Will Pioneer DVR-103 burn 4x speed DVD-RW?

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Will Pioneer DVR-103 burn 4x speed DVD-RW?

I'm wondering if the the superdrive is capable of burning 4x DVD-RW's. I have the firmware revision 1.9 for the drive. I can find 4x DVD-RW's at a few big box retailers but i know I can't find and DVD-R's at them. If anyone has tried them and had success i would like to know before i go buy the discs. I'm trying to make a single layer DVD copy of Leopard. Need to install it so i can update to iPhone 4 this weekend and don't wait to wait to place an online order for a plain 2x or 4x DVD-R. I would appreciate any insight or advise.

Power Mac G4 Quicksilver, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Jan 14, 2011 8:38 PM

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BDAqua

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Jan 14, 2011 10:01 PM in response to taoprophet420

Doesn't look like it does DVD-RW at any speed, even DVDs at 4x...

Write Support: 4X and 8X CD-R, 4X CD-RW, 1X and 2X DVD-R
Read Support:(maximum speeds to be determined)
DVD-ROM & DVD-Video (single & dual layers), DVD-R, CD-ROM Mode1
CD-ROM XA Mode2 (form 1, form 2), Photo CD (single & multiple sessions), CD-DA, CD-R, CD-RW

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Details.aspx?NewsId=5179

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Answer 2

Jan 15, 2011 12:23 PM in response to BDAqua

It does support DVD-RW it just wasn't listed as a feature at the time due to the high costs of the discs at the time.
http://www.pioneer.eu/uk/content/support/support/update/qa.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27000?viewlocale=en_US
Looking at the Apple document suggests it might be limited to just 2x DVD-RW discs.
I'm still wondering if anyone has had luck with the 4x DVD-RW discs.

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Answer 3

BDAqua

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Jan 15, 2011 12:39 PM in response to taoprophet420

Thanks for the added info, unfortunately all my 103s are dead.

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