Sony DRU-700A Double Layer Internal DVD±RW Drive Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this drive for about 4 days and already it made 6 coasters and 1 good disk (I am hoping). I made a mistake of backing up 4.5 GB of data to a DVD and then deleting the data from the hard drive. A couple of hours later I realized that I still needed some of the information on my computer. When I tried to copy from the DVD, the DVD drive reported that the disk was defective. You can imagine how I felt! I was glad that I hadn't archived some of my most valuable image work yet.
I'd like to note that I was using an up-to-date firmware and an updated version of Nero recording software, which is one of the best on the market and still got "coasters" (no errors from Nero, but the drive refused to read the information afterwards). I also tried backing a couple of my movie DVDs with DVD X Copy Platinum, and again two coasters and one disk that worked yesterday, but produced garbled output today (go figure) -- DVD X Rescue reported logical errors in the DVD.
I had gone through much software uninstall/update/try again, before I read on the net that lots of other people were having similar problems with the drive. No solution is available as of yet. Apparently, Sony's tech support is subpar as well.

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The amazing new DRU-700A is Sony's 5th generation dual format DVD burner. This exciting new drive can record on new DVD+R DL Double layer discs capable of storing up to 4 hours of MPEG-2 video or up to 8.5GB of data on a single sided disc with 2 recordable layers. Once recorded, DVD+R DL discs are compatible with home DVD players and DVD-ROM drives. Of course, the DRU-700A can also record standard 4.7GB DVD+R and DVD+RW discs and CDs too! Want more? The DRU-700A comes bundled with award winning Nero software suite so all your burning projects will turn out perfectly!Now burning your home movies, digital pictures, music, and data onto DVD and CD is faster and more convenient than ever. Internal EIDE/ATAPI interface drive is easy to install and can take the place of an existing CD-RW or CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive. What hasn't changed is legendary Sony quality and reliability, and worry free technical support if you need assistance. Choose the brand that invented dual format burners, and still does it best.

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