More Single Layer DVD Firmware Upgrades to Dual Layer

[Tittles]

Gonna flash my 411s that was flashed 6 months ago from 401s so i could read +r. Hope this works alright . Wont be able to do it untill i get home from school or after i get back from drivers ed.

 

[Hipster Doofus]

Be careful doing that TittleBitties. You might have to revert to the original firmware then go with the cross flash. Remember, underneath you dvd rom is still a 401S.

 

[Tittles]

Yeah i know...i havent got it to work yet. I forgot how to do it and its not a big deal cause i wont have the money to buy dual layer disks.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Hmm, is the speed of cd writing still increasing/

 

[ming]

woot... Thanks to dual-layer, the single layer media prices have come down.

£1 per 4.7GB DVD+RW... not sure how much dual-layer media costs though. haven't seen one yet in the UK.

 

[ming]

With that said, I don't see the point in getting dual-layer if the media is going to be more than £2 per RW Disc.

Single layer> 2 discs = £2 > 9.4GB of storage
Dual Layer> 1 disc = £4? (guessing) > 8.5GB storage.

EDIT: Found one DL media. Works out to be £6 per DVDR disc approx. RW's must be a lot more :s
http://www.dabs.com/uk/channels/hardware/consumablesmediaandstationery/productView.htm?quicklinx=376G

 

[ElementalDragon]

EP, no, CD write speeds are no longer going up. think they said they reached a standstill as to how much centrifugal force the CD can handle before it blows into little tiny chunks. Still, why would u need faster than 52x? that's like..... a full cd in about 5-6 minutes or less

 

[ming]

Don't forget, you only write at 52x on the outter edges of the CD - so no point unless you burn 650/700MB each time you stick a blank CD in.

 

[Tuffgong4]

I flashed my nec 2500 to the 2510 and it works perfectly. My friend tried it and it went to crap so it's a gamble on what hardware will do it and not jsut different hardware.

Also I recently bought 50 blank dvd+Rs for 28 dollars so the prices are dropping a lot. Still not seeing any deals at all for big packs dl discs so 4.7 will have to do.

Also some drives after upgrading will let slower media burn at faster speeds. My friend has an old burner and bought -Rs instead of +Rs so he gave them to me. They are 4x but they burn in my burner at 8x so sometimes flashing will help in other cases as well

 

[Steevo]

EP, no, CD write speeds are no longer going up. think they said they reached a standstill as to how much centrifugal force the CD can handle before it blows into little tiny chunks. Still, why would u need faster than 52x? that's like..... a full cd in about 5-6 minutes or less

It's true what Ming said. 52X is the very best you can get.


But I have a LiteOn 52X and it will burn a standard CD in about 3 minutes. No reason to wait if you don't have too. I can also do drive to drive DVD burns, no copy. I also used to have a 56X read Acer drive, I watched it peak on a *.iso disk at 64X, then the CD did shatter in the drive. Kinda cool.

 

[dreamliner77]

There's a 54x burner out there. I think it's a Mitsui, but since it's almost 3am, i'm not so sure.