Pioneer DVR-S806 External Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Writer (16x, 4x Dual-Layer)

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00066EK2M
• Item model number: DVRS806SPK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,833 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 1, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Pioneer's DVR-S806 external DVD writer is capable of recording at up to 16x normal speed on DVD-R/+R discs and up to 4x with high-capacity DVD+R DL (dual-layer) discs via your choice of FireWire (IEEE 1394) or high-speed USB 2.0 connections. The writer can sit horizontally or vertically on a supplied stand.

The DVR-S806 is more than fast, however, it's also good: it's designed to create reliable, high-quality recordings with quieter operation than most drives owing to proprietary Pioneer technologies. With 4x recording on DVD+R DL discs, the drive can burn 8.5 GB in about 25 minutes. It also records at 32x with appropriate CD-R media and 24x on CD-RW. For playback, the drive supports its write formats as well as DVD-RAM (versions 2.0 and 2.1, without cartridge), DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, and audio CD.

Exclusive Pioneer technologies found in the DVR-S806 include Liquid Crystal Tilt/Thickness Compensator, Smart Laser Driver technology, an Ultra Dynamic Resonance Absorber, and performance-adjusting firmware that optimizes the disc's rotation speed and minimizes operational noise during writing and reading. The drive comes with a CD-ROM containing disc-burning applications such as Nero and U-Lead.

What's in the Box
DVD/CD drive, software CD-ROM, an AC/DC power adapter, an AC power cord, a USB cable, 2 IEEE 1394 cables (one 6-pin to 6-pin, 1.5m; one 6-pin to 4-pin, 1.5m), a stand for vertical mounting, a user's manual, and a warranty card.

Note: For 16x write on DVD-R/+R discs, Pioneer recommends using its recommended 8x discs or else media specially designed for this recording speed. For 4x write on DVD+R DL discs, use Pioneer-recommended 2.4x discs. See user's manual for recommendations.

Product Description

The DVR-S806 EXTERNAL DVD Writer supports up to 16x write speeds on both DVD-R/+R along with the option to write at up to 4x speed on Double Layer media. This extends Pioneer's track record of establishing key performance benchmarks when introducing new DVD Writers. With the facility to write 4.7GB of data to write-once media in about seven minutes, or store up to 8.5GB on Double Layer media, the DVR-S806 enhances a wide range of DVD applications including the authoring, editing and storing of video files, developing digital music catalogues, building image libraries and backing up data.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great and Easy DVD/CD Burner! More like 4 1/2 stars!, June 11, 2005

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scherf.com "scherf.com" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pioneer DVR-S806 External Dual-Layer DVD+/-RW Writer (16x, 4x Dual-Layer) (Personal Computers)

The Pioneer DVR-S806 doesn't look flashy, but rather simple. And the good part is that the operation is also very simple. It's a handy unit that can be placed vertically or horizontally. The connectivity is convenient too as it has the FireWire IEEE 1394 connections and the USB. To begin with it's best to immediately install the supplied Software disk in order to be able to burn DVDs and CDs.

Some things that bothered me that during the burning process if the files surpassed the disk capacity the CD-R would not be finalized and such a CD-R was longer be usable -- there should be some sort of indication before the burning process to let the user know of this or that disk can be used. Also on the speed of CD-R media there were a few problems regarding that during the burning process suddenly a message popped up that the burner can't burn at this speed, and then this particular CD-R once again was no longer usable.

It probably just takes some fine-tuning on the user's part to use the correct DVD and CD media for burning, etc. The final product is perfect and there are no complaints. CDs (the CD-R media) are immediately playable in any CD player as well as the DVDs (DVD-/+R media) in most DVD players (let's put it this way that I had no problems at all with the DVD players that I used).

Although everything works fine and I think this is a top-quality reliable product at a great low price, I don't feel like giving it 5 stars because of the little thing/lack of initial info with regarding CD-Rs, but maybe other burners are the same.

The Pioneer DVR-S806 is a great unit and if lost or whatever, I'd buy it in a heartbeat again -- I think it's one of the best units at the best price out there.