Sony DRU-830A DVD Writer
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Sony DRU-830A OEM:Toshiba-Samsung Chipset:Mediatek |
48xCDR CAV 32xCDRW ZCLV 18xDVD-R CAV 6xDVD-RW ZCLV 8xDVD-RDL ZCLV 18xDVD+R CAV 8xDVD+RW ZCLV 8xDVD+RDL ZCLV 12xDVD-RAM PCAV |
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$65 | 8.3/10 4 votes Read 4 comments (24493 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 Elgin 8xDVD+R (RICOHJPND01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Maxell 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 16xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| This is my 3rd Sony writer. I have a DRU-530A and a CRX-145E. It has perfomed flawlessly. They included Nero 7 which was a big improvement over the flaky software included with the DRU-530. Comments posted by Pamela from United States, June 18, 2007. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Sony DVD Writers have always performed very well for me; this is my third, having previously owned the DRU-810A and DRU-820A burners. The DRU-820A gave up the ghost after approximately 500 burns. The DRU-830A has flawlessly burned all of my current media (Ritek G01, F01's, TDK, Maxell, etc.) single and double layer discs, -R, +R, +RW. I haven't seen 18x 4.7GB media at local stores yet, so I can't verify this writing speed; nor have I tried anything faster than 2.4x DL media. In any case, of the ~40 discs I've burned so far, both single and double layer, all have burned and performed without a problem. CD burning is very fast and reliable as well. Having used Sony burners for the past several years, I can recall perhaps only one or two coasters. If the DRU-830A prooves to be anything like its predecessors, it should perform superbly for quite some time. I'm very happy with it. Comments posted by Tom Lewandowski from United States, June 09, 2007. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| I had very problems with this model. It has few discs add in firmware. Look what happened: This drive recognize ELGIN DVD+R DL 8X (LO 1106-R) how 30GB free space!, i did try to record but happened error when starting recording the second layer. Midia losted. Play only first layer (4,7GB). - First, when i installed the drive in PC, the work well, but one day after the record was very, very low, 1 hour to record 1 DVD 4,7GB. I discovered witch the DMA turn to off alone. I did changes in bios setup, windows drive and nothing. It still low. I removed and put my old LG and windows turn to on DMA, i removed LG and put Sony again, so, windows stay DMA on (strange). - In ELGIN CD-RW, when write CD-RW, it not recognizes ELGIN CD-RW 12x (IF12X80 AG41..) with 12x, it recognizes how to 10x, the record results only open in some drives, others the read quality is bad or not read. My old LG when record, the disc open in old drives. - Problems with OPTODIGITAL DVD-RW 4X (OTC-W84083N0 W004), many litle hole appeared, well, i´m investigating. Is it possible the laser burn the disc layer and open hole?!. Its happen too in DVD+RW sony 4X VER. 1.2 (K3-0017) - So, at last, the record very well the ELGIN DVD+R (M33-8067, EE02 AN060712 0306 S81D6) - ufff Comments posted by Italo Valerio from Brazil, June 02, 2007. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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| Using OEM SS23 firmware, burned at 8x on Taiyo Yuden TYG02 (8x) DVD-r with no errors, nero cd-dvd speed showed max read 12x, average read 9x. Early days but no problem so far. Comments posted by Brad from United States, December 30, 2006. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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Column Explanation:  Click on this for
more technical information.New comments= New comments since your last visit. New Writer = New DVD Writer since your last vist. OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer. Chipset The manufacturer of the main chipset the DVD writer/recorder is based on. Write support / Read support DVD-R = Works DVD-R? = Not tested Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds 1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes 2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes 2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes 4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes 6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes 8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes 12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes 16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds 1x CLV = about 105 minutes 2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes 4x CLV = about 27 minutes Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds 1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes 6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes 8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes 12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes 16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes DVD Write types CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed. CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed. ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased. PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore. Connection Desktop = Standalone desktop DVD Recorder EIDE = Computer DVD Writer with EIDE/IDE connection SCSI = Computer DVD Writer with SCSI connection USB = Computer desktop DVD Writer with USB 2.0 or/and 1.1 connection FireWire = Computer desktop DVD Writer with IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.Link connection (some standalone desktop dvd recorder supports this also but then it is usually to connect your DV camera to the recorder) Rating The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating. The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating. |
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