[rmsolem]

I had read that the Apple Superdrive is the same as the Pioneer DVR-AO3 -- which is currently being shipped my way at the remarkable price of $466.

My question is will iDVD recogonize it as the Apple Superdrive and work with it the same way?

Please say yes.

Seeing that Apple offers no upgrade path and I chose not to pay the extra $1,000 at the time this is the course I've taken. Anyone in the same boat?

boB

[ph@lmi.net]

tossed one in my dp500 on tuesday.

i installed it internally - i was able to boot the 10.1 full install off of it, burned a cd in toast, then a dvd in toast (would only write 1x in toast under x or 9). i have not had the chance to burn a dvd video - but idvd 2 is in the mail (or rather will be as soon as apple ships it).

the bonus is that system profiler reports it as a DVR-103 in os x and 9!

i do not know if there are any functional differences.

[typoon]

Originally posted by rmsolem:
<STRONG>I had read that the Apple Superdrive is the same as the Pioneer DVR-AO3 -- which is currently being shipped my way at the remarkable price of $466.

My question is will iDVD recogonize it as the Apple Superdrive and work with it the same way?

Please say yes.

Seeing that Apple offers no upgrade path and I chose not to pay the extra $1,000 at the time this is the course I've taken. Anyone in the same boat?

boB

</STRONG>

I've been wondering the same thing. The last poster says it works. Where did you find it for that Crazy price? I want to get me one fo them.

[rmsolem]

Originally posted by typoon:
<STRONG>

I've been wondering the same thing. The last poster says it works. Where did you find it for that Crazy price? I want to get me one fo them.</STRONG>

From the research I've done all the evidence confirms that iDVD will recognize the Pioneer DVRA03 the same as the installed "Superdrive" Pioneer model DVR103. Good news for those of us late to the DVR scene.

The price for the drive has been steadily going down. I had been checking Pricewatch.com (just enter "dvra03" in the search tool) for a few weeks and it finally got low enough. I just checked today and now the lowest price is $459 with free shipping!

I bought mine from Zeehoo. The Mac version is $100 more than the PC version because it comes with Roxio Titanium Toast. If you don't need Toast order the PC version. It's exactly the same product, box and all.

I also found easy step-by-step installation instructions on CreativeMac.com.

For those of us initially not willing to fork out an extra $1,000.00 and because Apple doesn't allow for a simple upgrade path, there is always a way.

boB


Price Watch ® - Street Price Search Engine Zeehoo.com - Pioneer DVR-A03 Installing the Pioneer DVR-AO3

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: rmsolem ]

[ 11-05-2001: Message edited by: rmsolem ]

See also this thread:
Topic: Pioneer SuperDrive-will it work in my G4/400?

iDVD2 works beutifully, Toast 5.02 works for DVD and DATA, and discburner works just as well for data, DVD studio Pro allows you to do things that you can't in iDVD2 but it is harder to learn and only runs in OS 9. I can't say enough about iDVD2 is awsome.

i just got a pioneer DVR-A03

under macos9, i was able to use iDVD to burn a disc, although the burn ended in an error.

under macosX 10.1 and iDVD2, no joy. clicking burn basically does nothing.

system profiler reports:

DVD-R/CD-RD (apple disc burning:Supported)
unit 0
ata device atapi
device serial (blank)
device 1.5
Product DVD-RW DVR-103
Vendor PIONEER

my machine is a G4/500, (agp graphics) which originall came with a DVD-RAM.


does anyone have any idea what may be wrong?

thanks

well, somehow now it is all working. i'm not sure what i did to make it work, but it appears that the burn button doesnt work while the burn menu option does. also i reinstalled iDVD2, and installed the macos 10.1.1 update.

now, what the heck to do with my dvd-ram? i put it in my que firewire enclosure that used to contain a cd-rw, but macosX thinks the disk is read-only