Sony DRU-510A DVD Writer
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Sony DRU-510A OEM:Sony Chipset:TI/Sony |
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read the comments): 2 01ne 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 3t PRO 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Accu 1xDVD-R (LD01........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Apple 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Arita 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Arita 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 AVB 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BeAll 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BenQ 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD+R (IS01....001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 CompUSA 2.4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 CompUSA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Cyclone 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datamart 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datawrite Classic 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite Classic Red 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Datawrite Red (V2) 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Datawrite Red (V3) 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Digital Matrix 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 DVDPro 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 E3Works 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 EMTEC 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 eProformance (epro) 2.4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fortis 4xDVD-R (ONIDTECH....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Fujifilm 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Fujifilm 2xDVD-RW (MCC 01RW11n9) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Fujifilm 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Fujifilm 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Fujifilm 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 GQ (Great Quality) 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD+R (LD......S03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 GQ (Great Quality) 8xDVD-R (MUST 003....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Hi Space 2.4xDVD+R (MPOMEDIA001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HP 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 HQ 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Imation 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Imation SoHot 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Infiniti 2xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 IOTA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Laser 4xDVD-R (AML.........) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Laser 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Laser 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Laser 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Lead Data 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Legacy 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 LG 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 LG 1xDVD-R (LGE.........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 LG 4xDVD-R (LGE04.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Liquid Video 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 MAM-E 2xDVD-R (MCIG01......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Matrix 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (Yi Jhan 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Maxell 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Maxell 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Medianca 4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOR4) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Melody 4xDVD-R (GSC002......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 16 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 11 good, 2 mixed, 3 poor. 2 Memorex 1xDVD-R (CMC MAG. CO.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (FUJIFILM03..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 3 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (INFODISCA01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (ProdiscDVDRW) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Memorex 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 5 Memorex 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 4 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 9 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 9 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (RITEK000V11A) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 16xDVD-R (RITEKF1.....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Memorex 2xDVD-R (TAIYOYUDEN..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Mirror Platinum 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mirror Platinum 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 MMore 1xDVD-R (EuroDig-Disc) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Mr. DVD 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Nashua 2.4xDVD+R (SKYMEDIAR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Network 2xDVD-R (MCIG01......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Optodisc 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Optodisc 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Optodisc 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Optodisc 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Packard Bell 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PC Club Generic 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Philips 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 3 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Philips 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Pioneer DVS-R47A 2xDVD-R (PVC001001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Playo 8xDVD-R (UME01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Precisa 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Premium 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 PrimeDisc 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Primeon 4xDVD-R (VDSP.SAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Princo 1xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Princo 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 7 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 5 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Prodisc 8xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Ricoh 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 8xDVD+R (RITEK...R03) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiData 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 RiData 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 RiDisc 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 RiDisc 4xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 11 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 10 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Ritek 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Samsung (Pleomax) 4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOR4) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Samsung (Pleomax) 8xDVD-R (OPTODISCR008) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 4 Shintaro 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Shintaro 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 SKC 1xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 SKC 4xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sky 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sky 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sonic 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Sonic 2xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sonic 4xDVD-R (Yi Jhan 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Sony 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Sony 4xDVD+RW (SONY....S11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Sony 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 StarLogic 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Sunstar 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Supermedia 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 1 Swisstec 4xDVD+R (POMSA0010R.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 Taiyo Yuden 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor. 2 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 TDK 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 2 TDK ScratchProof / Armor Plated 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Teon 8xDVD+R (MCC.....003) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TopStar 4xDVD-R (POSG04......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Traxdata 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 TX (Think Xtra) 2xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim 16xDVD-R (MCC 03RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Verbatim (DataLife) 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 3 Verbatim (DataLife) 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 8xDVD-R (MCC 02RG20) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+R (MCC.....001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+RW (MCC.....A01) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Verbatim DigitalMovie 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 1 Vivastar 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor. 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| Just bought at Circuit City for $149 after $30 mail in rebate. Flawless (no action required) setup on XP Pro. "Backed Up" two DVD's with DVD X Copy with Maxell DVD -R media, no errors. Haven't had a chance to use bundled software, probably won't be using it that much anyway since I got this drive for "backing up" full length movie DVD's and X copy worked so seamlessly. Comments posted by jkr1977 from Other, December 03, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| What serial # do you enter to upgrade Sonic MYDVD? I can't find the serial # required to download the 5.2 update. Thank s Comments posted by muffd from Other, December 01, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I bought this the week before Thanksgiving to replace a Iomega (NEC) Dual format drive. NO regrets here. So far, I have been able to burn TDK -R, Verbatim -R and Imation +R media without updating firmware. I believe it already had the most current anyhow. My previous Pioneer and Iomega could not burn dvd's that would play in my Expedition but the Sony does. My only complaint is the bezel. They could have given a more neutral one or just make it black or plain white. Also, for those of you who are thinking of getting one, you can get it at staples right now for really cheap. I paid 100 or so after the Mail in rebate/30 dollar coupon/12% customer appreciation email. The customer appreciation email won't actually be valid till the 5th of December but good nonetheless. Comments posted by Muffd from Other, December 01, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just got this today at circiut city for $179.95 and a $30.00 rebate which means only $149.95 for a sony !! So far works awesome ... no coasters burns really fast easily installed on xp pro. I upgraded from a toshiba sdr 5002 never did burn at 2x always at 1x tried several media types on it too.. The sony burns at true 1x 2x 4x speeds .. if the media says it that is what it burns at. All in all for 149.95 how can you not afford to grab this all in one burner? Comments posted by Terrance P. Winkler from Other, November 29, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Buy this writer about a month ago in Compusa for $169 after a $30 rebate. I updated to 1.0d firmware from Sony website and I'm burning Fujifilm and Ritek GO4 at 4X (-R) with Nero 6. Everything is fine with a 100% success rate. However, as someone posted, this is a noisy drive. And the eject trace has a cheap feeling to it. It doesn't look so bad as that same person posted, its just different. But if you are going to burn a lot of DVDs (like I do) this is a reliable workhorse for a good price. And its not picky with media either (Read 'n Burn). Comments posted by José Ignacio from Other, November 27, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| The DRU510A is a reliable recordable DVD drive that's a pleaseure to use. Supports many formats and can write on some of the most dreadfully poor media you could imagine. Top marks for function. HOWEVER... if you are concerned about looks and build quality, you may want to consider a different drive. The DRU510A stands out from the crowd like a camel in a strip club. The white/silver combination fascia is dreadful- however, the unit is shipped with a black replacement front, which beleive it or not, is more desirable to look at- even in your beige colored system. The drive ejection system sounds... well... bad. It's rough and there's great deal of play in the mechanics. Fortunately, somehow this doesn't appear to impede the drive's function. Comments posted by Big Ron from Other, November 24, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| Just got this writer, so far it handles all the cheap dvd & cd-r that I throw at it, burn speed as expected average. Read speed is good, the latest firmware must have fixed the slow read that some user have complained when the drive first come out. The down side for this writer would be the build quality, the lack of a hack firmware for region free, & wouln't do over burn. Comments posted by David from Other, November 23, 2003. Rated this writer 7 of 10. |
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| I was originally considering a TDK 440N for my purchase. I needed a solution to get a DV movie shot a couple years ago (which has now been through super post) out to DVD in house. I had purchased a TDK 52x CD Writer back last year, and am very happy with it, so that was the manufacturer I was planning on sticking with. But when I found out that the TDK burners are manufactured by Plextor with just a TDK tag and other issues here on this site I focused my interest on this burner instead. Setup was a breeze. I run two ide controller cards on my system (1 mboaord, one promise card) for a total of four ide channels, and 8 devices. The 510 took up the Secondary Master of the Secondary IDE Controller perfect, was detected right off, and was ready to burn in XP Pro SP1 at bootup without even going through a driver installation process. First burn to DVD+RW was a breeze, and surprisingly it played on my early 2002 Magnavox player (which doesn't even do DVD-Rs supposedly). Software included is intuitive (for the consumer level) but I plan on using more sophisticated software to further customize my DVD creation. Not sure how that's going to work out yet. I highly recommend this burner, especially that as of today, Best Buy has it for $150 after a $30 mail-in rebate. Now that the prices are coming down due to the introduction of 8x, these things are really starting to become affordable. Now only if the media would get cheaper. My rating of 9/10 is only because I've never physically worked with any other burners. But I do not know how I could be better satisfied. NOTE: I did go forward and updated the firmware to the "D" version you can find on the Sony site before trying any burning. I had ready on this list where that has been helpful, so I just decided to do it. The update process was quick, and flawless. It only required 2 reboots to get things to update without any applications running. NOTE: I'm not a big fan of Sony home theater products. If you're turned off by the brand name "SONY" in other applications -- do not let your opinion of them get the best of the oppotunity to work with this burner. I couldn't have imagined a better introduction to DVD burning. Comments posted by Patrick McIntire from Other, November 20, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Great burner, had this for more than 5months, and already put it to use at least 300 times. All DVD burns, not yet burn any CDRs. Got the latest firmware 1.0d So much negative crap about this writer, yet my burns like it's out of the box. Comments posted by Tony from Other, November 09, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| sony 510a works perfect with dvd-r optimum from www.staples.com use clonedvd works great ,nero is perfect also. there are other sources that can be used to burn cd/dvd, nero is the best and excellent software there is, recode from nero works perfect to burn dvd movies. Comments posted by mr joshua from Other, November 05, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| At the Sony Support site, you can get an upgrade to MyDVD 5.2, as well as Firmware Update to 1.0D http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/dru510adwn.htm DSS (Drive Speed Selector) is Sony software that allows you to optimize the read/write speed of your DRU-510A and DRX-510UL DVD/CD rewritable drives only. Skip the ridiculous survey and get the Drive Speed tool here for the US http://sony.storagesupport.com/legalagreement.zulu?dlid=dvdrw/downloads/dss10/DSS101.zip or here for Europe http://www.sony-cp.com/dvdsurvey/en/index.html Comments posted by spunk from Other, November 01, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I've had this drive for about 2 months, and yesterday it died. I was burning a dvd in Nero and made the mistake of opening another app during this. Now the drive does the same no response/ blinking light/ no eject shit that I've seen described a few times here. Also found it to be quite picky in regards to dvd-r media. Comments posted by Diggedy from Other, October 28, 2003. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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| No compatibily problems yet with Sony DVD -R 1X media, not yet tried with cheaper or faster ones, but going from the first experience I liked the drive. Comments posted by Pouiy from Other, October 27, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| Just got my OEM version of DRU510A (SONY DW-U14A) yesterday. Burned CD-R at 10x 24x depends on your CD-R max speed. Burned DVD video on Fujifilm DVD+RW at 2.4x (even though the DVD+RW I got is rated 2x at Fujifilm site) Burned data on Fujifilm DVD+RW using InCD packet writing. In addition to these, it also read my old CD-RW disks perfectly which I thought were damaged. Now I know my 4 year old Yamaha 4416 has aged too much. I am gonna burn some 4X DVD+R when I get a chance. Comments posted by NikonFun from Other, October 25, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Just bought this. Had been eyeing the DRU500A for about a year (glad to get this improved model for the same price instead). One mistake in this web sites description of the model. The DVD-ROM speed is 12x, not the listed 8x. Anyway, just got it installed. DVD movie played okay. Wrote a quick CD-R. Still need to test the DVD writer abilities, but so far so good. I just need to find some cheap DVDs to practice on. :^) (CD-Rs $0.10 each with rebates, DVD-R and DVD+R about $2.50 each without rebate, and still around $2.00 each with rebate)... Comments posted by Zathras11 from Other, October 12, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| The "SONY BOOT DRU-510A" problem. If windows labels so your drive, it is dead. After 4 burns the drive's door didn't work and the orange led flashed and flashed. I returned the drive to the store and I change it for an LG (GSA-4040B). I have read the same problem in a number of forums. Comments posted by Jose from Other, October 12, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| Very flawless & fast DVD burner... I recommend it to all DVD burning enthusiasts... Comments posted by Joe Brown from Other, October 11, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| what a piece of junk. Keeps giving me errors at about 95%. Do not buy one Comments posted by Phillip Attard from Other, October 06, 2003. Rated this writer 1 of 10. |
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| 10/06/2003 Newegg has for $209.00 This has been an excellent drive. Though there are a few quirks. One is the slooooow read speed. But if you DSS from Sony you can boost the read speeds to a tolerable level. I did have problems burning DVDs at first, but found that the media I was using, was not capable of 4x writes. I know it sounds silly, but the vendor did not have any indication as to the speed of the media, nor on the store shelf was anything marked properly. Be sure to get the correct media (clearly idendified, if you cannot tell the speed of it, do not buy it) and things should work great. For $209 this is the drive to have in my opinion. Gave it a 9, because I should not have to be made to download an extra piece of software to make it read faster. Comments posted by Chuck from Other, October 06, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| Got a replacement drive today, it seems to work well. Burned 3 different kinds of DVDs without errors! Hope it will stay this way :) Otherwise it's a great burner.. Comments posted by Laza from Other, October 03, 2003. Rated this writer 8 of 10. |
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| I've had this 6 months now and it is a champ. I use it to burn all sorts of video and data content. I use it as an external drive and back up my 6 computers with Norton Ghost using a firewire connection to DVD. Every machine has been able to boot off the drive when I want to reload an image. No problems with DVD-r or DVD-rw. To get the DSS 1.0 tool and skip the survey. http://www.sony-cp.com/dvdsurvey/en/ Comments posted by Gizmoo from Other, October 02, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| Got this burner at BestBuy couple of months ago, now it's Oct 1st, and i've burned so far at least 125 movies, 60 ps2 games, 20 data backup. Managed to burned 4x on K-Hypermedia DVD-R, 4X on Memorex DVD+R, works even better with TDK, Philips, and FujiFilm media. I got about 20 coaster (16 khypermedia, 3memorex, 1fujifilm), only happens when it begins to write, never happens in the middle or end. D/l 1.0C firmware, didn't notice a difference. The only worst part is i can only read DVD disc at 2x, gotta find a way to unlock the read speed. I'm satisfied with this product already, if it does break down, i wouldn't mind buying another one. Comments posted by Tony C from Other, October 02, 2003. Rated this writer 10 of 10. |
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| So far so good. Just bought this sucker today. Burned a DVD back-up of one of my DVD's using DVD shrink & dvd decrypter. Perfect burn! Used the 2X TDK DVD-R (on sale at Best buy for 29.99 25 PK!!)Simple to install. Did not use any of the software that came with the burner so I am not sure how the quality of that is. Two days ago I purchased the TDK external DED+440 +/-R =/-RW because it was a little cheaper and I wanted to go external. What a mistake. Tried to burn 3 times. All coasters. Got I/O errors on all 3. It said that the media was incompatible with the writer. I used the TDK media I listed above. How could the media thats made by my writer be incompatible with the writer??? Had to upgrade my computer to USB 2.0 and go through a whole lost of hassles to even get the writer to be usable. I will post more updates as I continue to play around with this writer. SO SONY!! Comments posted by PTDOG77 from Other, October 01, 2003. Rated this writer 9 of 10. |
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| For those who are disappointed with the DVD read speads on this drive, sony has software on their support site that lets you adjust the speed of the drive so that it will read DVDs faster. It is called DSS Version 1.0. Sony requires that you take a survey before you can download it. Comments posted by DR from Other, October 01, 2003. Rated this writer No rating. |
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| I was very satisfied with my DRU-510A. Bought it on 9.9 and yesterday it broke down :( Wouldn't write any DVD-RWs or +RWs, just gave a write error. Also it was unable to erase discs, just locked up the whole drive and kept the disc spinning at max. Well I have a replacement coming and I hope it'll last longer. My previous Sony burner CDU-928E is 5 years old and still going strong. Comments posted by Laza from Other, September 30, 2003. Rated this writer 5 of 10. |
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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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