On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 14:37:38 +0000, David Fletcher <fc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At 14:03 14/11/2006, you wrote: > > > >When you replace your drive, you may want to consider whether or not it > >can be reflashed under linux and whether there is alternate firmware > >that lets you change regions freely and/or disable macrovision. Updates > >for burners are common to provide the burner with information about new > >media (blanks) that were developed since the drive was first produced. > > Do you have any particular manufactureres/models in mind? I found there were two manufacturers that had models that could be flashed under linux. One was NEC (before they were bought merged or whatever with Sony) and I think the other was Plextor. I think one was made available by the cdrecord guy, and the other might have been from the manufacturer. Neither of the flashing tools was open source. I have been able to reflash my NEC 1300A under linux. That particular drive has issues burning CDs under FC, but is usable. But its a pretty old model now. I was also able to get 3rd party firmware for the NEC 1300A that allows the drive to change regions. Macrovision isn't an issue since it doesn't have direct video outputs.
