Which one would be the better one???Pioneer DVR-A05 or Sony DRU-500A
- Thread starter tokki
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The Sony is better because it burns both dvd-r and dvd+r. But with some careful shopping you can probably get the Pioneer (especially in rebadged form) for less than half the price of the Sony.
If you can get the Pioneer for less than half the price, I would get the Pioneer. In a couple of years you could use the other half to get something far better than the Sony is now.
If you can get the Pioneer for less than half the price, I would get the Pioneer. In a couple of years you could use the other half to get something far better than the Sony is now.
Coaster
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@ tokki,
I recently purchased a CenDyne (Pioneer) DRV-105 with firmware 1.00 and flashed to 1.21. Using SmartRipper, DVD2one and DiscJuggler I have “Backed Up” many DVD’s.
The only problem is finding quality DVD-R blanks at a reasonable price. Using cheap crap DVD media has caused the only problems I have experienced in burning DVD’s. Reasonable quality media for both ±R and ±RW formats is a slight problem now. I believe the price of quality DVD-R blanks will become reasonable in a matter of time. When the retailers get the hint and purge their stock of all the garbage DVD media that they are attempting to sell to unsuspecting uniformed customers burning DVD’s will become as simple and as easy as burning CD-R’s.
Regards,
Coaster
I recently purchased a CenDyne (Pioneer) DRV-105 with firmware 1.00 and flashed to 1.21. Using SmartRipper, DVD2one and DiscJuggler I have “Backed Up” many DVD’s.
The only problem is finding quality DVD-R blanks at a reasonable price. Using cheap crap DVD media has caused the only problems I have experienced in burning DVD’s. Reasonable quality media for both ±R and ±RW formats is a slight problem now. I believe the price of quality DVD-R blanks will become reasonable in a matter of time. When the retailers get the hint and purge their stock of all the garbage DVD media that they are attempting to sell to unsuspecting uniformed customers burning DVD’s will become as simple and as easy as burning CD-R’s.
Regards,
Coaster
i own a dru-500a and i would say! the Pioneer A05 would be better more reliable and more compatible with media!!!(more brands)MY A04 was better then my sony!! in my opinion.
unless you need DVD+R/RW ( which for the life of me !! i cant see why you would need it!!!(i still have the first 10 i DVD+r blanks i purchased) get the pioneer!!!
last market figures in Australia show DVD+R/RW burner make up only 16% of the total DVR market!!!!! DVD+R/RW is on its last legs!!!
unless you need DVD+R/RW ( which for the life of me !! i cant see why you would need it!!!(i still have the first 10 i DVD+r blanks i purchased) get the pioneer!!!
last market figures in Australia show DVD+R/RW burner make up only 16% of the total DVR market!!!!! DVD+R/RW is on its last legs!!!
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agreed
Laz
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No problem for getting a Sony 500, a 10 day wait here:- http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=43330 and they will ship to anywhere in Europe. 
I buy most of my parts from these guys and they are very reliable.
I buy most of my parts from these guys and they are very reliable.
I'd wait for the Lite-On to come out before I bought any new burner at this point. Almost half the price of the Sony, does 4X in both -R/+R formats, and if nothing else it will make Sony drop it's prices....or maybe not (we are talking about Sony after all)
woody
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Tough question!I bought the A05 at Futureshop(mainly because the Sony was out of stock).The $ savings was nice too.
The Sony has a faster,and better Cdr writer(24X).The A05 (16X)No good with SD2 or anything that uses bad sectors.
Dvd+r is very expensive media too,in Canada.I found some good sources for cheap dvd-r media only,so I went with the A05 because of this too.
http://www.clicshop.com/magasin/1felixgodard/c75727.2.html
The Sony has a faster,and better Cdr writer(24X).The A05 (16X)No good with SD2 or anything that uses bad sectors.
Dvd+r is very expensive media too,in Canada.I found some good sources for cheap dvd-r media only,so I went with the A05 because of this too.
http://www.clicshop.com/magasin/1felixgodard/c75727.2.html
If you are going to go with a single format type of drive then i would recomend the - format, simply because this has far out sold the + format.There is no one drive that is 100 % a winner, at the end of the day, everyone here has spoken of there own choice of drive, the pioneer is a very good and popular drive, but it all comes down to what you want to do with it, i personaly own the toshiba, my first choice was actualy the sony, but they couldnt deleaver, so i went for the toshiba simply because of its CD protections capability. If you want a drive that will do DVD and copy CD games then the tosh is the drive to go for, as it will cut through most protections(exept audio) with ease and also burn perfect copies of most protections, the sony and the pioneer struggle with this.