Exclusive: Sony DRU-700A Dual Layer Recorder
by Kristopher Kubicki on May 5, 2004 11:30 AM EST- Posted in
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Burn Tests CDR Media
We used the following configuration to test our burners:Albatron 865PE Pro II
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800FSB
2 x 512 DDR OCZ PC3200 EL
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM 8MB PATA
Windows XP SP1
Below are the corresponding firmwares to each drive that we used:
| Drive | Firmware |
| ASUS DRW-0802P | 1.13 |
| AOpen DDW8800 | 1.4A |
| Gigabyte GO-W0808A | USY1 |
| Nu Tech DDW-082 | B372 |
| Sony DRU-530A | 2.0A |
| Sony DRU-700A | VYV3 |
| Toshiba SD-R5272 | 1030 |
Higher burn speed averages are more desirable.
| Ritek 97m31s01f - 52X CDR | |||
| Drive | Average Burn | Length | Mode |
| AOpen DDW8800 | 27.13X | 79:57.71 | Z-CLV |
| ASUS DRW-0802P | 22.39X | 79:57.71 | Z-CLV |
| Gigabyte GO-W0808A | 31.65X | 79:57.71 | CAV |
| Nu Tech DDW-082 | 23.51X | 79:57.71 | P-CAV |
| Sony DRU-530A | 29.39X | 79:57.71 | P-CAV |
| Sony DRU-700A | 31.62X | 79:57.71 | CAV |
| Toshiba SD-R5272 | 22.89X | 79:57.71 | Z-CLV |
| Mitsubishi 97m23s24f - 24X CDRW | |||
| Drive | Average Burn | Length | Mode |
| AOpen DDW8800 | 16.00X | 74:43.00 | CLV |
| ASUS DRW-0802P | 22.26X | 74:43.00 | Z-CLV |
| Gigabyte GO-W0808A | - | 74:43.00 | - |
| Nu Tech DDW-082 | 21.22X | 74:43.00 | Z-CLV |
| Sony DRU-530A | 22.40X | 74:43.00 | P-CAV |
| Sony DRU-700A | 22.35X | 74:43.00 | Z-CLV |
| Toshiba SD-R5272 | 15.78X | 74:43.00 | Z-CLV |
Almost to no surprise, the DRU-700A had the same very high CDR burn speeds found on the Gigabyte GO-W0808A.
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Rumble - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
Will it work with XCopy?Rumble - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
Will it work with XCopy?KristopherKubicki - Saturday, July 17, 2004 - link
Dizan,I think it will be 4X DVD DL capable (not that there will be any media anyway).
You can probably still order it or the LiteON SOHW-832S from the US though.
Kristopher
DizanTar - Friday, June 11, 2004 - link
I asked Sony about if and when this drive will be available in Canada. Sony responded that this model will not be available, but the replacement drive will be in august. Anyone knows about a new model of this drive, except the external one?DizanTar - Friday, June 11, 2004 - link
fedrive - Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - link
Atomic holographic Storage using Ultra Violet Light should offer a challenge to Blu-ray.http://www.colossalstorage.net/colossal5j.htm
AbRASiON - Thursday, May 6, 2004 - link
I concur with Tim (post #15) - it would be nice to know we can control precisely where the layer change is.I'm also curious on the compatibility of a BURNT +R DL or -R DL disc on most DVD players - I bet it's quite a bit lower than non DL disc's
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Belzer - Thursday, May 6, 2004 - link
I think the DL burners eventually will be faster than 4x speed, maybe 6x-8x. Remember that it was not long ago that many said that DL burning would not be possible at all. Quote from the same article as you linked to: http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/140#philips"For instance, one company (BenQ) mentioned to us that 4x would be the maximum recording speed for DL discs but the spokesperson for Philips said that it will probably go faster than that."
MysticMan1 - Thursday, May 6, 2004 - link
Also the DL format speed will max out at 4x speed because of the amount of power needed to burn a double layer disc.timmiser - Thursday, May 6, 2004 - link
I am concerned about software support specifically choosing when the DVD switches layers. In commercial DVD's, they purposely put the change to the second layer at a part of the movie where it will be less noticable. (The switch causes about a 1 second pause.).If I am burning a home movie onto a DVD DL and if I don't have control of where the dual layer switch occurs, it may occur in the middle of an undesirable moment in my movie.
I wonder if there will be any way to stipulate where this switch occurs?
-Tim