It's time
for another review from the guys over at CDRLabs. This time they have taken a
look at the Sony DRU-800A DVD burner. This drive is able to write DVD-R and
DVD+R discs at 16x,8x DVD+RW and 6x DVD-RW
writing speeds and a maximum DVD read speed of 16x. Besides that, it is
able to write DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media at 4x.
 When it came to media compatibility and writing
quality, the DRU-800A gave us some mixed results. The drive wrote to most
of our test media at its rated speeds. However, like Sony's previous 16x
DVD writers, it was not able to write to any 8x DVD±R discs at 16x. Of
course, this is becoming less of an issue as more 16x media becomes
available. A bigger concern was the DRU-800A's writing quality. While the
results were acceptable at slower speeds, the PI/PIF rates increased
considerably when writing at 16x. Hopefully, Sony can fix this in a future
firmware update.
Sony's new drive did pretty well in our DVD read tests. The DRU-800A
was able to read both single layer DVD-ROM's and DVD-Videos at 16x and had
some relatively good seek times. It also read DVD±R and DVD±RW media at a
respectable 8x, but slowed to only 5.7x when reading DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL
discs. |
Read the entire review including the the entire
conclusion on CDRLabs here. If you would like an opinion of fellow CD Freaks then
visit our Sony / Lite-On DVD Burner Forum.
Source: CDRLabs.com
