Pioneer OEM vs. Retail (A08XLB)

Hi,
Saw an anandtech review of the Pioneer. Came out sterling.
But he was testing the OEM version (a bit less pricey overall) and
I am asking if there is a large diff between OEM and RETAIL for this
particular Drive.
And can one upgrade firmware on the OEM? Have seen some that will not.
Thanks very much.

On Fri, 08 Oct 2004 11:43:51 -0700, Doc wrote:

Hi,
Saw an anandtech review of the Pioneer. Came out sterling.
But he was testing the OEM version (a bit less pricey overall) and
I am asking if there is a large diff between OEM and RETAIL for this
particular Drive.
And can one upgrade firmware on the OEM? Have seen some that will not.
Thanks very much.

http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/compute.../firmware.html

Yes, you can update the OEM - just make sure you do not apply Retail
XL firmware to a non-XL drive.

As I understand it, there are normally 4 versions - thoughgh the may
not all be available for this drive.

1. DVR-108 - OEM DRIVE
2. A08 - Retail packed, SAME DRIVE

3. A08XLA - White
4. A08XLB - Black

The XL version has some hardware and firmware differences relating to
the quiet drive functions, but should perform about the same

There are also "hacked firmwares" around, whic make the drive RPC-1
(then you need a software region killer to fully defeat region
control), and to apply "nX4all" tweaks, allowing you to TRY (but not
neccessarily succeed) to burn any media at any speed.

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Doc wrote:

Hi,
Saw an anandtech review of the Pioneer. Came out sterling.
But he was testing the OEM version (a bit less pricey overall) and
I am asking if there is a large diff between OEM and RETAIL for this
particular Drive.
And can one upgrade firmware on the OEM? Have seen some that will not.
Thanks very much.

Pioneer DVR-108 / DVR-A08XLA:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revi...rticleId=10114
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Revi...rticleId=10584
http://www.3dxtreme.net/index.php?id=pioneerdvr-1081

Check out here for firmwa
http://www.pioneeraus.com.au/compute.../firmware.html
http://forum.rpc1.org/portal.php