Is there a way to increase the speed of a Sony DRU-500UL?
I own the external version of the Sony DRU-500 (firmware 1.0g) which is USB 2.0 and I was wondering if there was any way to increase the speed. I have a pretty fast system which I use it on (P4 1.8GHz) and it still takes about 90 minutes to burn a DVD. I didn't think USB 2.0 would be as fast as IDE but I thought it would be faster than 90 minutes. I also have a Sony DRU-500a (internal) on another system and it burns a DVD at 2x in about 30 minutes and 15 minutes using 4x media. On the DRU-500UL, I don't see any speed increase even when using 4x media. I'm using Nero to burn the DVD's and the drop down box doesn't have 4x as an option when I put in 4x media the way my internal DRU-500a does. Also, is there a way to convert an external DRU-500UL into an internal burner?