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33 of 33 found the following review helpful:
No problems at all. Aug 27, 2004
By ericnj I've had this drive for about three weeks now and I'v encountered no problems at all with it. I've burned movies to dvd-/+ r and rw discs as well as cd-r/rw discs and haven't had a bad burn yet. I use Intervideo DVD Copy, Nero 6 (not the software of it that came with the drive since I already owned Nero 6) and so far Fuji and Sony discs (cds and dvds) along with Windows XP home edition. I have a Pentium 4/ 2.80 GHz processor with 1 GB ram so that's far above the minimum requirements of the drive, but I doubt that has anything to do with it. It's a great external drive so far and worked as soon as I plugged it into my computer using the USB 2.0 port. Windows XP recognized it immediately and I popped in a dvd and watched it and then burned one to test it out and everything was fine. Since then no problems. As far as the drive's physical design, it seems plenty sturdy and nothing on it seems fragile and likely to break. The tray only seems like it would break if I forcefully pushed down on it (but what drive wouldn't if that was done to it?). Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase and am looking forward to when the availabilty of dual layered dvdrs increases and the price of those same dual layered discs drops. But for now it deals with regular 4.7GB dvdrs and cdrs just fine.
20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
Works Fantastic, effortless Aug 17, 2004
By John Coctoastin
"Neider"
I bought and intalled this drive on a computer below specifications. I am running it on a Pentium III 550 running Windows XP. Have burned many discs and have never had a problem. I have it in the upright position and just hit the open/close button and never touch the plastic door or fear breaking it per the previous review.
Great software, no issues with anything. Everything just runs a bit slower since my computer is below spects.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Not that good. Jul 24, 2006
By Rajinder Luthra
"Raj"
I bought this from best buy. It doesn't burn fast. It only burns top speed with certain types of blank media. And Sony's firmware update changed my drive into a DRX 700UA. So now I can't get the latest firmware updates. Don't buy this drive. Don't make the mistake I did. Just buy some fast internal drive.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Doesn't like non-Sony approved media. Sep 01, 2005
By Anthony S. Clarke
"Asparian"
If you try to use any media except that approved by Sony (they get a kick back) then you will only produce successful burns at single speed. Other speeds will produce a 'coaster' with distinct spiraling in the burn pattern where the laser power has been deliberatly messed about with. We all expect low quality media to be a bit flaky, but with Sony even high quality discs will fail because the blank manufacturer does not have a relationship with Sony. The latest firmware attempts to hide the spiraling by varying the laser power less obviously, but you can still see the tell-tale problem by turning the burned disc in direct sun-light.
I have hacked my firmware and can now produce good discs on good media at the highest speeds - in that case my rating would be four stars. But out of the box this drive deserves a negative rating.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A piece of Junk Nov 09, 2005
By Lens Guy
"opdev"
This worked intermittently since I bought it. Now it won't even recognize media (even Sony Media). I waited too long so now I can't return it (my bad).
This is the worst computer purchase I have ever made.
Forget the sleek looks of Sony and buy something that actually works.
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based on 7 reviews
No problems at all. Aug 27, 2004
By ericnj
Not that good. Jul 24, 2006
By Rajinder Luthra
"Raj"
Doesn't like non-Sony approved media. Sep 01, 2005
By Anthony S. Clarke
"Asparian"
