Question about Pioneer DVR-219BK

[Adapter]

Hi!

 

Well I hope that you will all forgive me for joining this forum solely because I need some advice about replace the Pioneer DVR-116D which just died after a long and productive life.

 

I have had several Pioneer DVR-1xx drives and they have all given me exemplary service. I would like to simply buy another such drive but the only Pioneer drive which I can locate for sale, at a reasonable price, is the DVR-219BK. I would far prefer a PATA drive as I have no more free SATA ports but if necessary I will buy an add-on card for more SATA ports.

 

I can not find any reviews of the DVR-219BK, and the user reviews seems to be very mixed, to say the least - although the problems are more about build quality than burn quality.

 

Does anyone have any thoughts about the DVR-219BK? Or perhaps someone would like to recommend a good burner with good compatibility characteristics? (As I said, I would prefer a PATA drive but I understand that that makes me a Luddite, and I am prepared to get a SATA drive.)

 

Thanks in advance!

[LIGHTNING UK!]

Pioneer stopped making their own DVD drives after the 117/217 series, now they're rebranded QSI models and have a Mediatek chipset - same as the new LiteOn 'B' models.

 

Unlike the LiteOn models though, I understand the Pioneer can't do disc quality scans in CDSpeed / Opti Drive Control / DVDInfoPro.

 

The MyCE forums probably have some threads on the 219, take a look over there.

[Adapter]

Hi again!

 

Thank you for the advice of going to the MyCE forums. I found a few threads that enabled me to make what is, more or less, an informed choice. For anyone interested, I opted for a Sony Optiarc AD-7260. Although, to be honest, it is not as though it had features that were far beyond any other available burner. I bought it because it seemed to be a good drive, because there do not seem to be any drives that are better than it, because it supported all the modes which I use, and it was (and is) both easy to find and inexpensive. (Although I would always be willing to pay whatever it would cost to be able to reliably back up my data.)

 

Thank you again!

A.

[Cynthia]

but if necessary I will buy an add-on card for more SATA ports.

Just make sure you buy one that is playing nice with burners. Not all do that.

[Adapter]

but if necessary I will buy an add-on card for more SATA ports.

Just make sure you buy one that is playing nice with burners. Not all do that.

 

Ah-ha! Now that is something that I did not know!

 

Would you care to make any suggestions, either about cards that are good, or cards that are best avoided?

 

Thank you!

[Cynthia]

There are some olds thread, ouu could search on "silicon image" in the forum.

 

Here is one

 

http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=15003&st=20 (start reading at post #19)