Qflix Int. Sata DVD/cd Writer

by Pioneer

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B001IAX9QS
• Item model number: DVR-2920Q5PK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,795 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 15, 2008

Product Description

Features Qflix Download & Burn technology that allows users to purchase Hollywood movies from the Internet and burn them to DVD. Writes up to 20x on DVD-R/+R (single layer) up to 12x on DVD-R/+R (DL) up to 6x on DVD-RW up to 8x on DVD Download up to 8x on DVD+RW and up to 12x on DVD-RAM. Writes up to 40x on CD-R media and up to 32x on CD-RW media. Reads DVD-ROM DVD-VIDEO (single & dual layer) DVD-R DVD-RW DVD+R (single & double layer) DVD+RW & DVD-RAM. Reads CD-ROM (Mode1 & 2) CD-ROM XA CD-DA (CD Audio) Video CD PhotoCD (single/multi-session) CD EXTRA CD-Text CD-R CD-RW. Serial-ATA (SATA) Interface. 2MB Buffer memory. Burned discs will play on DVD-Video players & DVD-ROM drives (check manufacturer's website for compatibility with older models). Works with Microsoft Windows operating systems including: Vista Home/Business/Ultimate Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows ME. Drive will operate horizontally or vertically.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Burns special encrypted format, November 15, 2008

By 

W. Fitzgerald - See all my reviews

This review is from: Qflix Int. Sata DVD/cd Writer (Personal Computers)

I think many people haven't heard about Qflix technology and wonder what it is. It is a technology that is movie studio approved and allows consumers to burn legally downloaded movies onto dvd disks. Right now there is only one Web site, CinemaNow which offers the correct format. As someone who can't get around easily it seemed like a way to get new movies and have a disk copy. The disk lets me play it on a tv set. One 2 hour movie took around 1-1/2 hours to download on a slow dsl line. I did have some trouble getting the file to prep for disk burning though and had to do it as a separate step. File prep takes a few hours but it doesn't seem to take much resources so I could use my apps while it prepped. I think the plan is also for this technology to appear in kiosks so customers can choose their movie and burn it themselves. Why is this better than buying a regular DVD movie? Technically its not better but it eliminates packaging, which is good for the environment; it should make more movies available since the cost of goods is small for the studios. The burner also burns regular disks so it is a multipurpose burner.

4.0 out of 5 stars swift, silent, but no frills, June 27, 2009

By 

Gordon Ewasiuk (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Qflix Int. Sata DVD/cd Writer (Personal Computers)

Install is a breeze. Takes a standard half-height drive bay. Drive comes with mounting screws. Be advised that SATA cables are *NOT* included with this drive. If you do not have a SATA data and power cable, you will need to purchase them separately. Drive has SATA1 interface with a 2MB data buffer. (you can find drives with more)

Bundled software is the standard stuff -- Roxio Venue Suite. It includes Venue, East CD & DVD Burner, CinePlayer, and CinemaNow Media Manager. A coupon for a free movie download from CinemaNow is included.

I wrote a 3.5GB DVD in about 4mins with this unit. A 600MB CD took a little under 2 minutes.

Max DVD-R speed is 20x or around 26MB/s. Max CD-R speed is 40x.

Am happy with the purchase.