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SalesMart.com.au wrote:

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> Pioneer 110D drives do have firmware 1.41 that has been out for some
> time. Firmware 1.39 works fine so I have no need to move up.

Hey there, Mr. Mart,

I have a Pioneer DVR-110D sourced and purchased in NZ. It was around 30% 
dearer than most other common brands at the time and only came as an OEM 
model, in a plastic bag. I had read write-ups from overseas sites and they 
all showed the 110D as being a very useful drive, (especially with the 
introduction of 1.39 firmware) and also able to read and write DVD-RAM.

(For instance: http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/243 )

However Nero InfoTool tells me that mine doesn't (and I don't have a RAM 
disc to test it, can't afford to buy one if it's not going to work, they 
ain't cheap). Also, the pics of the drive on overseas sites are different to 
mine, the drive having a different bezel on it with the words "Multi 
Recorder" on. Mine doesn't have that.

A while back I registered with Pioneer.com.au and they sent me a friendy 
email a month or so later when firmware 1.39 was released but I didn't get a 
notification for 1.41. I see 1.41 isn't listed on the .au site (that I can 
see) but I've downloaded it from the .uk site (but haven't flashed it yet as 
it's irreversible). Ok, 1.41 isn't as extensive an upgrade as 1.39 was but I 
still thought they'd notify me.

Question: Does your 110D read/write DVD-RAM? Does it have the "Multi 
Recorder" logo on the bezel? I find it quite strange that Pioneer would 
release a different drive for NZ (and perhaps Aus) to the drive that they 
sell to the rest of the world, yet call it by the same model number.

Actually, just looked on the Pioneer UK site and, while the 110D specs page 
has been removed, the one small pic I can see of it seems to have the same 
bezel as mine. Of course that doesn't mean it doesn't or doesn't read/write 
DVD-RAM. Also, in the 'changelog' for the 1.39 firmware that I installed on 
my drive way back it stated "DVD-RAM readability has improved".

Can you shed any light on this for me?

Cheers,
-- 
Shaun.