Sony External DVD Burner
Sony’s external DVD burner incorporates DVD-RAM recording, creating a true DVD Multi drive. DVD+R Double/Dual Layer burning and standard dual format 4.7GB DVD burning is supported at 16X max. Dual Layer and Double Layer Recording speed is 8X max. DVD+RW speeds are 8X max for DVD+RW and 6X max for DVD-RW respectively. DVD-RAM recording is supported at 5X max and Ultra fast 48X max CD-R burning and 32X max means you no longer need a separate CD Burner for high performance CD burning. Attractive external drive features Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface and award winning Nero software suite. Works with Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems.
Sony’s External DVD Burners are portable burners that can read, write or rewrite CDs and DVDs for storage or sharing. Unlike internal drives, they can be stimulated from computer to computer and use an external power source. Depending on the software used, a burner will: Make Photo Discs, Make Read-Only Music or Audio CDs, Burn Home Movies, Utilize Re-Writable Discs, Play DVD Movies or CDs, Create Back-up Copies of Media Library. DVD+R Double Layer and DVD-R Dual Layer Burning, 16X max DVD+R/+RW Burning 5X max DVD-RAM recording, Includes Nero 6.6 Software Suite, Works With 4.7GB DVD+R/+RW and 8.5GB Double/Dual Layer Discs, Record Up To 4 Hours Of Video on Double/Dual Layer Discs, Attractive Vertical Space-saving Design, Works with Windows® 2000/XP Preserve Home Movies On DVD Back Up Your Computer, Make Music Discs, and More Ultra Fast CD Burning Too. The most inviting factor for the DRX810UL is the burning speeds it supports. Single layer DVD discs can be burnt at up to 16x CAV (21.6MB/s), at the same time dual layer and DVD+RW discs can be created at up to 8x (10.8MB/s). DVD-RW users get a claimed 6x CLV (8.1MB/s) writing speed, while CD-R write at 48x and CD-RWs write at 32x.
On the software side, the DRX810UL ships with burning applications for Windows and Macintosh users -- most probably the Linux crowd is expected to be bright enough to work something out. Mac types can use Toast 6 Lite, and Windows users find an LE version of the current Nero suite. On the Windows side (we did not test on a Macintosh system), that gives you Nero Burning ROM SE, Nero Express, Nero BackItUp, InCD (for packet writing), NeroVision Express, Nero Showtime, Nero Record, Nero Wave Editor, Nero Cover Designer, Nero PhotoSnap, Nero PhotoSnapViewer, Nero MediaHome, Nero Toolkit and the launching application to handle all of them, Nero SmartStart. It's a great bundle to include - although as with the 800UL, there is a catch, which we discovered all too rapidly