Pioneer DVD-104S IDE DVD ROM - Page 5

Test Method
I used DVD Speed 99 v0.1 to run DVD tests (DMA On). All tests done at least 3 times ,took worst results, with same DVD - used "The X-Files : Fight the Future" DVD (Region 1 - Dual Side - 7.24GB sized) Movie.

DVD Speed results: (Speed : Bigger is better,  Seek Times : less is better, CPU Usage : less is better)

Movie Tests:
We tested Pioneer DVD-104S with many DVDs and our total impression is pretty good. When playing DVD movies average CPU Usage is 60% using Power DVD v2.5. The Region free firmware we used worked ok and we were able to change regions with DVD Genie for Power DVD and other software players.

DVD Tests Verdict:
Pioneer's DVD-104S DVD capabilities are very good. After played several movies with it (and Power DVD 2.5) we were very pleased from it's performance and picture quality. CPU Usage when playing with DVDs was 60% (Win98SE) which is average since other past Pioneers 6x DVD Rom model reached 100%. If you have a CPU less than PII300 consider taking an Mpeg2 hardware decoder for playing DVD titles else you might face problems.