DVR-216D High Speed Dual Format Drive with SATA Interface (2008 Model, Beige)

Make it Quiet !

Most operational noise is generated from the air flow when the disc spins within the drive.
The disc tray structure has been redesigned to control the flow of air and smooth its circulation within the drive.
Several tunnel-like air intakes and ducts are placed around the disc tray to realize smoother air flow. The drive's insides have been smoothed, so as not to hinder air flow that can cause noise. Attention to such details allows for the drive's operational noise to be greatly reduced.

Keep it Quiet !

But even with attention to such detail, the disc spinning within the drive will create air flow noise.
There are 3 areas from which air flow noise escapes from the drive’s front (Above, below, and from the bottom).
The interlocking/overlapping design works like sound barrier to trap air flow noise.

As a result, the drive is 3-5dB quieter than our previous model and other competitors.

Auto Quiet Intelligent Operation

The drive monitors how it is being used and will adjust its disc rotation speed automatically, meaning it will spin slowly/quietly for audio & movie playback, and quickly for data transfers.

Newly-designed mechanism keeps dust outside.

Dust Protection

The sound barrier design that traps noise inside also works as a barrier to keep dust outside. With the newly-developed mechanism, the drive has achieved approximately four times superior dust durability over previous models.
Placed under the same conditions, our DVD writer outlasted the competition by five fold, making drive failure due to dust practically a non issue.

Particle level≒600cpm
Continuous write/read of media (JVC DVD-RW2-6x)
1cycle= 4x write,8x read
PASS/FAIL criteria : Disc write/read with no errors
Discrepancy in FAIL time is due to what point on the disc it became unreadable.

Pioneer's exclusive performance-enhancing features allow for high quality recording characteristics.
Liquid Crystal Tilt/Blur Compensator provides accurate, reliable READ/WRITE performance with a variety of disc characteristics using its three capabilities.

TILT COMPENSATOR

If the disc is warped or its thickness is uneven, it cannot form a precise beam spot, preventing accurate writing. With Tilt Compensator it forms a beam spot that is uniform on both sides, achieving accurate writing.

THICKNESS COMPENSATOR

Standard optical pickups optimize writing to single layer discs, therefore it causes spherical aberrations when attempting to write double layer discs. The Liquid Crystal Compensator makes it possible to focus light to a pinpoint regardless of the disc's single or double layer structure, avoiding spherical aberration, allowing for accurate writing.

BLUR COMPENSATOR

Corrects other issues which cause misalignments of the beam spot. The Liquid Crystal compensator is an ideal solution for irregularly curved, thin/thick and double layer discs.

Disc Vibrant Resonance Stabilizer dedicates for precision writing in high-speed environment.

High-speed disc rotation causes disc warping due to disc resonant vibration, which results in unstable writing quality especially at the outer edge of a disc. With the newly-designed top chassis, air flow caused by the high-speed rotation is utilized to press the disc surface, which prevents three types of resonant vibrations and stablizes the high-speed writing and reading.

Write Quality over Write Speed

Based on the selected media's various parameters, the drive will intelligently set the "best write speed" for the specified media. This feature is geared for users who want write quality over speed and prioritizes drive operation towards so when the feature is turned on.

Write Quality over Write Speed

Our continuing engineering principle is to allow for best-in-class performance over a wide range of media. Unlike our competitors who limit their support to select media, our drives achieve over 16x speed writing over a large variety of DVD media.
Please refer to the supported media list for the latest information.

Eco Bezel

We are stepping forward by employing the botanical materials with higher percentage from our previous drive models. The entire front panel is made of botanical-based plastic materials considering environmental factors.

For easier material recycling

Injection moulding of hot plastic materials is a conventional production method widely used in the industry. Though, this production method has its own disadvantages from the aspect of material recycling because the plastic and metal parts of the final product become unified which makes it harder to dismantle and separate the parts during the recycling process. We have employed more environmentally-friendly production methods by paying attention to easier material removal. Light-weight drive designs and easier recycling methods produce less impact on our environment.