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| Sony DRX840U 20x External Dual-Layer DVD Burner | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $109.99
Buy New: $84.48
You Save: $25.51 (23%)
New (29) Used (4) Refurbished (1) from $66.41
Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 468
Color: Sony
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 7
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.5 x 2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: DRX840U
Model: DRX840U
UPC: 027242719743
EAN: 0027242719743
ASIN: B000SKWE9W
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Fast and Reliable July 15, 2008
I bought this burner to use with my laptop for burning dual layer DVD's. The burner in my laptop was painfully slow. This burner has proven fast and reliable - I've burned about 20 dvd's so far, with no coasters; of course, I am using reputable media as well (Verbatim).
Works like a Charm July 15, 2008
I have owned this drive for 7 months now and it has yet to fail me, no coasters! I use this drive with my Mac Pro (Jan 08 version) with Leopard and it burns to every type of medium I need. While some have griped that the software is not compatible with Mac, which is unfortunate, I did not buy this drive for the software. It would be great to add Toast for us Mac folks, but it's not a deal breaker.
I am buying a second one so that I can burn DVD-R with my old HP XP machine which has HP burners that will only burn to DVD+R. Expensive? Yes. Worth it? Yes.
 Not completely Mac compatible July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD/DVD drive/burner from SONY works great, and the drive looks good on my desk. Unfortunately it is not totally compatible with Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger). (It does ship with PC software.) At first I could not figure out how to open the Sony drawer on my Mac G5 Tower. The eject button on the keyboard opens only the internal CD/DVD drive. Eventually I found that iTunes has a preference setting to select the drive, and the eject button in iTunes will open the Sony drive. But this is inconvenient. I contacted Sony, and here is the reply:
"Sony bundles Nero Recording software for Windows with this unit. If you would like to use this drive on a MAC you will need to purchase MAC recording software. Please visit this website for 3rd party software information. [...]
Thus there may be a hidden expense if you are buying this drive for the Mac.
By the way, I did find another solution for opening the Sony drawer without having to buy new software for the Mac. With Automator, I used the "Run Shell Script" command to issue the command "drutil -drive usb tray open". Then I saved the workflow as an application. It works fine. With this solution, or the iTunes workaround, I am able to use the Sony CD/DVD burner with no trouble.
Terrific Product June 29, 2008
I have 2 computers, one old from around 2001 and one much newer from 2006. The DVD burner in both of those computers has given me major headaches and failed to burn DVD's. I have spent countless hours trying to troubleshoot the problem with no success. The Sony external DVD/CD Rewritable Drive has worked perfectly for me from the very first. All I did was plug it in and turn it on and it was ready to go. My computer recognized it instantly. I have burned numerous discs flawlessly and I couldn't be more pleased. I didn't need to install any software as I already had Nero 8 and Ulead Videostudio on my computer. It's Sony quality at a great price.
 Software NOT MAC Compatible - and thumbs down for misleading buyers. June 27, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Contrary to some other reviews and the tiny little "Mac Compatible" sticker on the front of the box, the NERO software that comes with the Sony Burner is NOT Mac compatible. The user guide clearly states that using software other than that supplied is not covered by warranty and not supported by Sony. Search the web and you'll fine more than a few unhappy purchasers who planned to use this with their Mac.
The operating system requirements are as follows:
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition * Microsoft Windows XP Professional * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional * Microsoft Windows Vista
You will find Mac OS nowhere else on the box, the instructions, or in the user guide. Mac Users - you're on your own. Disc Utility or Finder and no warranty, and it still makes coasters.
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