I just received my tr1/b that I purchased on ebay last week….  works like a charm. mint condition.

BUT I knew before I bought it that just before its warranty expired (it is just over a year old) the owner returned it under warranty to get a minor keyboard problem fixed and as he had reported the dvd/cdrw had stuck once or twice they also swapped out that unit.

The end result is that I do NOT have a Matshita UJDA745 or UJDA755 in my tr1/b…  I have a Sony CRX950E!

The specs appear to show that the read/write speeds are identical to the original UJDA745 (8/4/24/8) but is this really a different unit or is the CRX950E a rebadged Matshita or did the Japanese tr1/b units ship with CRX950E?

My question now is…. given I have this non-standard drive does this have implications for a possible upgrade to a DVD+/-RW unit?  Will it have a non standard bezel too?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Michael

there’s no DVD+RW upgrade for the tr…just the -RW. the big question will be the bezels.. go to circuitcity or bestbuy and check out the bezel on their tr to verify before you decide to do the mod.. you can order the bezel. the part number for the tr1a/ap bezel is x-46250895-2 ASSY (BEZE:) (OPT) (M) ..don’t know if its the same for all tr’s ..hope this helps..

Looks like this WAS standard issue in the Japanese model…. but the question still remains about the fitting/bezel.

Living in the UK circuitcity/bestbuy are not options but I do get to the USA once a year or so .....

Given the Sony (non-Matshita) DVD/CDRW unit I was wondering if any other laptop DVD+/-RW unit might fit…. Are you saying that no laptop has a lightweight DVD+RW currently or just that the Sony unit supplied in the TR5 is only DVD-RW?

Michael

it might..then again it might not.. there’s only one way to find out..  the dvd-rw supplied with the TR3/TR5 is only DVD-RW. where they are the same exact drive or if the bezels are interchange able..i’m not positive. DVD+RW may exist on laptops but its not as common as -RW..

the DVD+-R Drive will release soon~~
That’s called UJ-822
TR1 can upgrade all Panasonic’s drives with the new bezel

that’s great news! more $$$ out of my pocket..sigh :?

Na…+ is useless…- is much more widely used in set-top machines.

Erik

i use dvd’s mostly for storage purposes.. sometimes i notice the price of +R/+RW being alot cheaper than the -R/-RW(perhaps less demand than the -R/RW?) ...then again it all depends on if the price of the upgrade..if its worth the savings..

[quote author=“mikkitobi”]I just received my tr1/b that I purchased on ebay last week….  works like a charm. mint condition.

BUT I knew before I bought it that just before its warranty expired (it is just over a year old) the owner returned it under warranty to get a minor keyboard problem fixed and as he had reported the dvd/cdrw had stuck once or twice they also swapped out that unit.

The end result is that I do NOT have a Matshita UJDA745 or UJDA755 in my tr1/b…  I have a Sony CRX950E!

The specs appear to show that the read/write speeds are identical to the original UJDA745 (8/4/24/8) but is this really a different unit or is the CRX950E a rebadged Matshita or did the Japanese tr1/b units ship with CRX950E?

My question now is…. given I have this non-standard drive does this have implications for a possible upgrade to a DVD+/-RW unit?  Will it have a non standard bezel too?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Michael

The first TR uses Sony dirve… That’s true!
each TR can upgrade to DVD+-R Unite with standard bezel….

you said that like 10 times already on different threads..

Though i answered 10 times…
still someone doesn’t konw,right?