[Ti] Read Dual Layer DVD's ?

[Sam Ami]

thanks to all for replying...
it's a MATSHITADVD-R UJ-845E....how ill i know if my drive was firware
clocked to not allow DL burning and if so can i unlock it ?


On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 1:15 AM, Fred <fred at mindstate.com> wrote:
>> From: Malcolm Cornelius <malcolm at fireflyuk.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Ti] Read Dual Layer DVD's ?
>>
>>> Early models of the aluminum books had various
>>> drives, some had original features crippled by the Apple firmware for
>>> stability reasons and could not burn dual layer.
>>
>> Or they were just drives that didn't have DL functionality ....
>>
>
> Exactly.  Depends on his model.  Some had drives that, from the manufacture,
> could do dual-layer discs but Apple's firmware crippled the functionality
> for dual-layer.  One could flash the drive and return it to it's manufacture
> specs.  The only ones that had the dual-layer functionality from Apple were
> the last models, the 1.67 hi.res.  After that, with the Macbook Pro, they
> all the dual-layer functionality.   If he cks his system profiler, he can
> determine the model of his book and the drive and see what formats it
> supports.
>
>
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