Looking to buy!

[Govnah]

Looking for a recommendation on a DVD burner. I'm think of purchasing the Sony DRU500a. If you have another recommendation please let me know.

TIA

[sumibas]

hi,

December PC world issue talks about 13 dvd Burners in market today. they selected Sont DRU500A as the Best Dvd burner available. I do not have any Personal experience with that Player.

[hothandiman]

I have the Pioneer A104. I has worked great with Optodisc DVD -R media and my JVC set top player. The multi format aspect of the Sony sounds interesting. I have read in some of the forums, compatability issues with NERO, ifoedit, etc. so you may want to be careful

[Digifreak]

I have the Sony, I really like the fact that if one of my friends or family's players don't like a -R(W) I just burn +R(W). Nero has worked perfectly burning as DVD video as long as you update to the latest version at the Nero site.

[Govnah]

Thanks for the input. I think I will order the Sony DRU500a. The cheapest price I have found for this unit is $329.00. Have you seen a better price, if so let me know?


TIA

[alenhard]

$329.00 is a great price. I love the drive and have had no problems so far. But remember to check the warranty and return policy of the company you choose to buy it from. Apparently there has been a lemon or two....(unlikely but always a possibility)

[sumibas]

hi,

best buy have t for 349 and in pc world december issue You have a 10 % off coupon for bestbuy so 349 - 35 = 315 + tax. i feel this is a Good deal. the coupon is valid till 31/1/2003


Baskaran

[VEFF]

The DRU-500A is a nice burner, if you can get it for a good price, especially now that the firmware update (to improve write speed and media read and write compatibility) has just been released.

I am very satisfied so far with mine.

[alenhard]

When and where was the firmware released?? I haven't heard about it yet...is there a link?

[g00kster]

Here's the link:

http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/dru500adwn.htm

[sumibas]

There is a 50 $ mail in rebate available for Sony from 11/15/2002 to 1/31/2003

i got it from the office depot website in the rebatecenter section.

[musher70]

YOU FOUND A DVD_SETTOP that doesnt read -r's?

please post this unit...

burned so many now,and have never found one
that wont play-r,if ur structures are correct,i mean
that empty audio_ts folder in it....

[donpedro]

There is a 50 $ mail in rebate available for Sony from 11/15/2002 to 1/31/2003

i got it from the office depot website in the rebatecenter section.

I wonder where did you see it ? Am I blind ?

[Zakey]

sumibas,

Yeah, where is the $50 rebate?? I couldn't find it either.

Thanks,

Z