I have been reading several fourms to see what everyone is using for media for the Sony DRU500A. Here is the list that I have put together:
DVD RECORDING MEDIA
GOOD
-RW Memorex, TDK , Sony
-R Accu, Verbatum, TDK, Sony, CompUSA, Princo , Memorex, BeALL (Samsung), LAC
-R 2x Generic , TDK
+R Sony, Meritline
+RW Sony, TDK , Meritline
BAD
-R Memorex, Optodisk , DVDPro (Grade A, Meritline)
-RW Princo
+R TDK , Fuji
I have used Sony +RW, Memorex -RW, Verbatim +R and LAC -R with no problems on my PC DVD-ROM reader and Pioneer 525 player to play a move that I copied from my DVD's.
I was on the phone with the technical deptmartment at MeritLine (http://www.meritline.com) today to see what they recommend which I have included in the above list. They had a good price of $1.09 each for 100 ACCU DVD -R's with no cases. Their Meritline DVD +RW are $3.68 each or 10 for $35.80 with cases.
I LOVE the DVD +RW for recording time. A 4GB movie takes about 22 minutes.
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I noticed that you have the Memorex -R media in both the good and bad lists. Which list does it really belong in? Or is it randomly working for some people and not working for others? I seem to be having problems with the Memorex -R myself...
Edit/Additions:
Write done using Nero .14
three 2.0 Memorex -R discs, Taiwan origin (all from the same pack) - fail
six 2.0 TDK -R discs, Japanese origin (two different packs) - pass
four 1.0 Sony +RW discs, Japanese origin (two packs + bundled disc) - pass -
I think we should postpone judging DRU500A until burning softwares fully support DRU500A (at least Nero). I authored a movie with Spruceup then burned memorex dvd-r with Record now but Record now doesn't have DVD video burining mode. My Daewoo 5700 played it fine but started stuttering in the middle of the movie. Nero showed an error during the burn test with dvd-+r so I didn't use Nero.
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I hope that you are wrong about Meritline DvdPro Grade A DVD-R
I ordered from them and they will arrive soon. Not like my DRU500A from dell.com -
I think we should postpone judging DRU500A until burning softwares fully support DRU500A (at least Nero). I authored a movie with Spruceup then burned memorex dvd-r with Record now but Record now doesn't have DVD video burining mode. My Daewoo 5700 played it fine but started stuttering in the middle of the movie.
And what do you mean that your software "doesn't have DVD video burning mode" if you burned a DVD video with it? -
Originally Posted by donpedro
Not suitable for Pioneer S-201 Drive, Panasonic DMR-E20, Sony DRU-500 player
http://www.meritline.com/dvdprobul47d.html -
I saw where Supertek had posted this on the Pinnacle professional webboard several days ago:
Success reported with:
Sony DVD+RW (included with drive)
Sony DVD-RW
Sony DVD-R
Memorex DVD+RW
Accu DVD-R
BEALL DVD-R
Princo DVD-R
Verbatum DVD-R
TDK DVD-R
TDK DVD+RW
TDK DVD-RW
Fuji DVD+RW
Verbatim DVD+R
CompUSA DVD-R
Imation DVD-R
GQ DVD-R
LAC DVD-R
Meritline DVD+RW
Problems reported with:
TDK DVD+R
Princo DVD-RW
DVDPro DVD-R
old Verbatim 2x DVD-R
Verbatim DVD-R http://www.verbatim.com/support/sonystatement.cfm
Problems & Success reported with:
Memorex DVD-RW
Memorex DVD+R
Memorex DVD-R
Optodisk DVD-R
Sony DVD+R
Fuji DVD+R -
Originally Posted by JasonK
Eric -
BAD
Memorex DVD+R
Princo DVD-R (without logo, not sure if it's realy Princo yet)
TDK DVD+R
GOOD
Memorex DVD+RW
I tried 9 Princo's and made 5 coasters and 1 didn't get reconized at all. So I ended up with 3 good discs. (I'm not realy sure if these are real Princo discs, cause these ones are completly white there's no logo printed on them, I bought these on 90piece spindle at http://www.plextor.nl.)
The TDK dvd+r is very bad, indeed no errors during burning.. but the disc only contains corrupted data, some dvd-roms drives go crazy (fast spinning and/or lots of seeking across the disc) with the burned tdk's. -
I have been using the DRU500A for about a week. Bought some Verbatim 2x DVD-R media about 15 Oct 2002, Sony DVD-R media, Verbatim DVD-RW, and Sony DVD+RW media. I reformatted my HD before I used the burner. Installed a full version of WinXP Pro (no service packs), and Nero 5.5.9.14. I authored the DVD-Video with Sonic DVDit! v2.5. Here are my results.
Bad Media
Verbatim DVD-R
Good Media
Sony DVD-R, DVD+RW
TDK DVD-R v2.0
Verbatim DVD-RW
I am very happy with this drive. If I would have known about the Verbatim DVD-R problems I would not have had any coasters yet.
I have reused the same Verbatim DVD-RW 3x no problems
I have burned 2 each of the TDK and Sony DVD-R no problems
I have burned 1 each of the Sony DVD+RW no problems
I hope this helps.-ynt -
Anybody have luck with Ritek DVD-R, DVD-RW or Bestsonic (which is Ritek)??
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Originally Posted by geoffs
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We shouldn't need to have this discussion about disk brands. I can tolerate the verbatim recall, but now Sony is saying all brands except TDK and Sony are bad. I'm sorry, all brands are not bad. Sony drives are bad. There shouldn't be a list of brands to be excluded. So far I made about 20 coasters out of memorex and maxell disks, and sony could have saved me all that money by putting a note in the box. If they had a note on the outside of the box they would have saved me the trouble of buying it altogether.
All together now - take your drives back to the store and get a refund. You can always buy it again when and if sony releases updated firmware that works with standard name brand disks.
What brand of drive should I buy to not have this problem? Is pioneer as good as it's reputation says? -
We shouldn't need to have this discussion about disk brands. I can tolerate the verbatim recall, but now Sony is saying all brands except TDK and Sony are bad.
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Just got off the phone with Sony - they now claim TDK, SONY, and KODAK are the only supported brands. They say they offer no support if you are having problems with any other brand. They also say Nero is unsupported, but I have seen postings that say it works ok.
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I guess we were too happy about first +/-R drive. Result ? A lot of unhappy people.
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Originally Posted by DVDepressed
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Originally Posted by donpedro
-derek -
Originally Posted by derekyeu
I had problems yesterday with DVDPro.
Today I tried again (silver top DVDPro) and had no problems. -
I am very happy with this drive. Nero 5.5.9.14 has worked every time with the exception of the Verbatim Media. I burned 3 more DVD-Videos last night all (TDK DVD-R Media) and 1 DVD-RW (Verbatim Media) still no problems yet. So far I can't complain about this drive.
-ynt -
Has anyone tried burning Ritek at 2X with their DRU-500A?
(The Pioneer A04 with the right firmware can burn these at 2X).
The reasaon I wonder if it is possible, is that I found that Prodisc 2X (silver top) can be burned at 2X in my DRU-500A, even though they are apparently 2X certified only for Pioneer burners (or am I mistaken
about the last part)? -
Originally Posted by DVDepressed
Any company will say they don't support 3rd party products.
You wouldn't expect Panasonic to say they will support Princo media for example. -
I received my Sony Dru500a from Dell yesterday.I tried the princo dvd-r
white discs with no success.Ritek dvd-r media works though.I purchased both from Rima.I burned both brands by using Record Now, Dvd decrypter
and Nero burning rom with the new update.The Princo white discs work real well on the panasonic Dmr-E30. -
After reading the threads in this forum, I am seeing many differing opinions on the drive and the media used with this drive. I've had my drive (yes, the Sony DRU500A) for about 3 weeks. I bought it at Best Buy when they first showed up here and I have not had any noticeable problems. I did make two coasters with memorex dvd-r's. But so far the dvd-rw's and dvd+rw's have performed flawlessly. I also ordered 100 dvd-r's and 50 dvd-rw's in bulk off pricewatch.com. I bought the dvd-r's at 60 cents apiece and the dvd-rw's at 90 cents apiece. All told with s&h I spent $116 for 150 dvd's. So far I have burned 10 dvd-r's with none of them turning into coasters. I've also noticed that I am getting different burn speeds with each dvd I stick in the drive. I've gotten as high as 3.6x using nero on the dvd-r's, but I've averaged about 1.2x on most of the media. I've also tried using GearPro 6.0 and even though it listed my drive as a DVD drive, it refused to let me burn a dvd. So far I have had the best success with VOB instant dvd and Nero in burning dvd's. In my opinion Sony needs to better detect dvd media and report the media properly. Hopefully a firmware update will be out soon.
Also in my opinion, I don't believe people should be so harsh in their judgement of this drive. Considering it's price and capability as well as it's offerings, Sony has put together an incredible package for so little money ($350). I dare you to find another drive on the market for this amount with as many capabilities and future possibilities. Rarely does any company get anything perfect the first go-around and considering this is the first entry on the market, I think Sony did a wonderful job. For those looking to buy this drive, I would recommend it. I only suggest that you buy your media on the internet and don't waste your money at the local stores.
BTW, there is another thread that has a review of this drive.
Check it out here: http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=121670 or a direct link
to the review: http://www.djsmiley.com/review_sony/ -
I just copied a DVD movie using the latest version of Nero 5.5.9.17 http://www.nero.com/en/index.html#download to a Meritline DVD-R 2x blank (silver top and purple bottom).
This media is available from Meritline http://www.meritline.com/mer47dvmed2x.html and cost $1.64 for 25 or $1.54 for 100. -
My Media Report (Using Nero 55917):
Generic White Label DVD-R 1 - (Recognizes 1/20 discs and fails during write)
Generic White Label DVD-R 2 - (Recognizes discs, but fails during write) (2X)
Sony DVD+RW - (OK) (1X)
CompUSA DVD-R - (OK) (1X)
Imation DVD-R - (Recognizes disc, but fails during write) (2X)
Ready my full post (Search for "Norm"):
http://vcdhelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDnameid=51&Search=Search&list=
Will post more in a few days when my "disc orders" arrive."<!_NORM_!>" -
Have anyone tried this:
http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/DVD-RCOMBO-princo.html
with DRU-500A? Sounds too cheap to be true.
When you say it's bad/good, have you tried it with standalone players (both major types: Japanese[Sony,Pioneer,...] and Chinese[Apex,Sampo,...] as they are usually quite different in the sensitivity level).
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