Confirmed not working with an Xbox. My lead-in rings are normal size, but the Xbox does not recognize the disc. Other devices read them fine. Details below:
Xbox DVD Drive --> Samsung
Firmware tested --> 1.01, 1.05, 1.09
Media --> Ritek G04 DVD-R, Ritek G05 DVD-R
NewEgg will be getting this drive back and I guess I'll find another brand to be loyal to. My 106 never failed (until this past week) on over 500 DVDs burnt. I'm very disappointed.
Dude, you got a drive that hasn't been shipping for 30 days. Now I agree, a drive should work 100% out of the box, but my guess is a firmware update will solve the problems.
However, this is how Sony used to ship their drive (i.e. couldn't work right out of the box) and I do expect more out of Pioneer.
As for returning it, by the time a firmware update is out it may be to late to return the drive, and it could still be a hardware issue...so, I agree I would return the drive as well. You can see in this post:
I was about to buy that drive, but was chefelf convinced me to wait for a couple months after there would probably be a firmware update or two and an ample supply of DL DVD-Rs. <