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Originally Posted by Winkle
The maps are not up to date on release & despite continued requests to BMW they do not contain a Speed Camera database - unlike the TomTom & Garmin sytems.
"Counterfeit" disks are as good as the originals in my experience over several disks that have been created with UK & European Speed Camera databases added & tested by myself. Don't mislead the BMW community...................  |
I agree with you that the subscription costs, update frequency, data content for our BMW disks are frustrating. BMW co-creates the disks with Navteq by specifying what database extras they want added or removed, etc.
However, I strongly disagree that a copy is equal to an original. All you have to do is a few quick searches to find dozens of posts on this and other forums about problems people are having with copies. I am a computer expert, and I have pulled all the tricks to make copies with all kinds of different parameters. My MKIV is totally consistent with performance that others are seeing-- it is far more stable when reading an authentic disk than reading a copy. My MKIV is stable enough with a copy, but it is far from perfect. Maybe the tolerances of the MKIV lasers are just on the edge of the specifications, so it will read a production DVD just fine, but copies with their slightly different behaviours give the MKIV trouble.
I am very passionate about the BMW community, and I am not misleading our community in any way by pointing out the fact that DVD copies are at the root of many MKIV stability problems. That is the fact. To the contrary, we would all be misleading the community if we did not point out that DVD copies can be problematic. Maybe the problems are localized to the way that an individual made the copy; however, I have seen enough examples of copies made by some very smart people that do not work well 100% of the time, and that points to a general compatibility problem. You have had good success with your computer and your MKIV drive, but that is not universal.