Cdfreaks.com reports that the guys over @ The firmware-flash.com forum have released a firmware that allows the Pioneer 103/A03 DVD-R drive to write Ritek DVD-R discs at 2 speed.

Okay, today I succefully test Ritek @ 2x on A03/103 drive, and... works perfectly. Of course, I have hacked my v1.68 (RPC-1) firmware in order to do this one possible.

I burned a DVD-Video with 4436MB in 28:45 (mm:ss) using Nero 5.5.9.9.

Hacked Pioneer 103/A03 Firmware Allows Faster Writing