Pioneer DVR-111D/111/A11XL Scans Thread

Hi people here is my first test of the new 111 fw 1.29 with mcc004 media I'm sorry to say that mcc004 still seems like 12x or 8x media to me I have never really seen good 16x burns with batchs of mcc004 I have bought

@tropic
Yes, I saw your VERY similar scans on MKM 001 after I posted mine. I'm liking this latest batch of white printables I bought in a 20 pc. cakebox from supermediastore.com.

My first burn with new 1.29 firmware

Verbatim MCC 004 made in India (a very good batch)
burned at 12x with 1.29

Asus 1608p3s - fw: 1.24
Media: Traxdata dvd-r 16x Mid: RITEKF1
Burn Speed: 8x
Software: Gear 7.0

Here's crappy CMCMAGM01 memorex branded media burned on my 111D@111L firmware 8.26. Burned @12X which is maximum allowed for this mid.

Good for this media

The Pioneer DVR 111 burns the very crappy Princo DVD-RW 1x very well - much better than any other DVD writer I ever owned.

Media from Moser Bear India bought at geramn discounter Plus, burned at 4x speed.

Here's a scan of some really cheap maxell 8x-R media bought from futureshop, after taxes each dvd came out to around 13 cents per dvd. The media burns at maximum 12X, max speed was picked.

Asus 1608p3s fw:1.24
Ide: primary slave
Media: verbatim dvd-r printable 16x made in India
Burn speed: 8x

Verbatim 16x DVD-R MCC003RG20 Made in Taiwan by CMC
burned at 8x with Pioneer 111 1.29

Verbatim 16x DVD-R MCC003RG20 Made in Taiwan by CMC
burned at 12x with Pioneer 111 1.29

My first quality scan with my new pio111D 1.29 in prolific external case and firewire connection.

Memorex 8x DVD-R
id:CMC MAG. AE1
Burned at 4x

Not nice, can u try 8x?

unfortunately not because i don't have other of them.

Here's a scan of a Memorex branded RICOHJPNR03 burned @12X with 111D@111L firmware 8.26ext. 12X is the maximum speed for these discs available on this drive.

*cough*

Can the RW be erased afterwards??

I haven't dared to do that. I used these crappy media already with my first DVD writer, an LG 4020B, and bought one hundred of these Princo disks (there are still about 30 left). Though I have saved the content of these disks to much better media meanwhile, they turned out to be very durable. Most of them have many PO errors and nevertheless can be played without a hitch on any of my DVD players. I usually burn a DVD twice. Once on quality media for archiving and a second time on crappy media (I have quite a lot) for usage with DVD players. My Sigmatek 380 pro, which has a 1389FF chip set and 64 MB of memory, plays even the worst media without any problems.
Fake Ritek R03 disks are equally crappy media, which the Pio 111 handles very well, when burned at 4x speed:

My second quality scan with my new pio111D 1.29 in prolific external box, firewire connection.

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
id: MCC 03RG20
Burned at 8x

About as good as it gets for DL. The Best media, MKM001 Verbatim, and the best DL burner, the PIONEER 111. You can't argue with results like this:

That is a pretty impressive burn on DL. I have never gotten anything close to that...Then again I have Ritek DL and I haven't used my pioneer to burn and DL yet. But the Sony Dru-800 with ritek disks produced horrible results, often times freezing in standalone dvd players at certain points.

Verbatim 8x DVD+R Made in Japan
Yuden 000T02
Burned at 8x with 1.29

Yes the Pio 111 is the best DL writer. Here is my MKM001 burnt with the Pio 111 at 2.4x speed.

Mit. MKM001 2.4x@6x dual layer burn, very decent scan for a overspeed burn.

After good experiences with Optodisc from Intenso today I get some 8x DVD+R Bulkpaq with Optodisc mediacode OR8, for 5,52 EUR 25 pieces. I know some people will not believe the scan but it is real. The Pioneer 111 loves that media. And I love my Pioneer for giving me such results with such media.

Bulkpaq 8x DVD+R
Optodisc OR8
burned at 8x with 1.29