Posted by Martin van derPoel on 09/07/06 11:54

Hi there,
I also bought the Sony 510 dud.
I contacted Sony Australia and they told me in mid 2005 that the "new
software was not ready for the DRU-510".
Last time I looked it was still not ready.

I purchased a Pioneer DVR-108, the Pioneer worked straight away better than
the Sony ever did (the Sony only "liked" "premium" disks ($$$)).
There have been several firmware upgrades for the Pioneer, I am impressed.

I also bought a Sony video camera battery at the same time as the 510 dud
and that was a dud too, as the battery was purchsed in California and Sony
Australia took a long time to respond the 3 months Californian waranty was
expired by the time I got the battery back to California. As the Camera was
unreliable as well I decided that I will not purchase anything SONY again,
ever.

Last year I purchased a Panasonic GS400 video camera and one year on it
still works perfectly, unlike the Sony camera that packed up so many times
that in the end Sony gave me a replacement (it also was unreliable).

Sorry I am getting carried away.

I can only advise, STAY AWAY FROM SONY EQUIPMENT, and like me you will be
the better for it.

Regards,

Martin van der Poel



"Roger L. Beeman" <beeman@nwlink.com> wrote in message
news:yp8zmdchecf.fsf@koishi.subako.org...
> "Linea Recta" <mccm.vos@abc.invalid> writes:
>
>> Problems started when I couldn't get DVD+R media 8 speed or below any
>> more.
>> All brands seem to have changed to 16 speed.
>
> Try PriceGrabber.com: {beware the line wrap}
>
> http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_attrib.php/form_keyword=8X%20DVD%20Media/topcat_id=/page_id=2/lo_p=0/hi_p=0/popup1%5B%5D=30:204
>
> If you can't get that to work, Enter "8X DVD Media Storage" at the home
> page. Then select DVD+R under "Media Type" in the column at the left.
> I found 18 results.
>
>> This device has considerable problems writing to 16 speed media. Some
>> discs
>> are written, others are consistently refused. (message: "illegal disc").
>> I have the latest FW update 1.72, but even this dates back from 2004.
>
> Sometimes there is no possible firmware fix for speeds that were
> unsupported
> when a device was sold. These days, higher speeds usually mean a new
> chipset, not just new firmware. I got spoiled by many useful firmware
> upgrades for my old Plextor CD writers so I got mad when my Sony DRU-510A
> got orphaned at 4X speeds. I'm still angry (I hold a grudge, so sue me),
> but I'm beginning to accept that it is just not possible to write magic
> new firmware for old hardware when the real fix is a new chipset.
>
> If others have had good experiences with hardware manufactures that have
> managed better than I have experienced, I would love to hear about it.
>
> Roger L. Beeman

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