Q: Can PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-127D burn DL disks?
Everyone is telling me that my eMac can't burn DL disks, but don't my specs say otherwise???
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-127D:
Firmware Revision: B912
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
I can write +R DL DVD's right??? And how do I know if it can read +R and + RW CD's or even if it can read all formats in DVD? I'm guessing I can't burn in formats not mentioned right??? How can I find what it is able to read? is it safe to assume it can read whatever format it can write in?
Posted on Jul 11, 2014 2:48 PM
ROM - Read Only Media
DL - Dual Layer or Double Layer (the manufacturing process for the two is slightly different, but it has no impact on your capabilities).
DVDs which can be written have variants. +R and -R, -RW and +RW.
The +R and -R versions have Single and Dual/Double layer variants and go from 4.3+ GB to 9 GB.
The -RW and +RW do not have dual layer variants AFAIK. The RW are write-many times media.
*3 separately stated the Dual- vs Double- layer DVDs (due to manufacturing differences) separately. Sometimes a notation like
DVD +/- R DL is used to specify DVD -R DL and DVD +R DL as a single combination.
The Firmware upgrade and the appropriate OS versions should help you write DL media.
If you are curious read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvd
Posted on Jul 11, 2014 3:59 PM