Jan 13th 2005

This website has been developed as a source of information for the Pioneer 109 DVD writer.

The drive was lauched by Pioneer in January 2005 and on this website we will help you to get information about it's specification, what it does well, what it doesn't do well and what media and software it performs best with.


As more of our users buy Pioneer 109 drives we will be able to bring you genuine feedback from real users about how the drive performs with different makes and speeds of media, different software, different firmware (including unofficial firmware) and how the discs made by the 109 perform in different DVD players.

We'll bring you all the information that Pioneer 109 users will need to get the best out of their drive and avoid wasting time and money with media/software/ firmware that doesn't work!

The 109 News starts here:

Pioneer Europe press release to announce the launch of the 109.

The differences between the 109 and the 108.

New high Res images of the 109. Black - Beige.

Pioneer 109 spec sheet (pdf).

Pioneer 109 UK release on Friday 27th Jan 2005.
Stock arriving at UK webstores and shops 1 or 2 days later. Launch price at SVP £53.99

Jan 27th 2005
Firmware 1.09 released.

Feb 17th 2005
Firmware 1.17 released.

March 18th 2005
Firmware 1.4 released

May 24th 2005
Firmware 1.5 released