Sony DRU-170C Internal ATAPI EIDE CD/DVD RW Drive

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 3.9 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000P6H7UU
• Item model number: DRU170C
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,586 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2006

Product Description

Internal ATAPI EIDE Combination Drive. 8X DVD-R Dual Layer, 8X DVD+R Double Layer, 18X DVD+R; 8X DVD+RW, 6X DVD-RW, 18X DVD-R, 12X DVD-RAM, 16X DVD-ROM; 48X/32X/48X CD-RW. Compatibility: Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP Home and Professional. Packaging: Retail Box.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far, so good, December 27, 2007

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R. Shackelford "Tech Hound" (Corona, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DRU-170C Internal ATAPI EIDE CD/DVD RW Drive (Personal Computers)

Was a plug and play installation; no decent software came with it. Price was great due to free shipping and no tax. Amazon shipments have been fine with no issues (I purchased a Samsung 56" projection TV; delivered fine and the guys unpacked it and took the boxes!).

I have only burned a few DVD's so far, using Sony DVD +R, and none have failed due to burner issues. I use the DIVX Player to burn DVD's, along with Roxio 8 (very stable for me, however I hear later versions have major issues and tech support is a serious joke). DIVX is a great alternative because the video quality is still excellent, but the file size goes from several gigs to about 750MB on average. AND you can burn as many movies as will fit on one DVD. Just be sure to get a DVD player that supports DIVX.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome, October 24, 2007

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PKUZ "pkuz" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony DRU-170C Internal ATAPI EIDE CD/DVD RW Drive (Personal Computers)

Just got this on sale for $40 at a store because I just had to return the Memorex that I got a couple of days ago , the Memorex sucks!!

This one here on the other hand is $10 cheaper regular price than Memorex , but let me tell you something ,this thing works waaaaaay better.

I just ripped a long home dvd in 11 minutes where as the Memorex wouldn't even do it because of a very light scratch, and the original Sony writer does but in about 23 minutes or so.
I recommend this DRU-170C Sony!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive and full-featured, January 9, 2008

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Dan Calle (Wien, Austria) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony DRU-170C Internal ATAPI EIDE CD/DVD RW Drive (Personal Computers)

This drive reads and writes pretty much every format you can think of and does it quickly at a great price!