steadybootleggin Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 gonna put together a hackintosh ( a 2nd ) and i'm gonna go with a 945 chipset.....i've got all my parts eyed up 'cept for the dvd burner... the wiki doesn't seem to be updated..can anyone recommend a 100% compatible dvd burner.... my gut says pioneer cuz i think they are in regular macs, but i'd like to be sure .... thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Headrush69 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 If you're talking IDE pretty much everything should work. I've used LG, Sony, Optiarc, LiteOn, Pioneer all with no problems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadybootleggin Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 thank you! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 While pretty much any brand will work if you use PatchBurn, the BEST ones to get are some of the Pioneer DVR-111D series (or earlier models in the series), as they are exactly the same drives as are used in MacPros as Superdrives, and are therefore natively supported without any patches. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hi BlueDragon: I'm using a Benq DW1650 on my OSx86 Machine and I've never been able to burn DVD's under Mac OS X. I'm running Myzar 10.4.6 and PatchBurn software. I can burn CD-ROM's and read DVD's fine on Mac OS X. Of course, I can read and write DVD's fine with Windows XP SP2 on the same machine. Any suggestions? --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452602 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hi BlueDragon: I'm using a Benq DW1650 on my OSx86 Machine and I've never been able to burn DVD's under Mac OS X. I'm running Myzar 10.4.6 and PatchBurn software. I can burn CD-ROM's and read DVD's fine on Mac OS X. Of course, I can read and write DVD's fine with Windows XP SP2 on the same machine. Any suggestions? --danyel I don't know what might be wrong there, as I used to have the same drive in an external case with my Mac mini, and it worked perfectly after using PatchBurn. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452618 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyel Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 Hi BlueDragon: Was there any special settings you had to use in PatchBurn for the Benq Drive? --danyel Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-452674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skitals Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I have a benq dw1650... seems to work fine and I've never even heard of this PatchBurn. I haven't tested it extensively, but I just burnt a dual layer dvd yesterday (xbox 360 game using iburn360). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-453039 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadybootleggin Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 that sounds encouraging.... gonna go with pioneer 112d... hope it works Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-453326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steveuk Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 Hi im using a Freecom Dvd+/-RW20J8 seems to work ok cheap too Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-453331 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwolfera Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I have a pioneer and my about this mac stuff shows that it is apple shipped and supported. just my 2 cents. JR Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-453372 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greasy Breakfast Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 I have a pioneer SATA, and it intermittently vanishes from my profile and wont recognize any discs.... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-453436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
razor1394 Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 I have a Pioneer DVR-215DBK and it won't work with Finder/Disk utility, Iburn360 and osx360. It seems to write some bytes but then it throws an error. The drive works perfectly under linux. Any ideas? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/63900-best-internal-dual-layer-dvd-burner-for-osx86/#findComment-770859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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