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- Sony DRU 510A DVD-RW Burner
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Cheap but Reliable! |
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Model / Serial #: |
DRU-510A |
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Date Written: |
June 7th, 2005 |
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Product Rating: |
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4 out of 5 stars |
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Pros: Reliable, Worth every penny! |
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Cons: None so far... |
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Bottom Line: This DVD Burner is a must have for your
daily backup purposes. |
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I
initially bought this Sony DRU-510A DVD burner to backup my
private DVD collections. But after I bought it I found out that I could not burn
copyrighted DVD’s. Well I didn't return it then, just kept if for software,
documents, and other backups.
Now there’s software called
DVD X Copy Platinum (no available anymore) and this baby burns
everything, even copyrighted DVD’s. A couple months back, the court banned this
software so, 321 Studios will no longer make/update this software. After lots
and lots of searches, I found
DVD Shrink which is totally free and copies anything. Now I use it to
make my backups.
INSTALLATION :
The installation caused no problems at all. The quick install guide tells you
exactly what to do, like every other optical drive. The drive needs no special
drivers. You can do just about anything with the Nero Burning Rom software which
comes with the drive.
BURNING :
As usual, I recorded several types of brand-name and non-brand discs. No
problems occurred; the drive successfully detects and records most disk (Nero
software). Also recording of the discs of both formats was flawless at all
speeds available.
READ SPEED :
The read speed of all media types is controlled in the auto mode which is not
always convenient. Sony allows a user to adjust the read speed with a special
utility available on their support website. Overall, the read speed is as fast
as other drives.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
There is no much noise if the drive works with properly balanced disks, or not
at the maximum speed. The system that automatically sets the maximum speed
checks for badly readable discs and video disks. The drive's speed can be
adjusted with a special utility which can be found at Sony’s support website.
VIBRATION IN CASE OF UNBALANCED CDS :
The drive vibrated when it worked with such disc but it managed to finish its
reading without errors and at high speed.
FINAL THOUGHTS :
Sony offers a pretty good drive that delivers high speed and good recording
quality on almost all modern optical media types without much noise. However,
the drive has quite a lot of errors when burning ULTRA SPEED CD-RW’s, but I hope
this problem will be solved with a new firmware version. |
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Details & Specifications |
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Manufacturer: |
Sony |
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Website: |
www.sony.com |
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Read Speeds: |
DVD-ROM: 12 X CAV
CD-ROM/R: 32 X CAV |
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Supported Read Formats: |
DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R/RW, DVD R/RW
CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM (XA), CD-Extra, Video CD, Photo CD, CD-Text,
Multi-session |
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Write Speeds: |
DVD-R: 1/2/4 X CLV
DVD-RW: 1/2 X CLV
DVD R: 2.4/4 X CLV
DVD RW: 2.4/4 X CLV
CD-R: 24x, 20x, 16x, 12x (Z-CLV), 4x (CLV)
CD-RW:10x, 16x (CLV) |
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Write Methods: |
CD: Track At Once, Session At Once, Disc At
Once, Packet Writing
DVD: Disc At Once, Random Recording, Restricted Overwriting, Incremental
Recording, Multi-border Recording |
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Access Times: |
DVD: 200 Msec
CD: 160 Msec |
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Interface: |
ATAPI (EIDE) |
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Data Buffer: |
8 MB |
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Mounting: |
Horizontal or Vertical |
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Compatible Operating Sys.: |
Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP |
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Dimensions: |
5.75 inches (W) x 7.72 inches (D) x 1.65 inches (H) |
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Weight: |
2.65 pounds |
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Warranty: |
1 Year |
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Description: |
Sony's Dual RW DVD technology means you don't
have to worry about DVD formats. Create DVDs of your favorite home movies and
even interactive slide shows that playback on most standard DVD players. Dual RW
drives can burn all popular DVD formats and even CD-R/RW, so you're covered no
matter which of the popular DVD formats becomes popular. Go with the leader, Go
with Sony! Sony's latest Dual RW DVD/CD drive records up to 4.7 GB of data or
more than 2 hours of high quality MPEG2 video on a DVD+RW/+R or DVD-RW/-R disk.
Sony's new dual RW DVD/CD drive now supports multiple DVD formats including
DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-RW, and DVD-R for optimal compatibility with your playback
hardware. The DRU-510A also functions as a high performance CD burner, up to 24X
CD-R and 16X CD-RW burning. |
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