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I am weighing things. I'm also considering that for every person who comes here and posts a problem there are many more that have the problem that don't post, either because they find the solution or because they'd rather just keep searching to find it. Just to be clear, this is my reasoning, and if you take issue with any of it feel free to correct me. Despite the impression you may have gotten from my last 2 posts I have no problem with being proven wrong. In fact if somebody shows me that I'm wrong Im more than happy to admit it.Just to be clear, this is my reasoning, and if you take issue with any of it feel free to post your thoughts.
1. A larger than normal number of people have reported problems with Optorite drives. In fact the last time I saw that many posts about a DVD burner it was the Sony DRU-500.
2. The same problems (often from the same users) were being reported for several months, despite numerous firmware updates.
3. Since I started paying attention (when I got my first DVD-R drive almost 2 years ago) the only time I've seen anything approaching a large number of posts for problems with Pioneer burners has been when new models came out, and those problems seemed to mostly disappear after the first or second firmware update.
Now I won't disagree with your argument that the posters here are a small minority of the people who have Optorite burners, but that also applies to any other manufacturer. Why is it that the people who buy Optorites have had so many problems while Pioneer owners haven't? None of us can make any more than an educated guess, and based on available evidence there's plenty to suggest that the problem is the hardware. That may not be the case, but aside from that how would you explain it?
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