Sony DRU-500A and Mt. Rainier support?

[morac]

A recent article at PC World states that:

Only one drive (Sony's DRU-500A) currently ships with Mt. Rainier support built in, and its primary benefits--the ability to read discs without the aid of third-party software installed, and the ability to use defect management--won't be available until Microsoft integrates Mt. Rainier into the next full revision of Windows.

I've looked everywhere including Sony's site and no where does it mention that the DRU-500A supports Mt. Rainier. In fact Nero's InfoTool says it doesn't. DirectCD does not support it either (DVD+RW's only list Quick Format I believe, but they don't say "EasyWrite" meaning it isn't Mt. Rainier).

Is the article wrong or does the DRU-500A actually support Mt. Rainier?

If it does I'm assuming it will need a firmware patch to activate since no software seems to acknowlege that it supports it.

[davidgp]

the sony dru 500a doesn't support Mt. Rainier... maybe in the future with a firmsware update...

davidgp

[kitty]

morac - you should write to the author of the article and find out why she said Sony DRU-500 supports Mt. Rainier

melissa_perenson@pcworld.com

[morac]

I sent her off an email; hope she responds.

I'm surprised the DRU-500A does not support Mt. Rainier as Sony is one of the 4 companies promoting Mt. Rainier.

[sumibas]

hi what is Mt. Rainier ? can some body point me to any documents ?

[morac]

You could search the forums since its been mentioned numerous times, but the official site is here.

A better explanation is located here

[Gil T Pleasure]

Mt. Ranier is a landmass that is located in Washington state.

Actually, you can read more about Mt. Rainer here.

[Kennyshin]

http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/mtr

http://www.licensing.philips.com/information/mtr/documents102.html