Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-16 Thread schaffpa
Thanks Peter. That was my default conclusion, just hoping I'd missed something. - Peter - Original Message - From: peterh...@cruzio.com I have a 112D which replaced one that lasted about 6 mos. After 3 or 4 years of occasional use, it now won't burn CDs, but handles DVDs just

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-16 Thread smac0031
...@fairpoint.net wrote: I have a Pioneer DVR 115 which suddenly will not burn CD or DVD's. I have checked cables and cleaned with a cleaning disk. OS 10.5.8 on a G4 with 2 meg of ram and 1gig sonnet processor. First noticed when burn a play-list from iTunes 10.0.2. Norm -- You received

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-16 Thread peterhaas
If I am not mistaken, this DVR was at one time oem from Apple. If it is, then I had the same problem. I got mine from OWC. Mine wouldn't burn CD's but it would read CD's and DVD's. Anyway, I wound up replacing it. Fortunately, they are cheap. Apple has used a variety of Pioneer drives. The

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-16 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 16, 2011, at 9:07 AM, smac0031 wrote: If I am not mistaken, this DVR was at one time oem from Apple. If it is, then I had the same problem. I got mine from OWC. Mine wouldn't burn CD's but it would read CD's and DVD's. Anyway, I wound up replacing it. Fortunately, they are cheap.

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-15 Thread peterhaas
I have a 112D which replaced one that lasted about 6 mos. After 3 or 4 years of occasional use, it now won't burn CDs, but handles DVDs just fine and will read CDs and DVDs fine. I've burned at least 50 DVDs since then with zero coasters. I had never had problems with this 100 pack of TDK CDs

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-14 Thread Sri Gupta
On Feb 13, 8:57 pm, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: I have a Pioneer DVR 115 which suddenly will not burn CD or DVD's. I     have checked cables and cleaned with a cleaning disk. OS 10.5.8 on a     G4 with 2 meg of ram and 1gig sonnet processor. First noticed when burn a play-list from

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-14 Thread peterhaas
Lite-On makes a decent IDE burner ... about $22 from NewEgg. Agreed. Burners rarely last longer than 5 years if used regularly. I can recommend this Samsung model as a drop-in replacement for G4 power macs. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151176 I've had

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-14 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/02/14 13:03, peterh...@cruzio.com so eloquently wrote: Formerly, I was buying Pioneer almost exclusively, but Pioneer has ceased to be price- and performance-competitive. There was a time when Pioneer made the very best optical media players and burners but that time seems to have

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-14 Thread John Carmonne
On Feb 14, 2011, at 1:41 PM, Tina K. wrote: There was a time when Pioneer made the very best optical media players and burners but that time seems to have passed. My next ODD will probably be Samsung, what it won't be is Pioneer. Everything changes. Tina Beware of the Samsung

I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-13 Thread Norm Rowe
I have a Pioneer DVR 115 which suddenly will not burn CD or DVD's. I have checked cables and cleaned with a cleaning disk. OS 10.5.8 on a G4 with 2 meg of ram and 1gig sonnet processor. First noticed when burn a play-list from iTunes 10.0.2. Norm -- You

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-13 Thread peterhaas
I have a Pioneer DVR 115 which suddenly will not burn CD or DVD's. I have checked cables and cleaned with a cleaning disk. OS 10.5.8 on a G4 with 2 meg of ram and 1gig sonnet processor. First noticed when burn a play-list from iTunes 10.0.2. Burners have a finite lifetime. Burning

Re: I have a Pioneer DVR 115

2011-02-13 Thread Dan
At 7:46 PM -0500 2/13/2011, Norm Rowe wrote: I have a Pioneer DVR 115 which suddenly will not burn CD or DVD's. I have checked cables and cleaned with a cleaning disk. OS 10.5.8 on a G4 with 2 meg of ram and 1gig sonnet processor. First noticed when burn a play-list from iTunes 10.0.2. Error