Pioneer DVR-S201 DVD-R Drive
The DVR-S201 is an external, SCSI-2 device about the size of a typical CD-R drive
that writes at 1X DVD speed, burning a complete title in about an hour, with reads
at 2X. Pioneer bundles Prassi DVD Rep 2.0 and throws in two DVD-R disks.
Prassi software offers three functions, Disk Copy, UDF Premastering, and
Recording a UDF image to DVD-R. In Disk Copy mode, the software directly
copies a title from a DVD player to the DVR-S201, although the software won't
duplicate encrypted files (preventing you from being able to distribute copyrighted
movies, software, and so on, illegally). Prassi can also write to an unspecified number
of CD-RW devices, which is useful for creating smaller titles for playback from computer
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Unfortunately, the software didn't support our Matsushita UJDA310
external drive, so we used Adaptec's CD-Creator to create our test CD-R disks, which
worked flawlessly.
Distributor: Data Services of Melbourne
Ph: 03 9592 6533; Fax: 03 9592 5351
Price: ERP AU$7,700
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