About the media from CD-Recordable.com

Have you guys done the math on the 2x recording using your A03's??? I've seen in other posts and my personal experience that the A03 will only burn the Pioneer and Apple disks at 2x (unless there's been a firmware hack since I last checked). The burning programs will say 2x, but if you do the math it takes as long as burning at 1x. Apparently there's a check to see if it's a Pioneer or Apple (rebranded pioneer), and if it's not, then it's 1x only. Regards, Roveer

My 1X always burns in about 50-60mins. and my 2X always burns in about 20-30mins. From what I've read, it seems the A04/104 drives burn a LOT more media at 2X than the A03/103 drives do.

I've had good luck with these discs. But I still only write at 1x on my A03, even on the latest shipment. Current firmware, etc. I sent an EMail to cd-recordable asking if they sent me old blanks -- they responded that they had not. My drive is a pretty old A03 - that might explain it. Is everyone who is using the 104 getting 2x on these?

The A04/104 drives are 2X compatible with a wider range of media...

I finally called cd-recordable to find out about the 2x vs 1x, since they never returned any of my e-mail. I spoke with Les and told him that I am now getting 2x on the discs vs 1x previously. He indicated that he was not aware of any changes to the media since my batch in February but that some people were now getting true 2x on the discs while others were not. Couldn't explain it except to say they were looking into it. I ordered some more so we'll see if these also do 2x. Using Prassi with Engine Update Pioneer A03- No 1.80 Firmware Upgrade, Firewire Only had 1 bad disc so far from them out of 50.