Another review of the Sony DRU-500A has been posted to the internet. The Sony DRU-500A is currently one of the most wanted DVD drives available, mainly because it's a CD-RW/DVD+RW/DVD-RW drive and it's the first on the market.
As always the first are not always the best, but according to this review, the DRU-500A is certainly a drive to consider:
Sony has done a nice job with this drive. As you could see, there are good results with the drive. The software that came with the drive works, but I would suggest another recording program. RecordNow is way to limited. The bad side of the drive are the DVD read speeds. 2x DVD.... you will hate this if you try to rip a movie. |
If you just want to watch a DVD, than the 2x is enough. This low speed makes the drive very quiet. However, I prefer faster reading speeds. Maybe Sony will come with a firmware upgrade. Till that time, I won't replace your DVD-Rom by this recorder and make sure you have an additional DVD-Rom when you need some DVD read speed.
The other dark side is not really the drive itself, but the availability of high-speed DVD media. I have only 1 brand which supports 2x at the moment, and haven't seen (or tested) any 4x certified media yet.
The CDR recording speed is good. At this point, the Sony is the fastest DVD recorder on the market with CDR speeds. The good-old Pioneer A04 records only at 8x, and the new A05 only at 16x. With it's 24x, the Sony wins this point.
If you are planning to buy either a DVD+RW or a DVD-RW drive or a drive that can write both, we would like to advise you to wait a little if you're not in a hurry, there is news coming up!
Read the entire review here. Discuss DVD hardware in our DVD Hardware Forum.
Source: DJsmiley.com
