Sony DRU-500A and 8x DVD-ROM read claim...

[donpedro]

How do you make Sony drive to read 8x DVD ???

I used Nero's CD Speed 1.02 for testing and here are results.

Video DVD 2 layers = 2x
DVD-RW Data = 2x
Interactive DVD = 2x

One more question... what is actualy "Interactive DVD" ? I can play it on PC but not in Standalone players. It has VIDEO_TS folder with VTS files.

[Greg12]

8x max

[donpedro]

Is it more like 2x cup ? Were you able to get more then 2x ? If yes, how ?

When I test my DVD-ROM it goes from 3.8x to almost 8x. So ut is changing. With Sony it stays at 2x during all test. Shouldn't speed change based on where on disk it is ?

[-jsl-]

AFAIK it's locked to 2x for CSS-encrypted DVD's as well as DVD±RW. DVD±R (data) should be read @ 4x (with 1.0f firmware) and a single layer DVD-ROM (data) should be read @ 8x (max).

[donpedro]

should be read

Did you have chance to test it ?

[donpedro]

Was anybody able to read DVD-ROM (data) with this drive faster then 2x ???

[bac]

Was anybody able to read DVD-ROM (data) with this drive faster then 2x ???

Yes, see:
http://cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=154&page=Performance
(skip down to Data DVD test)

Also, with newer firmware, I posted results for reading from
the various recordable media:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=128151&highlight=

[donpedro]

Yep... that was it... +R reads at 4x... Now I just need to find some DVD-ROM media to see how that works.

Thanks bac