Pioneer Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW DVD-RAM: Max 2x CLV DVD-ROM(single): Max 16x CAV 40X CD-R 32X CD-RW 40X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner - OEM

Pros: It burns DVDs and CDs very well, provided it's set up right. Once you get the setup up correct you will have no problems. Very fast and quiet.

Cons: Very picky about the media it likes. Will only burn 16x on high end DVD's. Otherwise 8x is the highest it will go. The same is true with CDs. If it's high end it will burn 40x, otherwise 32x is the highest it will go.

Overall Review: As long as the setup is correct, this drive is great. It should be connected with an 80-wire IDE cable and I recommend making it the master drive. The DMA should be on at Ultra DMA Mode 4 and the firmware should be updated to v1.37. I have found the best burning results to be with Verbatim or Sony media. Stick with either of those and you will be fine. As a side note, if you are using Nero 6 Ultra, you may experience a Disc-At-Once issue while burning Audio CDs. Downloading the wnapsi32.dll file directly from nero.com and replacing the old file in the Nero folder with this one should solve that problem. Otherwise this drive is quiet and fast. Pioneer’s tech support is pretty good too although they have some long hold times.

Pros: Had a lot of probs. burning -16 verbatim. Now working great. Uninstalled all burning software ie. Nero, 1click, also got rid of aspi 4.60 drivers, I think they are a waste with xp pro, upgraded to 1.37FW. Cleaned reg with jv16. Uninstalled drive, let xp see it on reboot. Put Nero 6.18 on and wallah burns both + and – 16 verbatims at about 4 min for the burn, 6 min total, if you include the rendering time in recode. I use Nero for everything and set it for Maximum burn speed and uncheck all items on last Burn window. Had probs with the new Nero 7. Don’t know if I want to try it again. Very quiet. Pioneer support was excellent.

Cons: None, Now

Overall Review: Will but another for the kids machine

Pros: 1-true 16x error free recording 2-quiet operation 3-fast indexing of recorded CD and DVD media (*see Cons) 4-INCREDIBLE low price

Cons: The Pioneer DVR110 does not read many brands of CDs and DVDs burned with older Pioneer DVR107 and Pioneer DVR109 drives.

Overall Review: I have had used 105s, 107s, 109s and now the 110 Pioneer DVR drives, all with absolute confidence and success. Even though the DVR110 slapped me with this compatibility problem, I still HIGHLY recommend buying Pioneer DVR drives.

Pros: Pioneer makes the best DVD-R burners: fast, quiet, they get the job done. Supported by Mac OS X with no drivers or hacks needed -- in fact, this is the same model number as their "SuperDrive." I am using a DVR-110DBK in an iMac G4 and another in an external firewire case for a Mac Mini. Pioneer provides firmware updates regularly on their website. There is even a flasher for Mac OS X for updating firmware! Great support. Great price. Can't be beat.

Cons: none

Pros: This product is a perfect Superdrive for Power Macs that didn't originally ship with one. I replaced my Combo Drive in my Quicksilver Power Mac G4 (867 MHz) with this unit and everything worked as expected (just pop off the front bezel for compatibility with Apple's fold-down drive door). This drive has full compatibility with Apple's built-in disk burning software as well as iDVD. Booting from this drive also works. Highly recommended!

Cons: None, really!

Comments: This drive reads very fast but it's not very tolerant of bad or damaged media. I've tried about 8 types of 1-8x media and I'd describe the media support as being comparable with the NEC 2500a this thing was supposed to replace -- that is, not very good. 8x TDK DVD+R and 8x Verbatim 8x+R burn poorly, as does all the 1x media I tried. Maybe they'll fix this with firmware later (1.22 is current atm) but I'm not going to count on it.

Comments: One of the best dvd burners on the market in my opinion. The main reason i say this is because so far these drives consistently burn any brand of media that i have thrown at it. Anything from cheap to expensive media. This is the third one of these i have bought and all three are still working flawlessly. that and the price makes them unbeatable.

Pros: Easy install, excellent write speed, and dependable burns.

Cons: Not a good reader. Drive also does not like to be the slave drive.

Overall Review: For the price I paid, it was well worth it. ($xx)