Sony DW-D26A DVD Writer
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Sony DW-D26A OEM:Lite-On Chipset:Mediatek |
48xCDR CAV 24xCDRW ZCLV 16xDVD-R CAV 6xDVD-RW CLV 16xDVD+R CAV 8xDVD+RW ZCLV 4xDVD+RDL CLV |
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$60 | 5.5/10 6 votes Read 6 comments (27675 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 HP 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.D01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Legacy 4xDVD+R (MCC.....003) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Teon 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| Thank goodness I saw a previous post here - I thought the issue was me. I also was making CD coasters when I used 52X CD-R media (memorex in this case) and burned at the max speed of 48X. There should defintely be a firmware fix or an explanation for this from Sony - but I guess that's just not in the cards. Totally bogus. Anyway, now to see if I can *not* create CD coasters by burning at a slower speed. Comments posted by douglasa2 from United States, October 21, 2007. Rated this writer 6 of 10. |
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| using this dvd-rw for like 1 year works great but it suck that there is a limit of times you can change region, im on 0 now so it won't play my region #1 DVD no more that sucks big time sence y have my computer in my living room with home theater speakers, a big downer i'll have to buy another dvd-rom for my computer Comments posted by kaver from United States, May 22, 2006. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I just got yesterday (July 11th, 2005) the DW-D26A and it works better than the DW-D22A I own a few months ago. The DW-D26A recognized some "DVD-R 8x" media that wasn't recognized by DW-D22A, so my experience was great with this drive. The only reason that I don't give a 10 Rating on this drive is that some CD-R media won't work at 48x as advertised by Sony but 40x (mostly the media that is intented at 52x). So I need to choose two options, run the drive at "Turbo-Boost" mode to get the max speed, or get media that is intented to work at 48x, not 52x. Hope I was wide clear with my post. Good luck...! Comments posted by Ragno Croft from United States, July 12, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| i have this d26a. wont recognise any rw/r media i put in it. ive tried even flashing it to a liteon 1673...still no good. plays movies and cd's ok but wont write. what a waste of money.... Comments posted by dave from United Kingdom, June 16, 2005. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| I just hit my 100 disc mark and only had one coster. I think it was a pebkac error anyway. Rebadged Lite-On SOHW-1673 or Sony DRU720A. I didnt like how the speed was reduced on video discs. Its also a pain to have to hold down the eject button to make it go full speed on cd's. I reflashed with the 1673 firmware and removed both speed limits. Seams to sit and think for a while after you put a disc in though. Couldnt ask for much more for 50 bux on newegg. Comments posted by Sean from United States, May 30, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I was going to buy DW-D22A because of good feedback and because of the brand name then I was offered DW-D26A and since it was a newer version I thought to take the bite and buy it. I wasted several DVDs and CDs and everytime I got communication failure error. I returned it to the store and they couldn't even get it working so I traded it with a LG GSA4163 and so far I haven't have any problems! I was under ipression that Sony brand would be a better choice but looks like I was mistaken. Comments posted by Ali from Canada, April 16, 2005. Rated this writer 1 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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