DVD+RW DRIVE SONY 4X(DVD-R)24X(CDR)10X(CDRW)32X(CD) ATAPI

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• ASIN: B000099679
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: January 7, 2006

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Sony takes the risk out of buying a DVD recorder by bringing all the popular DVD formats into one high-performance drive. Burns DVD±R, DVD±RW, and CD-R/RW discs. Internal ATAPI/EIDE interface drive includes an impressive software bundle and is compatible with Windows 98SE/2000, Windows Millennium Edition and Windows XP operating systems.* Features

• Sony introduces World’s First 4X DVD±RW Drive
• Records on DVD+RW/+R and DVD-RW/R media and standard CD-R/RW discs so you can choose the right disc for the task at hand
• Sonic Solutions MyDVD Video/Video CD authoring software will turn your home movies into DVDs or Video CDs for easy sharing.
• Protect your valuable data against system failures by backing up with included backup software, Veritas Simple Backup.
• Burn custom music CDs, share photos and video, and so much more!
• Internal ATAPI EIDE interface for easy installation

* Notes: DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs recorded on this drive may not play back on some older or entry-level DVD systems. The write-once DVD+R or DVD-R discs are more compatible for interchange with other DVD systems.

Product Description

4X(DVD-R)24X(CDR)16X(CDRW)32X(CD) ATAPI 160MS(CD-ROM) 200MS (DVD) 8192K

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars SONY (DRU510A) I Like It, October 13, 2003

By 

Gilbert H. Leibfritz "glfritz" (Milpitas, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DVD+RW DRIVE SONY 4X(DVD-R)24X(CDR)10X(CDRW)32X(CD) ATAPI (Electronics)

It took less than 20 minuites to install the drive, software & make a 15Gb partition on the second HD for temp. storage. When I tried to copy The Italian Job (1969 version) the SONY software would not get past the Anti-Copy. Next step was to uninstall the SONY software, then go to 321studio.com and download a trial version of DVD X-Copy Express. This lets you make 3 copies for evaluation of the product. I copied 3 DVD Movies, each to a single GQ DVD-R disk with compression done by the software with no problems. The copies played with no dicernable loss in quality through both the 510A & DVD/CD players. I could also play all 3 in a SONY DVP-NS725P player with progressive scan to a Mitsubishi 55 inch HDTV & 5.1 audio to a ONKYO A/V Receiver. No changes to the computer setup had to be made, it is a P3 1GHz CPU 1 Gb Ram WIN XP Home & 2 40 Gb HD's & 20 inch monitor. the system handeled the task very well.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the best with a few slight flaws, July 7, 2003

By 

lordfinese (Big Apple!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DVD+RW DRIVE SONY 4X(DVD-R)24X(CDR)10X(CDRW)32X(CD) ATAPI (Electronics)

I picked up the Sony drive a couple of weeks ago and it works great. It took me 10 minutes to install it and XP recognized it right away. It works with both +R/+RW and -R/-RW media. I personally use +R media for video and -R for data and image files. The drive is fast, looks great, and only drive that burns +RW at 4X (although 4X +RW media is still quite expensive).

Of course, it still has flaws too. First off, the price - it's pretty expensive. You could probably pick up the Pioneer DVR-A06 for a little bit cheaper. Secondly, the software package is pretty weak too. Sonic MyDVD is good for the beginner, but lacks features for the intermediate user. I use DVD Complete and Nero for my purposes. With a price tag this high, they couldv'e thrown in Nero which isn't expensive. Also, a small thing for some people might be that it does not have a headphone jack on the front of the drive, although I don't use the dvd drive to listen to CDs, so didn't matter to me.

All in all, a little expensive, but well worth it. Makes great dvds and is fast - plus eliminates confusion of which media to buy.

41 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice drive, with an important compatibility limitation, September 15, 2003

By 

R. A. Wilson - See all my reviews

This review is from: DVD+RW DRIVE SONY 4X(DVD-R)24X(CDR)10X(CDRW)32X(CD) ATAPI (Electronics)

This review applies to the external USB / Firewire version of this drive, a Sony DRX-510UL.

Unlike the competition, Sony DVD burners will not let you create a DVD+RW disk that looks like a DVD-ROM. This means the DVD+RW disks it creates will not play in many DVD players, especially those made before 2001. For these players, you'll have to try burning DVD-R disks instead, and this gets expensive since the disks are not reusable.

Search Google for 'compatibility bitsettings' (use the quotes) to locate a detailed description of this restriction, which applies to most, if not all, DVD burners made by Sony, but not to other DVD burners.

Furthermore, though I had no problems burning Memorex 4X DVD+R or 4X DVD+RW media, or TDK CD-R, CD-RW media in this drive, I had a lot of problems burning Memorex 4X DVD-R media. Check the Sony Storage support web site for recommended media before buying.

This Sony drive is fast and flexible, and it works well with recommended media. But if you want to create compatible, reusable, DVD+RW video DVDs, I wouldn't recommend this drive until Sony releases engineering information to developers explaining how to change the compatibility bitsettings on burned disks.

You cannot get around this hardware restriction by using DVDXCopy or Nero Burning ROM or any other utility.