PIONEER DVR-A09XL Internal Double Layer DVD Writer - Beige Bezel

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Item Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 15 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007M60ZA
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 23, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The DVR-A09XL high speed DVD burner introduced today by Pioneer enables computer users to record data, photos and video onto DVD-R, DVD-RW, +R and +RW discs with ease. It also works with dual layer discs, increasing the capacity of a disc from 4.7 to 8.5 gigabytes for even more storage space.

The DVR-A09XL offers many technologies unique to Pioneer, including:

• Quiet Drive for minimal operating noise.
• Liquid Crystal Control for optimum recording quality; Precision Recording to minimize the effects of long-term deterioration of re-recordable discs due to repeated writing.
• Ultra Dynamic Resonance Absorber to reduce vibrations during high-speed recording and playback of discs.

Product Description

Pioneer DVR-A09XL Internal Double Layer DVD Writer - This internal DVD writer features fast 6x Double Layer recording to DVD+R disc. Double Layer recording lets you pack up to 8.5GB of data or video onto a single side. This gives you more room for data and better quality video, while freeing up the other side for labeling. This drive also features new advancements in recording speeds to other formats. You'll enjoy up to 16x speeds for DVD-R & DVD+R, 4x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 40x CD-R, & 24x CD-RW.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Drive!, March 17, 2005

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Dave (fontana, california United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PIONEER DVR-A09XL Internal Double Layer DVD Writer - Beige Bezel (Personal Computers)

I have had the drive for one month and it is a good drive. Here is some advice that may help you with the drive.

Go to the Pioneer main site and download the firmware update. Make sure you read the instructions prior to the download.

Here is some very helpful advice for those who dont know how to back up their DVD's that they have bought.

1. Go to www.doom9.org and download DVD decrypter and DVD Shrink

. These are both free downloads and great programs that you can make copies of DVD's with.

2. Go to www.allmediaoutlet.com and purchase Ritek dvd's, these are a real good brand and only cost 21.50 for 50. It is a great site for purchasing all your media needs.

3. Look up www.generetic.org and join for $12.00 per year to make DVD covers. Read instructions from this site and it will tell you how to download the pictures using another program.

4. Make sure you only make copies of things that you legally bought. The fine is huge if you get caught doing this illegally.

Hope that helped,

Dave

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What a headache!, September 1, 2005

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MIA (Palm Springs, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PIONEER DVR-A09XL Internal Double Layer DVD Writer - Beige Bezel (Personal Computers)

I bought this unit for a new build and was thoroughly disappointed. Upon attempting to load my OS for the first time, the disc was not recognized. I loaded my OS through another drive and had no problems. After getting the system up and running, this drive was very selective about the discs it read. It would not even read the software CD that came bundled with the unit. My biggest complaint is really about Pioneer's customer service. After countless calls troubleshooting with them, they tried to tell me the rest of my hardware was defective. This is simply not the case seeing as the system works fine without this drive. After a great amount of debate with Pioneer and their insistance that I incorrectly installed the firmware update, they have been generous enough to offer to look at it if I pay shipping! I expect to come across a defective unit now and then, but I'm appalled at the quality of the customer service.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pioneer review DVD-A09XL review - product seems fine, September 21, 2005

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Douglas S. Perkins "Doug" (Columbus, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PIONEER DVR-A09XL Internal Double Layer DVD Writer - Beige Bezel (Personal Computers)

I have read on that some users have experienced difficulty installing this drive because the drive door is too wide, being the same width as the drive. It is almost as wide and, if your system housing front overlaps where the unit "sticks" out this could be a problem. Many units that I have seem don't but you should be aware of this. From my perspective the unit was easy to install and has worked just fine, even on some of my scratched DVDs. Its relatively fast,although not the fastest, in writing but I'm most interested in error correction which it seems to handle fine. I'd like to see what its realiability is a year from now with all the plastic parts but for now it is great. I bought the retail version and the software that came with it was so-so and conflicted with other software on my machine so I am using the Nero software instead which works great. Because of this I would recommend the "bare" version of the product.

Doug