Sony AW-G170A / DRU-170C DVD Writer
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Sony AW-G170A / DRU-170C OEM:Sony Optiarc Chipset:NEC |
48xCDR CAV 32xCDRW ZCLV 18xDVD-R CAV 6xDVD-RW CLV 8xDVD-RDL ZCLV 18xDVD+R CAV 8xDVD+RW ZCLV 8xDVD+RDL ZCLV 12xDVD-RAM PCAV |
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$40 | 6.4/10 5 votes Read 6 comments (46563 views) Post comment |
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read the comments): 1 BenQ 8xDVD-R (DAXON008S...) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite 8xDVD+R (RICOHJPND01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD+R (RITEK...S04) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 X-Data 8xDVD+R (YUDEN000T02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. Post your DVD Media comments here |
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| I got one from Ebuyer in the UK for about £20. I have used it for about 2 months and so far it's been great, not a single coaster. Just make sure you use an 80 pin IDE cable. Comments posted by mh2360 from United Kingdom, May 05, 2007. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| I've got 2 of these in one of my PCs and they both work very well. A friend of mine also has one and she's not so happy, I think she needs to get a Firmware Update, but can't find it. Comments posted by Bob from Australia, April 22, 2007. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| i have 3 of these drives no problems at all better write speeds than pioneer 112 no coasters with any media new firmware 173 on sony site Comments posted by mb from United Kingdom, March 19, 2007. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Did have a problem with this burner,it would`nt share the cable, worked ok as a single drive but not with any dvd rom, finally sorted it by changing it`s position on the IDE cable to the middle connector also swapped the master/slave relationship made the burner the slave,strange I know but now it works brilliantely. Comments posted by John from United Kingdom, January 09, 2007. Rated this writer 2 of 10. |
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| Problem with writer or writer lot replaced 3 writer which is not accessing at all. Finally fourth one is working God knows for how many days. Comments posted by megamax from India, December 07, 2006. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I believe that there is a problem with some of these DVD writers. 2 buyers on ebay have complained that there drives are not working as they should be. Comments posted by Tony from United Kingdom, November 14, 2006. 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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