:

The DVD Forum has established new standards for high-speed recordable discs (4X for DVD-R and 2X for DVD-RW). Various media manufacturers have begun production of these discs that will soon be available in the marketplace. The source of the problem is a firmware "bug" in certain Pioneer DVD-R/RW recorders and drives, and not with the high-speed media itself. As a result, use of the new high-speed discs for recording on these particular Pioneer products may cause damage to both the loaded disc and to the drive/recorder. The following drives and recorders may be affected:

* Pioneer DVR-7000 DVD recorder
* Pioneer PRV-9000 Professional DVD recorder
* Pioneer DVR-A03 computer drive
* Pioneer DVR-103 computer drive
* Pioneer DVR-A04 computer drive
* Pioneer DVR-104 computer drive

In addition to the above models, certain OEM computer systems containing Pioneer-manufactured DVD-R/RW drives are affected.