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Title: Cendyne DVD Burner
Post by: blu666z on February 05, 2004, 08:32:59 PM

Anybody have any experience with this unit?

http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=510247

-Kevin

Title: Re:Cendyne DVD Burner
Post by: jeffbr on February 05, 2004, 11:50:24 PM

Hey Kevin,

I've had a Cendyne DVD-R/RW drive for over a year, and burned hundreds of DVDs with it. Cendyne basically rebadges other manufacturers drives. I don't know who makes the DVD+R, but the DVD-R is a Pioneer, and shows up as a Pioneer to evey Windows app.

Title: Re:Cendyne DVD Burner
Post by: blu666z on February 06, 2004, 12:07:20 AM

Hey bro.  Cool to see you over here.  Thanks for the info.

-Kevin

Title: Re:Cendyne DVD Burner
Post by: Spinman on February 07, 2004, 10:51:44 AM

I have the "Cendyne" DVD-R and it's really a Pioneer 105.  It works flawlessly, and has burned hundreds of disks.  I am able to flash it with Pioneer firmware, too.
So, I upgraded the firmware to where it's no longer "Crippled"   I.E.  The drives can rip at 12X, but are artificially limited to 2X for movies and store bought DVD's.  The firmware flash corrects this problem, and allows the drive to rip at it's "advertised" speed.
And it makes the disks "Region Free" so, they'll play anywhere in the world, etc...  In order to do this, you will need the "Modified" firmware.  Orginal Pioneer firmware doesn't support these upgrades due to the MPA/RIAA
Peace,
Spinman

Title: Re:Cendyne DVD Burner
Post by: hoobash on February 07, 2004, 11:07:47 AM

They dont make there own units. You could ended up with a lite-on