[G4] Adding a Sony DVD drive

[sr ferenczy]

he and his friends could just use dvd-rw.....  there really isnt any 
difference btwn the technologies. and unless they want to BURN to the 
same disk, it shouldnt matter anyway either dvd-r or dvd+r should be 
readable in either the pioneer or sony drives.

sandor

On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 01:19  PM, David Crandon wrote:

> OK, so it can be done? I'm asking cause a friend is about to buy a
> DP1.42 G4 but has many friends with various PC's and he wants to be 
> able
> to trade DVD's with them.
>
> It looks like the iMac is the only one with the Sony drive as OEM now.
> But he could buy the Sony drive as a second drive and install it
> himself. Overstock.com has them for $299.
>
> David
>
> sr ferenczy wrote:
>>
>> no, i am saying flashing the pioneer OEM superdrive with pioneer
>> aftermarket firmware updates worked quite well. this allowed gain of
>> certain firmware improvements on superdrives before apple finally got
>> around to offering a firmware update. the pioneer drives do not 
>> support
>> dvd +r
>>
>> if you bought a sony drive ($375 or so??) retail of course it would
>> support all the formats that the box lists. the only thing is that
>> apple software (disk burner, idvd, etc probably wont support dvd +r  
>> ->
>> i know idvd doesnt support it) this will require you to have a third
>> party burning suite (like toast)
>>
>> sandor
>> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 12:17  PM, David Crandon wrote:
>>
>>> So you are saying the Pioneer drives are theoretically capable of 
>>> DVD-
>>> and DVD+? I thought the Sony was the only drive on the market that
>>> supported both formats.
>>>
>>> David Crandon
>>>
>>> sr ferenczy wrote:
>>>>
>>>> any idea of what the sony product number is for the exact drives 
>>>> apple
>>>> uses? it is quite possible that the drives could easily be flashed
>>>> with
>>>> new firmware from sony to bring it up to the full capabilities of 
>>>> the
>>>> drives. i know with the pioneer drives this was quite possible, and
>>>> while it no longer appeared as a "superdrive" it was still 
>>>> compatible
>>>> with all apple software.
>>>>
>>>> sandor
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 11:00  AM, Robert Meadors wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> *Some* of the new machines DO have the new Sony drive that does it
>>>>> all. It seems as though the drives have their + features stripped
>>>>> from
>>>>> them. I don't know if it is by software or firmware though. I don't
>>>>> remember where I read it though.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 04:42  AM, sr ferenczy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> as far as i know, apple is still using the pioneer drives as the
>>>>>> "superdrive" in the powermacs. i believe it is now the A05/105 
>>>>>> drive
>>>>>> (4x dvd-r burning) now, apple doesnt list the superdrive as
>>>>>> supporting dvd-rw, but this is NOT dvd+rw. apple does not disable
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> dvd-rw, they just refuse to advertise it for some reason (i forget
>>>>>> the true details, but i think you might need a 3rd party burning
>>>>>> utility->toast, etc<- to burn dvd-rw..)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> peace
>>>>>> sandor
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 03:34  AM, David Crandon wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I know that the new Macs use a Sony "universal" DVD R drive. I 
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> heard that Apple disables the DVD+R/W part of the drive though.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Has anyone found a way to enable that part of the drive? Is is
>>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>> to buy the same Sony universal drive elsewhere (for a second 
>>>>>>> drive)
>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>> be able to use all formats?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> David Crandon
>>>>>
>>>>>
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