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I can't find a firmware update for the Pioneer DVR110D in my Mac. I never really paid much attention to how fast it was burning because it was only occasional use, but now I'm burning a lot of edited video, and it makes a big difference. I've tried Philips, Memorex, Sony, TDK, Ritek, Taiyo-Yuden and HP and can't get ANY of them to burn at the drive's rated speed. Some will only burn at 2x! Doesn't seem to matter if they're 4x, 8x or 16x. DL-DVDs only burn at 1x instead of 2.4. It's maddening.
If I'm making discs from images with Disk Utility all speed choices are grayed out, and I get what I get. Three consecutive discs off the stack may give me dupes at 1x, 2x and 4x.
There's a firmware update to 1.41 on Pioneer's site for the 110D, but it won't work on this drive. I've tried putting it in my PC, and it shows in Pioneer's drive identifier utility as a 110D, but the firmware update utility itself won't run because it says it can't find a compatible drive.
We had many problems with the Matsushita drives in our G5 iMacs not recognizing faster media, but a firmware upgrade at the Genius bar fixed those. Is there anything available for the Pioneer. The site only turns up two DVD firmware updates, neither of which applies to this drive.

Hi yakkyakk-
It is quite possible the drive is simply dirty. You could try a lens cleaning kit. It is also possible that the drive is failing.
For any serious burning an external is the way to go. I always consider the internal drive for occasional use. If you want to upgrade the internal drive yourself it is quite easy and you can buy an internal drive for around 40 bucks.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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moi
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IA32
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ahead WinASPI: File 'C:\Program Files\Nero\Nero 7\Core\Wnaspi32.dll': Ver=2.0.1.74, size=164112 bytes, created 02/11/2004 13:54:32
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CdRomPeripheral : MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S atapi Port 1 ID 0 DMA: On
CdRomPeripheral : AXV CD/DVD-ROM 2.1b axvodka Port 2 ID 0 DMA: Off
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MAT****A DVD-RAM UJ-841S D: CDRom0
AXV CD/DVD-ROM F: CDRom1
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