Is It Always Necessary To Update Burner Firmware?

[Diolacles]

I just bought a new burner and checked the Firmware Page. The version on my burner is one below the most current one. I'm from the "If It Ain't Broke - Don't Fix It" school of thought. Is it always necessary to upgrade to the latest?

[NightTran]

if the current firmware work with your stock media then I would not touch it

[Chewy]

most times burners ship with firmware that isn't mature, I usually have the newest downloaded and ready to flash when my drive arrives, there are a few exceptions but later firmware mostly improves the burns and media support.

if your drive shipped with the 3rd, 4th or 5th firmware then I would leave it alone

[durkinjt]

Chewy, what do you mean by 3-5 firmware?

[Chewy]

here's an example, this drive when released had issues with dvd-r, liteon just
got it right after several updates

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2175

there are 7 firmwares listed

my benq did a good job with the 1st firmware, but I still have upgraded it twice

http://forum.rpc1.org/dl_firmware.php?download_id=2223

[MikeyBK]

Sometimes, on occasion, the newest firmware isn't necessarily the best. A good example is the BenQ 1655. I had to revert backwards to an earlier firmware (BCDB) because the newer ones had bugs and issues. But I also did as Chewy did when I got my NEC 3550, I had the 1Y6 firmware ready and installed as soon as I installed the NEC, for bitsetting purposes mostly, but the firmware was good.

I also have a Sony DRU-810 that I have no intentions of updating the firmware for because it is a 'Beast' of a reader and I'd be a fool if I changed it for the sake of being up to date. No reasons to for this Sony.