According to the article, Pioneer used only a modified firmware to achieve the dual-layer burning with no needs to modify the hardware itself at all. But only time will tell whether the company actually decides that it is such a great idea to allow consumers to upgrade their drives to dual-layer by simply switching the firmware and not buying a new drive..
Source: AV Watch (through the Fish)
Written by: Petteri Pyyny @ 12 Jan 2004 15:42