Sony DW-U10A DVD Writer
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Sony DW-U10A OEM:Sony Chipset:TI/Sony |
24xCDR ZCLV 10xCDRW CLV 4xDVD-R CLV 2xDVD-RW CLV 2.4xDVD+R CLV 2.4xDVD+RW CLV |
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$200 | 8.4/10 43 votes Read 63 comments (79627 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 Apple 8xDVD-R (MCC 02 RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Apple 8xDVD-R (MXL RG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BenQ 1xDVD-R (Auvistar....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 CD Technology 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CDV 1xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Fujifilm 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 2.4xDVD+RW (...........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 HQ 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Imation 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Infiniti 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Legacy 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MAXdisc 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Maxell 16xDVD-R (ProdiscF02..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Maxell 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MediaPro 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Philips 2.4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 6 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Princo 1xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Princo 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Promo-Media 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiDisc 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ritek 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sentinel 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 SmartDisc 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sonix 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 8xDVD-R (SONY08D1....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Spin-X 4xDVD-R (MBI 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 TDK 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Traxdata 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Traxdata 4xDVD-RW (RITEKW04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Vakoss 4xDVD-R (NANYA-JC001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Verbatim 16xDVD-R (MCC 03RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Zero Defex 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| bought from mesh,had trouble when i first intalled.it would write no problem but would not open any folders on a disc(you could see what was on the disc but could not open any programs etc.) the problem i found out was timing.the only way was to put it as primary master and the hard drive as secondry master.you only have to do this with certain motherboards etc. i got an asus 266 running 1200xp prossesor.works great now dvd movie factory 2 no problem studio 8 crashes some time (maybe me not sure) have burned every disc that i have put into it no problem datawrite classic -r o.k. data wirte dvd+r 2.4 o.k. fws -r (cheap from comp. fair) o.k. ricoh +rw o.k. ricoh +r o.k. dvdxcopy great Comments posted by crackerjack from Other, March 16, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Had mine for 1 week bought it from the local computer fair for £235 OEM version. using mero version 10. only problem i have found is that if i put in a dvd i wany to copy it will only let me select a write speed of 1x so now i select the speed then click burn then put in the original disc to copy. other than that had no problems bought 1 speed and 2 speed discs datawrite all worked fine no coasters but i dont copy on the fly.... Comments posted by garry357 from Other, March 14, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Had mine for 4 weeks now, steer clear of GOGO red lable's & Mirrors for general use, stick to DataWrite's & Infiniti white top's highly recommended, firmware 1.1c. Comments posted by Kenny Mac from Other, March 09, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| bought from mesh,very quick for some reason i can look at folders on disc but cannot open any files,it said "the procedure entry point interlockedexchange could not be located in the dynamic link libary kernal.32.dll.". i can write to datawrite classic -r and to a unbranded -r no problems yet i changed firmware to 500a to see if it would cure problem but it did not,i have now changed firmware back to u10 1.1c as mesh are collecting writer for an exchange i used dvdxcopy to back up dvd with datawrite 2.4x dvd+r worked o.k. Comments posted by mark from Other, March 07, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Excellent with 1.1c firmware upgrade. Used 2X and 4X Ritek purple dvd's. Comments posted by Alex from Other, March 05, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Hi Purchased this drive from Mesh (UK), updated the firmware to 1.1c, no problems. Excellent drive and so far works with Trax Data+RW and Data write yellow tops. Ripped couple of movies and burn't with no probs. Comes with power DVD and Nero. Comments posted by Sibs from Other, March 04, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| REf last post,problems with nero not completing, installed version 5.5.17, which is an older version of what i was using to burn now burnings spot on.. media used datasafe media DVD-R Datawrite Classic DVD-R No problems with media so far Comments posted by Ducker from Other, February 23, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Had this drive for 2 weeks now. Spent the first week trying to burn Memorex DVD-RW. Had nothing but problems would never complete the burn or even erase using Nero or RecordNowMax. No problem with the following media TraxData DVD+RW Bulkpaq DVD-R 2x DataSafe DVD-R 1x Use DVD Workshop 1.3 to author got to try DVD2ONE Comments posted by Boolean from Other, February 18, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| bought from bigpockets £270,wanted sony dru 500 but couldn,t get one. also have problem doesn,t finalise when burning complete 100%,keeps on going, stop process, dvd works fine, tried primo prassi wouldn,t recognise writer, i,m using nero 5.5.10.7, quite a few coasters but i,m learning Paid over the odds judging by the other prices (serves me right for not looking elsewhere) overall this drives spot on apart from the minor hiccups with Nero, hopefully I,ll get that sorted... Comments posted by Ducker from Other, February 17, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Ordered from Mesh as recommended. Great Drive £210.33 delivered... OS : Windows 98se Software Used: Nero: v5.5.9.14. - when writing a dvd, on the fly or HD-DVD, the process would finish, finalise etc, but no 'Complete' message....it just kept going...stop the process....played fine. Updraded from Nero.com to v5.10.7 - Problem Fixed DVDxCopy : v1.41. Excellent software. No Problems at all. Does what it's supposed to do. Firmware: Latest firmware. Already flashed. No Probs YET! Media: Bulk Paq Gen4 2x Max. (not bad @ 70p a disc) Superior Gen4 2x max. (FAB @ 90p a disc) Overall: This writer is probably the best for value and performance i've seen, even though i'm a Newbie. I have tested on DVD-R Only at 1x, 2x. Yet to try 4x due to a huge media shortage. No writing problems, very smooth. I think Sony should get a pat on the back for this one. Comments posted by steve from Other, February 16, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I got this DVD writer mainly because i couldn't get the Sony DRU500a for love nor money. But im glad i did, so far ive burned 10 CD-Rs at 16x to 24x. I got this writer as an OEM drive, I downloaded Nero and had to update it to the latest one as it didn't support my drive. On burning some songs it crashed, saying that it had a buffer underrun - which i though was standard on the drive. So, i tried Easy CD Creator - which worked brilliantly. Im awaiting DVD-Rs so ill let you know the results i get from it. Definately a great drive! John Comments posted by John Mason from Other, February 16, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| have just got this drive never been able to get on with nero and dvd burning prassi does not surport it unfortunatly but stomp record now does only draw back is the gi read speed of just x2 very slow compared to prassi x18! but so far works well on most disks i have tried hopfully sony will get there act together and up date a px engine for prassi. Comments posted by terry from Other, February 14, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Excellent writer, comes with Nero 5.5.9.14 and Power DVD XP. Had some problems with the DVD templates to start with. No problems now using the DVD Video. Burned 5 dvd's so far using Bulkpaq DVD-R and -RW media. Mesh Computers selling it for £205 including VAT & Delivery. I have not upgraded the firmware, no need it works. Comments posted by d bisset from Other, February 11, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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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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