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

Average customer rating:

Nice and black
Good Driver, Poor Design
Good but quirky
Disappointment for Macintosh users
Out of the box review

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

Manufacturer: Pioneer
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Pioneer | Brands | Electronics Features | Electronics | Home Audio
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Product Features:

Write Speeds - up to 6x Double Layer DVD+R, 16x DVD-R, 16x DVD+R, 6x DVD-RW, 4x DVD+RW, 40x CD-R, & 24x CD-RW
Installs internally into a Windows-based PC via IDE
Quiet Drive - internal retooling used in conjunction with the performance adjusting firmware reduces operating noise up to 75% (compared to Pioneer DVR-A06
Performance Adjusting Firmware - automatically adjusts between Performance mode and Quiet mode. Achieves an ideal solution by lowering disc rotation
Color - Black Bezel

ASIN: B0007M60ZK

Product Description

Pioneer DVR-A09XLB DVD writer supports 16x write speeds on both DVD-R/+R along with the capability to write at 6x speed on DVD-R/+R Double/Dual Layer media. With the facility to write 4.7GB of data to write-once media in approx. seven minutes, or store up to 8.5GB on Double Layer media, the DVR-A09XLB 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:

Nice and black.......2006-08-16

I bought this burner In July 2005. Has worked great, fitted perfectly in my ATX case. I've used it to burn delicate info and has never failed when used with relatively high quality media. Cheaper disk tend to fail at high speeds, but it can be blamed to the disk itself, not the drive.
To my understanding, it has standar dimensions. I'm comparing it to my old HP Cd burner and both are the same size, both in height and width.
Before I got this burner, I bought a cheaper no-branded one, that was awfully bad. I got the Pioneer, and now I'm happy.

Good Driver, Poor Design.......2006-07-08

Who ever designed this drive doesn't know anything about computer cases. I ended up having to take a Skillsaw and cut out my computer case front, just to fit the thing in. CHECK THE SIZE FIRST, it will only fit a select few cases.

Good but quirky.......2005-09-20

I returned the first drive I ordered thinking it was defective because the drive was not recognized by the bios using Cable Select and the Slave setting. The second drive behaved the same exact way. I got it to work by setting it to Master and my IDE drive to Slave. Burnt a few disk already with no problem. It seems to tolerate inferior media much better than my Plextor drive.

Disappointment for Macintosh users.......2005-09-17

If you're a Windows user you may ignore this posting. This drive costs quite a bit more than the equivalent DVR-109 model due to the extra "features" - an impressive software package, and not least QuietDrive, which slows down drive speed for playback of CDs and DVDs. Not on Macintosh it doesn't. For a start, the entire software package is Windows-only. You cannot use it. And worse, QuietDrive is also windows-only. My DVR-A09XL sounds like a leafblower when playing audio-CDs - really disappointing. You are much better off buying the more reasonably priced DVR-109 or DVR-110/110D.

Out of the box review.......2005-08-21

Just completed my first home movie DVD with this device and I have the following observations:

1. Very quick
2. Very simple to use
3. Software easier to get started with than Nero
4. BUT software did not work until patched twice from Pioneer's website
5. AND firmware needed updating
6. And software dates back to 2004!!!

Cheap is the impression the last few things convey combined with the fact that they include the screws for attaching to the runners but no runners for inserting it into the PC

Lastly, as others have commented, it fits barely, I had to open and close the PC five times to get it in the right bay with the right combination of plastics and the old non-burner is having to stay out

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