4X burning with Sony DRU500

[Chips144]

Has anyone successfully burned a dvd-r or dvd+r at 4X with the Sony DRU500? If so, what brand and type media did you use and what firmware is installed?

[Neoh]

Yes I did, with a Philips DVD+R I will put the references in the media library in a couple of minutes

[Peka]

Yes, Pioneer DVD-R labelled as 1x-4x

I can't get 4x DVD+R's yet, Doh!!

[donpedro]

Neoh, could you please post how long in minutes did it take and how much of data was on disk ?

Thanks.

And if you don't mind you can add your experience here too:

SONY DRU-500A Detail media report

[phelix]

Just got in some 4x riteks form hypermicro . Nero says it's buring at 4x, but the Sony is really buring at only 2x 4235MB taking 27:31 . That's 2x

On the bright side, the $0.88 generic DVD-R discs hypermicro has burns at 2x and plays perfect on my standalone Panasonic A110.


Media source: www.hypermicro.com
Media name: Ritek 4x DVD-R (RitekG04-DVD-R-SS)
Authoring software: Ulead DVD workshop
Burning software: Nero 5.5.10.0
Media's rated/certified max speed: "4x"
Burning speed used: 2x
Firmware version/update: 1.0f
Computer DVD playback software results: fine
Computer DVD-ROM drives results: fine
Standalone DVD players results for each media/test:
Panasonic A110: fine, no problems even at the end of the disc
Apex AD600A: disc isn't recognized

[ToddB]

I got my Riteks from the same place and experience the same speed problem with the 4x on the same burner. Could it be hypermicro? Good think they were cheep ($1.92).

[phelix]

I got my Riteks from the same place and experience the same speed problem with the 4x on the same burner. Could it be hypermicro? Good think they were cheep ($1.92).

Well, hypermicro doesn't usually sell junk. But if you look at their product line, they mostly sell the poineer burners; mabye the riteks work fine with the pioneers.

Anyway, today I did burn a ritek disc at 4X. Verified fine in the sony burner, but unreadable in my other dvdrom dirve or in my standalone players. So at this point, I think the sony just can't burn the ritek discs at 4x. Burning them at 2x works fine.

We'll probably have to wait for the next firware release to get support for cheap 4x discs.

[ToddB]

See this post CPU usage.

[VEFF]

I got my Riteks from the same place and experience the same speed problem with the 4x on the same burner. Could it be hypermicro? Good think they were cheep ($1.92).

Well, hypermicro doesn't usually sell junk. But if you look at their product line, they mostly sell the poineer burners; mabye the riteks work fine with the pioneers.

Anyway, today I did burn a ritek disc at 4X. Verified fine in the sony burner, but unreadable in my other dvdrom dirve or in my standalone players. So at this point, I think the sony just can't burn the ritek discs at 4x. Burning them at 2x works fine.

We'll probably have to wait for the next firware release to get support for cheap 4x discs.

Don't necessarily blame the burner. It seems like the burner did its job, based on the fact that it verified fine.
Did you try playing them on your burner or DVD-ROM?

I have heard from Maxell themselves, that some standalone players more than three months old don't play 4X.I have even heard that 2X discs may not play on some DVD players, whereas 1X burns play fine.