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Sony DRU 530A
4.0 out of 10

Sony DRU 530A

Great Deal: $150.00

Reviews and Problems with Sony DRU 530A

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Overall 1
1.0

"I have the external version. It died after 13 months and about 15-20 burned DVDs!"

ddubay, CNET
11 August 2005
Overall 4
4.0

Pathetic!

elconde, epinions.com
28 July 2005
  • Summary: This drive is barely a year old and now it will not burn any discs.
  • Pros: + Looks great
  • Cons: - Will not burn discs any longer - No support from Sony
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Overall 1
1.0

"YES, THIS PRODUCT IS NOT RELIABLE AT ALL. TOTALLY ABYSMAL"

ekisom, CNET
30 June 2005
  • Pros: it works like an ordinary cd rom drive
  • Cons: highly unreliable, after only a years usage its almost useless now. only for reading cds and high quality dvds
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Overall 7
7.0

"A very good drive for backing up Data"

Bygeorge, CNET
25 June 2005
  • Pros: Burns data & movies very well on almost any media - no prob!
  • Cons: Try burning movies beyond 4X - BIG PROBLEM!!!
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Overall 5
5.0

"Decent burner for backing up data."

BigDaddy33, CNET
24 May 2005
Overall 2
2.0

Good for an anchor not much else

attean, epinions.com
26 April 2005
  • Summary: I bought three of these. All eventually FAILED. This is after a series of coaster burns which do mak
  • Pros: pretty looks great... also it makes great looking miniature frisbees, small boat anchors and coasters.
  • Cons: IT (they 3 of them) all eventually FAILED completely!!!!
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Overall 5
5.0

"I call it the 50/50 machine... this is your chance of getting it to burn successfully."

CNET
2 February 2005
  • Pros: The whirring of a burning CD is a nice backdrop to lull you into sleep as you wait for this machine to eventually return an error.
  • Cons: None. It barely does its only function.
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Overall 5
5.0

"dead in less than 90 days"

CNET
12 January 2005
  • Pros: excellent drive when it worked, did everything I asked of it.
  • Cons: Like many other Sony products I have owned and/or read about as of late, quality is lacking. The drive failed on lead out on an important backup, coastered the disk (a...
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Overall 2
2.0

"Beware! Bad technology"

CNET
12 January 2005
  • Pros: if it works in six months consider yourself very lucky!
  • Cons: Been through 4... yes 4 DRU's in a little over a year. They all eventually failed to read or write DVD media. Unless you enjoy getting RMA's then look elsewhere for a ...
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Overall 1
1.0

"I Will NEVER buy another sony product!!!!!"

CNET
12 January 2005
  • Pros: NONE
  • Cons: Problems from get go lasted 4 months before it finally stoped working the warrantee was only 90 days now I have a very exspensive paper weight. Will never buy another ...
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