Pioneer intros DVR-2920Q and DVR-X162Q Qflix-enabled DVD burners

Ah, Qflix. That snazzy burn technology that enables users to toast CinemaNow flicks onto specially-keyed blank DVD media for playback in your DVD player. For the eight people out there that still find this appealing, Pioneer is looking to compete with a handful of rivals by introducing the internal DVR-2920Q and external DVR-X162Q DVD / CD writers, both of which are Qflix-enabled. Each drive is also bundled with Roxio Venue software to facilitate the whole download-to-DVD process, and the Roxio CinePlayer will allow you to play back the resulting disc right on your PC (should you so choose). Mum's the word on a price / release date, but the pair ought to be hitting soon enough.

[Ethan @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:01AM]

What a waste of development resources!

[Precurse @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:03AM]

Geeze, any more symbols on the front of that drive and I'd think it's a big billboard

[computer.dude.28 @ Oct 22nd 2008 6:16PM]

I think we could cram a few more on with lightscribe, Blu-Ray, and of course, HD-DVD.

[Andy TGD @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:25AM]

I'm not sure whether I'm an isolated case or not, but I've had nothing but trouble with Pioneer drives. The video firm, which I work for, has been forced to replace a lot of faulty Pioneer drives. All of which failed or had issues burning and reading discs. Switched to LG drives recently and (touch wood) haven't had any problems since. So, I don't think I'll be looking forward to this one thanks.

[Rob @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:39AM]

Well, when you burn hundreds of disc a day, you can expect the drives to suffer. Just kidding.
My first cd burner was an Asus, or Acer, and it was nothing but coasters. A couple of years later bought a Pioneer DVD-R burner and it has worked well. I'm still using it to this day. I'm using Samsungs now and they work well too.

[iEye @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:27AM]

Yes, another DRM format thrown into the hay stack...

AND you have to buy a special black DVD? F-in useless..

[Precurse @ Oct 22nd 2008 10:32AM]

Eventually it's how everything will be. You'll no longer need to go to a video store to rent movies or games. You preview, download and burn all in the comfort of your own home. This gives little overhead costs to movie stores because there is no rent, no retail employees - simply bandwidth and storage. The only thing they would be missing out on is selling the popcorn at the front desk.... Or can you print that off your inkjet now? Blockbuster and Rogers Video will be the drive in movie theaters of yesterday.

[Xenoterranos @ Oct 22nd 2008 11:19AM]

Sure, except that they can do all that now with regular DVD's...they just choose not to.

[indiecognition @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:29PM]

Or for < $30 you can just get a Philips DVD player with DivX decoding, so you can use your existing DVD burner to record movies downloaded via BitTorrent (legally, of course;) or "backed up" from DVD on a program such as Imtoo's DVD MPEG converters. The less compatibility hurdles, the better. DRM-free music is proof that people don't like to buy their content if it's too locked-up.

[Chad @ Oct 22nd 2008 1:36PM]

LOL, There were only 8 comments when I clicked to read. Though it was the 8 people expressing their dying interest in it. =)

[phanbouy @ Oct 22nd 2008 3:35PM]

what's a dying interest?

[tekdroid @ Oct 22nd 2008 7:56PM]

Oh dear. Pretty shocking to see this plastered on a DVD burner, especially from Pioneer. I'm guessing there is some big bucks involved somewhere. Management, as usual, clueless.

[RIFRAF @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:13PM]

The only thing missing is HD-DVD, and Beta-Max.... Eesh.

[RIFRAF @ Oct 23rd 2008 7:13PM]

The only thing missing is HD-DVD, and Beta-Max.... Eesh.