SONY DRU500AX

[red lion]

Got the Sony DRU 500AX today have not tried it yet as it did not fit in my pc because of large dvd tray and my case having a plastic moulded front took me 3 hours to get it to fit . the firmware is 2.0c is this normal the build date on the drive is january 2003

Some questions

1 is this firmware normal and the latest
2 does the drive write automatically to whatever media you put in(dvd-r dvd+r)
3 this came with it which should i use
RECORDNOW DX
DLA
SIMPLE BACKUP
MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX
MYDVD
POWERDVD

Normally i use windvd
normally i use winamp
so that would rule out musicmatch jukebox and power dvd
what about the rest
i also have prassi primo 2 is it better than recordnow dx or would the retail recordnow max be better still
i know this is a lot of questions but if i ask them all over the place i wont find them so feel free to answer any or all if your an expert
thanks

[jimbola]

1 is this firmware normal and the latest

Here is the support link for your drive. It will have the updates for your drive when the come available. You are now at the latest firmware version.

http://sony.storagesupport.com/dvdrw/dru500axdwn.htm

2 does the drive write automatically to whatever media you put in(dvd-r dvd+r)

Yes.

3 this came with it which should i use
RECORDNOW DX
DLA
SIMPLE BACKUP
MUSICMATCH JUKEBOX
MYDVD
POWERDVD

I wouldn't use any of it except maybe PowerDVD. What you have is better.

[red lion]

thanks thats a great help