Alright, let me start by saying that I have a Pioneer DVR-108 BK OEM. When I got it back in September I think, it had firmware 1.10 or so. Right after, when firmware 1.14 came out I downloaded it and I flashed the DVD-Writer. But I noticed a degrade in the quality and speed of the burning process, but I learned to live with it. Now, after 1.18 came out I thought to myself, before I upgrade this time, I’ll run of couple of tests and record the results. So, here I was yesterday running Nero CD-DVD Speed 3.5 with firmware 1.14 still on the system and go these results…
…after it finished, I flashed 1.18 on the writer and restarted the computer. Then I ran Nero CD-DVD Speed and recorded these results…
…what the hell was that? I thought to myself. Why such difference, has anyone else come accross something similar? It’d be nice to know that I’m not alone. Anyways, I’m happy about the improvement.
P.S. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention I only tested a Data CD (CD-R) not a DVD.