Sony DRU-510A DVD Writer
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Sony DRU-510A OEM:Sony Chipset:TI/Sony |
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read the comments): 2 01ne 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 3t PRO 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD01........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Apple 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Arita 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Arita 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 AVB 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BeAll 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BenQ 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD+R (IS01....001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 CompUSA 2.4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 CompUSA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Cyclone 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datamart 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datawrite Classic 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite Classic Red 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite Red (V2) 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datawrite Red (V3) 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Digital Matrix 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 DVDPro 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 E3Works 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 EMTEC 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 eProformance (epro) 2.4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fortis 4xDVD-R (ONIDTECH....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Fujifilm 2xDVD-RW (MCC 01RW11n9) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Fujifilm 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Fujifilm 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Fujifilm 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 GQ (Great Quality) 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD+R (LD......S03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 8xDVD-R (MUST 003....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Hi Space 2.4xDVD+R (MPOMEDIA001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HQ 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Imation 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation SoHot 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Infiniti 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 IOTA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Laser 4xDVD-R (AML.........) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Laser 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Laser 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Laser 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Lead Data 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Legacy 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 LG 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 LG 1xDVD-R (LGE.........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 LG 4xDVD-R (LGE04.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Liquid Video 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 MAM-E 2xDVD-R (MCIG01......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Matrix 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (Yi Jhan 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Maxell 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Maxell 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Medianca 4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOR4) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Melody 4xDVD-R (GSC002......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 16 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 11 good, 2 mixed, 3 poor. 2 Memorex 1xDVD-R (CMC MAG. CO.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (INFODISCA01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (ProdiscDVDRW) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Memorex 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 4 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 9 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 9 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (RITEK000V11A) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 2xDVD-R (TAIYOYUDEN..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Mirror Platinum 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mirror Platinum 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MMore 1xDVD-R (EuroDig-Disc) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mr. DVD 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Nashua 2.4xDVD+R (SKYMEDIAR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Network 2xDVD-R (MCIG01......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Optodisc 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Optodisc 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Optodisc 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Optodisc 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Packard Bell 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PC Club Generic 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Philips 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 3 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Pioneer DVS-R47A 2xDVD-R (PVC001001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Playo 8xDVD-R (UME01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Precisa 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Premium 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Primeon 4xDVD-R (VDSP.SAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Princo 1xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Princo 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 7 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 5 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Prodisc 8xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ricoh 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 8xDVD+R (RITEK...R03) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 RiData 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiDisc 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 RiDisc 4xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 11 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 10 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Ritek 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Samsung (Pleomax) 4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOR4) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Samsung (Pleomax) 8xDVD-R (OPTODISCR008) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Shintaro 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Shintaro 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 SKC 1xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 SKC 4xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sky 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sonic 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Sonic 2xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sonic 4xDVD-R (Yi Jhan 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Sony 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 4xDVD+RW (SONY....S11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 StarLogic 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Sunstar 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Supermedia 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Swisstec 4xDVD+R (POMSA0010R.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Taiyo Yuden 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 2 TDK ScratchProof / Armor Plated 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Teon 8xDVD+R (MCC.....003) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TopStar 4xDVD-R (POSG04......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Traxdata 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TX (Think Xtra) 2xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim 16xDVD-R (MCC 03RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Verbatim (DataLife) 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Verbatim (DataLife) 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 8xDVD-R (MCC 02RG20) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+R (MCC.....001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+RW (MCC.....A01) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim DigitalMovie 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Vivastar 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 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| I've had this drive for a little less than a week, and so far I am loving it. Installation was a breeze, just swapped out my old DVD-rom drive and stuck this one in it's place, and everything worked like a charm (WinXP Pro). One minute later I was recording at 4x to a Fuji DVD-R, which played flawlessly on my Toshiba SD1600 player. I have recored twice more and it has worked great. The several CD-Rs I've burnt with it have worked great too. The only disapointing thing is the DVD rip speed (2X), I had to put my old DVD-rom back in just for ripping. Comments posted by n from Other, September 22, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I bought the drive, new, at a swap-meet. it installed ok and can read discs... but... I found that after installing the software, my hard drive crashed very badly. not even safe-mode worked. I was able to recover lost data and reformat and re-load win98se [xp won't work on my mother board [abit bx-133 raid]. I installed the software again and got a repeat performance from my hard drive. yes it's possible I have a bad drive but I tested it and it seemes to be ok. so I read here that someone got it going without the actual sony software... ok, I loaded up nero 5.5 but the drive isn't recognised as a dvd unit by the software. I tried erasing a dvd-rw but it wouldn't go. I'm sure somehow I'll get this thing going, but so far... it's a good *reader*. Comments posted by peter sims from Other, September 19, 2003. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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| I bought the DRU-510A and it burns OK but it cannot read what it burns. I took back the first unit and got a replacement. The second unit has the same problem. When the drive is set for DMA mode, it cannot even read the S/W DVD shipped with the drive. When I set it to PIO mode, it will read the S/W DVD, but DVD movie playback is garbled (not as bad as DMA mode, but you won't want to watch the movie). I am runing Windows XP Pro. Comments posted by Bob from Other, September 18, 2003. Rated this writer 3 of 10. |
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| I also purchased DW-U14A and installed in my machine. Everything looks fine (I still did not have chance to burn a DVD yet) except DVD-ROM read speed is only 2X (using Nero Info Tool). DVD Decripter also shows the ripping speed is no more than 2X compared by Lite-On DVD-ROM drive's 8X. Anyone has same problem? Firmware is 1.0c which is the latest. Also notice that DW-U14A has different face plate than DRU-510A (looks much urglier and the tray shakes while ejecting). Comments posted by darkangellas from Other, September 18, 2003. Rated this writer 2 of 10. |
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| I just purchased a Sony DWU-14A (OEM) for $188. I used my Haupaugge 250 card for recording live television and then used Movie Factory DVD SE 2 for authoring and burning. The process worked flawlessly on my DVD+RW Fuji DVD's. I even had no problem playing the DVD in my Mintek 1600. I will test more later. Comments posted by SteelersFan from Other, September 16, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| I am not happy with this burner I have tried two differnt brands at 4 speed and only get coasters the drive stops a 4 speed after one minute,the same discs will burn a 4 speed in a Pioneer A06. Cd spped is supposed to be 24 but only burn at 12 speed on cds that burn at 40 spped on a Lite On burner. I would not recommend this burner and it is not worth the extra price you pay for it. This drive was made in August in Malaysia and has the latest firmware. Comments posted by steve from Other, September 15, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I bought this Sony DVD Writer after my old Pioneer A05 bite the dust after almost year of heavy use ( I burned a lot of DVDs, the symptom with A05 was that it became very choosie on the media it would use and would only burn Pioneer, Verbatim and Ritek dark purple media), I therefore went out bought the Sony DVD writer and so far the burner have burned almost twelve discs and spit out two discs, the result of each burns is OK but what I don't like Sony is its ripping speed, the drive have an advertised DVD reading speed of 12x but it would only rip DVDs at 2x which is much slower than the older A05, the disc drawer does not open and close as quitely as the old Pioneer. I am hoping Sony can update their firmware to increase the ripping speed in the meantime I am using my DVD-ROM to do the reading work. Comments posted by John Liang from Other, September 14, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| After several days research I purchased from from the States (I live in Ireland). Set up was easy, once I'd figured out where to put it in my DELL (I'm no techie) and Windows XP recognised it straight away. Upgraded the firmware to 1.0c via the Sony website : http://tinyurl.com/mvag and off we went. Using Nero 6.0.15 for imaging and burning and to date I've only had a problem with 2 DVD-R discs which refused to burn correctly. Other than that I'm burning discs in around 20 mins from images on my hard drive and no problems to report. Not tried any 4x media as yet but it works happily enough burning at 2.4x speed on my DVD+RW discs and 2x on my DVD-R discs. My set top DVD player, a Toshiba SD185, refuses to play +R media so I won't be burning those! Comments posted by Mark S. from Other, September 10, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| I bought this drive (OEM version of the DRU-500A) a few weeks ago, and have stuck to discs with Ritek dyes as that is what was recommended to me. No problems at all. I did not need to install any software at all (win2000); all I did was swap my old DVD-ROM for this drive, and windows took care of the rest. Burns faster than I thought it might, a full DVD film from a DVD burns in 20 minutes or so (2x) :) Comments posted by Chris from Other, September 09, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| had this for around 4 months now I get power calibtation errors,and loads of others. wont burn brands od dvdr that it did months ago and hates princo branded 4x dvdrs Its going back to sony Comments posted by gabbytwin from Other, September 08, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| Bought the Sony DRU510A in Dubai manufactured in Malaysia in 12 Aug 2003. The software CD just wouldnt play to set up the Drive. Used another to set up but wouldnt set up power DVD...Just wondering this drive cant read its own setup CD!! Yet to burn DVD but CD-R was just very fast..Ravi, Muscat, Oman Comments posted by Ravi from Other, September 07, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| I bought this unit less than 30days ago. I have already made well over 100 different movies with only 2 coasters, and they were due to software error. I prefer the Memorex, and compusa dvd-r's they work like a charm Comments posted by joseph sniff from Other, August 15, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Bizarre, MOFOing DVD writer. Well it all started badly when i burned using Ritek 4x using Firmware 1.0 and it would only burn at 2x. Updated it to 1.0c and it sorted it out. One week later and it's back burning them at 2x again. :-( Really Odd and the Sony support sucks. However i did upgrade to a P4 too after the firmware upgrade so i'm think it could be a power problem. AIDA 32 is giving me 4.19V on the 5V line, so i'm not so sure. But either way, it's going back, unless someone agrees with me. Comments posted by Acidagent from Other, August 14, 2003. Rated this writer 4 of 10. |
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| I bought this SONY-510A drive last month from Amazon.com ($286) and didn't have any problem in installing with XP-PRO. So far, I tired PRINCO -R 1x, OPTODISC -R 1X and MEMOREX +R 4x discs and it rocks!. It burned OPTODISC at 2X speed, but I didn't beleive it. Then, I used DVDinfo to check the media and it showed drive speed as 2x. I was happy that I got those disc at local store for 99 cents. I used MyDVD, STUDIO 8 and Veritas software which comes with the drive. Comments posted by Kumar from Other, August 12, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| bought this drive from best buy the other day. installed it, popped in the software that came with it and all i got were error messages. some of the error messages indicated missing dll files and one dialogue box just had question marks in it. i upgraded to 1.06c firmware, reinstalled the ide controllers, switched my burner to slave, master, primary, secondary and still got the same errors. the only way i got it to work was by disabling dma for the burner. i talked to a sony teir 2 support tech and she said the only way it will work is by disabling dma and removing all other cd burning software from my system. there's no way i would use a dvd burner without dma. i tried watching a movie without dma and it was choppy and the sound was a little distorted. system specs: 1.2 amd 1 gb of RAM windows xp sp 1 i'm going to wait for the 8x's and stay away from the sony brands. Comments posted by etaktaf from Other, August 11, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| I bought the DRU510A in June in Akihabara, Tokyo, for 240 Euros. Great deal, great DVD burner, no problems. Works fine with all the software I've used, works fine with different DVD+/-R and DVD+/-RW I've here. No tests with Memorex stuff. Comments posted by xnoise from Other, August 09, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just purcahsed this dvd burner, burned TDK-DVD+RW using Nero5.5 Studio8 and software that came with Drive and had no problems with play back on my home DVD player. Phillips 707, Norm Comments posted by Norm from Other, August 07, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| Just purchased this drive from Circuit City last week. I've burned Comp-USA -R +R & +RW at 2.4X with no coasters. Used Nero 5.5, RecordNow DX and Pinnacle Studio 8 to burn with no problems. Just ordered a 25 pack of Ritek 4X -R blanks to try burning at 4X. So far this drive is working great. Comments posted by John Z from Other, August 07, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| just bought this at bestbuy, it burns reliably with the 4x fujifilm 10 pack at bestbuy!! was super fast and had no coasters Comments posted by helen from Other, August 04, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just purchased the drive last Friday. Battled all week-end to write family video or even dumb jpg file on Memorex DVD-RW before trying DVD-R. No success with Veritas, MyDVD or Pinnacle Studio 8. Upgraded to 1.0C FW, tested with Sony check program. Returned the Memorex DVD-RW to vendor for a Sony. Several comments on problems with memorex on web sites, confirmed by Sony help desk. Will test again tonite. Comments posted by ydb from Other, July 28, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I've had ZERO problems with mine. Works well with DVD XCOPY and XPRESS, Alchohol 120 and 52, and every other program I've thrown at it. AND, fortunately, it ain't picky about media, I've recorded on some really cheap shit, comes out great, and i've played other peoples really cheap shit that would not play on other DVD's. I think this is the one I've beeen waiting for. Haven't been able to stop it yet. With 8 meg of cache, there's just NO WAY your going to make toasters any more, not mention Buffer underun technology. Rob Lundien Comments posted by Rob Lundien from Other, July 25, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I just got this burner last week and made 4 backups for my kids. Not one single coaster. i also did a backup of one of my hard drives. Again no coaster. I used Fuji film 2.4x +R's. I used only one 4x disk (+R) which was a Maxell. love the 4x speed. I have only great things to say about installation. I worked perfectly upon bootup. xp recognized it and within a few minutes i was burning. Sony realy did a nice job with this drive. I can't say much about the software it came with, i use other programs so never installed the disc. Comments posted by motors4fun from Other, July 22, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I just bought a 510A and have been unable to record at any speed on any CD-R media. (Tried Memorex, TDK and 'Made In Japan' Fujifilm.) However, tried Memorex DVD-R and DVD+R no problem. But, I am considering returning the unit on principle, even though I can still record CD-Rs on my faster 52x/24x CD-R unit. Have heard of others with similar problems. Seems like Sony might have some problems in their ability to produce quality DVD recorders, the other positive reviews notwithstanding... Comments posted by alphadog from Other, July 20, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| Please note that the Sony DRU510A is not quite compatible with MEMOREX DVD-RW/DVD-R blank media. Highly recommend, following brands: FUJIFILM, TDK, SONY, COMPUSA, IMITATIONS. On the contrary, +RW/+R blank medias tend to work just fine, with the exception of MEMOREX blank media. Eventhough the included software, "Record NOW DX (Veritas)" is great for backing up your hard drive, as well as copying data, video, and music (drag & drop features), I would have prefered the infamous and popular "ROXI EASY CD CREATOR 6.0 PLATINUM"< which in my opion, "ROCKS"! Comments posted by Paco Mitch from Other, July 19, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I only had the drive in the computer for about 10 days before it failed. The drive locked up with no response, tray open would not operate, and the drive activity indicator LED began nonstop rapid blinking. The drive has been sent back to the supplier for replacement. I see several others on this forum have had the exact same problem. beware!! Comments posted by bluedog from Other, July 18, 2003. Rated this writer 1 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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