DRU500a Firmware 1.0f 2X for all!

[gianniz]

well with this firmware update i was able to burn all 1x certified media at 2x perfectly ... what a bargain! good on ya sony

[Da Man]

what media you burn at 2x now...please report...i can burn accu at 2x now but i can't burn princo at 2x

[Pncrs]

My old 1x Optodisc media is now 2x writable ... Bulkpaq 1x is still 1x !

[Baby burner]

Cool.... I updated my firmware today my Optodisc 1X media is burning 2X on Nero!!

I brought is here:
http://www.tapeandmedia.com/detail.asp?product_id=DVDR4.7GB-50

What a cool drive by Sony

[g00kster]

Yeah, after the update. My Ritek DVD-R 100 pk burns at 2X!!!!......Horray!!!!

http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=242&cata=1&s_cata=88

GO SONY BABY!!!!

[donpedro]

Just be aware. My media (bought as 1x) showed in Nero that it is 2x, but real burning speed was jumping and final time corresponded to 1x burn speed.

[VEFF]

Good point donpedro.

The way for everyone to tell what the actual burn speed is, is to check the actual time elapsed during a burn.

For example,
4 gigs at 1X ~ 60 minutes
4 gigs at 2X ~ 30 minutes
4 gigs at 4X ~ 15 minutes

[VEFF]

Yeah, after the update. My Ritek DVD-R 100 pk burns at 2X!!!!......Horray!!!!

http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=242&cata=1&s_cata=88

GO SONY BABY!!!!

How long (in minutes) is it taking you to burn a typical DVD at 2X (please specifiy number of gigs)?

Thanks!

[vw671]

All I can say is THANK YOU SONY!!!

I'm now burning sub $1 Accu's at 2x with no compatibility issues. Just burned 3.77 GB (4,056,899,584 bytes) in 27 mins.

[Da Man]

just burn I saw momy kiss Santa movie....this is a 1-1 copy....rip to iso by dvddecrypter ..the size is 4.24G....burn using dvddecrypter....it show 2x....the time burn is 28 minutes...media...accu..

[gianniz]

yup took less than 30minutes well actually took an hour but that cause i verified all my disk.. But didn't someone said dvd-r read speed is 4x? if so it should ahve taken 45MINUTE.. oh well you can have everything

[VEFF]

yup took less than 30minutes well actually took an hour but that cause i verified all my disk.. But didn't someone said dvd-r read speed is 4x? if so it should ahve taken 45MINUTE.. oh well you can have everything

gianniz,

Sorry if you already answered this in another post:
What media specifically (brand, speed rating etc.) are you
now able to burn at 2X?

Thanks!

[jeffreii]

it appears as if the 1.0f firmware upgrade does upgrade the dvd-r read speed from 2x to 4x...however this does not include dvd-r MOVIES...i tested with nero cd speed application, it showed 4x read speed with a ps2 dvd-r backup, and 2x speed reading a dvd-r movie....this is not great news seeing as i use the read function on the drive for dvd-r movies more than anything else...i doubt a later firmware upgrade will fix this, as it seems intentional....any ideas?

-jeff

[donpedro]

Can people that wre able to burn to Accu disks in real (around 30 minutes) 2x speed post their Manufacturer ID (please use ADVDInfo and method that you can find in "DVDR Media" list here) and source ?

Thanks......

[thor2j]

I have optodisc 1x to and I timed the recordings and they are definetely recording at 2X. Almost full disc took 25 minutes. Way to go Sony!!!!

[donpedro]

I have optodisc 1x to and I timed the recordings and they are definetely recording at 2X. Almost full disc took 25 minutes. Way to go Sony!!!!

Do you mind to contribute here ?

All 1x media that burns at 2x speed in Sony DRU-500A 1.0f

[g00kster]

VEFF Wrote:

How long (in minutes) is it taking you to burn a typical DVD at 2X (please specifiy number of gigs)?



4.2 gig @ 2X in 25 mins for the cheapo Ritek!!!!

I'm a happy camper!!!

Hey, how you copy people's quote? Make it white?

[thinker]

Hey anybody tried burning to a TDK-RW I tried it this morning and it was burning at 1x with Nero with the 1.0f upgrade.

I kinda feel it was burning at 2x before.

Any comments would be appreciated

[davidz]

As a reseller's point of view.... I have seen people burning 1x Optodisc at 2x. However, I haven't personally test them yet. So I cannot say if they actually works. Just feel interesting, can anyone provide some kind of report such as ADVDInfo to share others this information. Thankx

[jon_w]

darn, guess I picked the wrong cheapo dvd-r, no 2x for princo.

[thinker]

Anybody has any news if the Ritek 4x DVD-R media on the market works at 4x with DRU-500A?

[dvdnew]

I ordered accu and got Princo, so 1x only

[vw671]

where did you order your Accu's from?

I ordered accu and got Princo, so 1x only

[VEFF]

DRU-500A with fw 1.0f burns KHypermedia 1X DVD-Rs at 2X, using Stomp RecordNow Max 4.5.

I had four of these 1X-rated discs left from before 4X DVD-R media came out. (I bought them on sale for 50% off, just to try them out).
Anyway, I tried burning one at 2X today and it worked (took only 18 minutes, including finalizing, to burn 2.5 gigs).

The disc plays fine

[donpedro]

Did you check whole disk (full time) ? I was able to burn one 1x rated media at 2x speed but I could play only firts 10 minutes without any freezing and skiping in player.

[dvdnew]

where did you order your Accu's from?

I ordered accu and got Princo, so 1x only

meritline, but I read that they send what they have in hand. So I guess you will get right if you order this time.

[VEFF]

Did you check whole disk (full time) ? I was able to burn one 1x rated media at 2x speed but I could play only firts 10 minutes without any freezing and skiping in player.

It wasn't a movie, but the disc works fine.
I will try to run some official tests that check the entire disc...