How's the Sony 510A DVD+-RW?

macr · Post by **macr** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:42 am

hey fellas,

i'm looking to buy a dvdrw and this sony one, the Sony DRU510A that covers all the DVD formats. was curious if anyone had experience with them and what they thought about them. i've read that it's a great burner from multiple sources. was gonna get it today...

thanks

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 11:46 am

Built a nice video editing rig for a client, who, based on some of her video forums such as Pinnacles, was recommended this exact model. So I ordered it for her. Came DOA. I was once again reminded on how bad Sony's support is....she called Sony to get a replacement...they said ship it to her, and she'd get a refurbished one back in about 2 weeks. "What? I buy a brand new drive...and the best you can do is ship me a rebuilt used one in 2 weeks?" Man she was pissed.

Luckily I bought all the stuff from Essential Computers, who quickly rushed her out a brand new one cross shipped. Thats why I always buy from places with great support.

So I don't have personal experience with that drive...but I know it's recommended on some video editing forums. It's just Sony's support...same with their computers. Hopefully you won't need it.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Sat Dec 13, 2003 12:17 pm

i have had great success with pioneer's a05 -rw, and they have the dvr-a06 with is +/- rw for around $200CDN (about US150).

shadrach · Post by **shadrach** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 1:32 pm

Anyone else have input on this? I'm looking at the same drive.

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 2:05 pm

I have to agree that Sony's support sucks bigtime. I've had a few bad experiences with them too.

chimdogger · Post by **chimdogger** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:14 pm

I bought the liteon burner. LOVE IT!

Thanks

lansens · Post by **lansens** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 4:48 pm

Originally posted by chimdogger
I bought the liteon burner. LOVE IT!

Thanks

shadrach · Post by **shadrach** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:02 pm

Which model Lite-On? I've used LiteOn drive for a while now, but read that some of their DVD burners have media compatibility problems...

This drive would mainly be so my brother can backup his vast DVD collection, since his roomate keeps losing/trashing the discs.... friggen tool...

lansens · Post by **lansens** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 5:26 pm

I've heard some of the same with media. I have the 451 and have no problems with media so far. Fuji, memorex and Imation so far.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 6:17 pm

Originally posted by shadrach
Which model Lite-On? I've used LiteOn drive for a while now, but read that some of their DVD burners have media compatibility problems...

This drive would mainly be so my brother can backup his vast DVD collection, since his roomate keeps losing/trashing the discs.... friggen tool...

would be cheaper to buy a lock cabinet

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 7:41 pm

i got sony DRU 510A
its excellent drive

nepenthe · Post by **nepenthe** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:26 pm

The Sony drive is a good performer. I have heard that the +R's written by the Sony would not play in certain stand alone DVD's (Pioneer and some Panasonics). Sony is offering a firmware upgrade on the 530 which allows 8X -R writes.

What seems to be the main rub with most burners is media compatiblity. I purchased a 99 dollar unit which now happily burns TDK and Memorex 4X disks @ 8X. It also is capable of "HD-Burning". Does this make for a super drive? Not necessarily. I feel that the best drive on the market is the new Pioneer 107 (The 106 was demonstrated to have dual layer writing abilities), however it might have a limited media list by comparison to the Plextor. I had recommended the NEC 1300a as the best bang to a friend of mind a while back. It was a fair drive, but with subsequent firmware upgrades, it became a great one. THe same might be said for the NEC 2500a sometime in the future.

You can get a myriad of opinions

dao

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 11:46 pm

Even though it's probably too late:

I have that drive. I really like it.

+1

westy · Post by **westy** » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:45 am

I have the Lite-on (see model # in sig below) and have had pretty good luck with it for the price I paid. It took me a while to get it straightened out though. (I was running two optical drives, one ZIP drie and two hard drives....)

I would like a faster model but can't complain since I only paid like $ 70 for the Lite-on.

Rivas · Post by **Rivas** » Tue Feb 03, 2004 8:09 pm

btw this site got interesting prices ..i think they r not very expansive blank dvd-r's and dvd burners :

http://www.blankmedia.ca