PCTechTalk - View Single Post - Well I finally took the plunge and purchased a new Sony DRU500AX DVD Burner!

igalan · 05-19-2003, 02:40 PM

I have the Sony DRU500A (BIOS 2.0f). The IDE interface of this burner is incompatible with the Asus A7A266 (because of the Ali chipset) so I had to connect it as single master and disable UDMA in ther BIOS (not in XP). After I did this the burner has been running flawless.

I have burned over 100 DVD (very often I burn to DVD+RW to test the final disc, and when I'm satisfied then I burn on DVD-R). I had two coasters because a bug in Nero, but that's all. I have been able to capture some VHS tapes that I have (my wedding, some family videos, travels... as well as some tv shows) and create awesome professional looking DVDs!

The only problem is that DVD authoring programs for home users are currently very limited, and some are very buggy, so you're creativity is limited... Oh, and you can have 6 DivX movies on a DVD (that the Kiss DVD will play just fine), or hundreds of MP3!

05-19-2003, 02:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
igalan PCTT Articles Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Barcelona, SPAIN Posts: 1,018	I have the Sony DRU500A (BIOS 2.0f). The IDE interface of this burner is incompatible with the Asus A7A266 (because of the Ali chipset) so I had to connect it as single master and disable UDMA in ther BIOS (not in XP). After I did this the burner has been running flawless. I have burned over 100 DVD (very often I burn to DVD+RW to test the final disc, and when I'm satisfied then I burn on DVD-R). I had two coasters because a bug in Nero, but that's all. I have been able to capture some VHS tapes that I have (my wedding, some family videos, travels... as well as some tv shows) and create awesome professional looking DVDs! The only problem is that DVD authoring programs for home users are currently very limited, and some are very buggy, so you're creativity is limited... Oh, and you can have 6 DivX movies on a DVD (that the Kiss DVD will play just fine), or hundreds of MP3!