Sony DRU-720A: Speed Increases All Around
by Purav Sanghani on March 6, 2005 12:30 AM EST- Posted in
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Read Tests
Like manufacturer-specified write speeds, specified read speeds are not always the best measure of a drive's performance. We have chosen select media to test the following drive read benchmarks.
For our CD seek time test, we used a CD-ROM filled with 700MB of data.
Take a look at how the DRU-720A performs with DVD media.
For our DVD seek time test, we used a 4.5GB DVD-ROM with the maximum 4.35GB of data.
For our 4.5 DVD read speed test, we used a home made 4.5GB DVD-Video disc.
For our 9GB DVD read speed test, we used a pressed dual layer DVD-Video disc, specifically "The Matrix".
With the 4.5GB home-made DVD-Video, the DRU-720A had read the disk the fastest at 6.17x. It's not as quick as some of the other 16x drives out there, like NEC's ND-3500A or Pioneer's DVR-108D, but it is an improvement over the older Sony drives.
As for the read test with "The Matrix", the DRU-720A doesn't perform as well as its predecessors. The DRU-540A reads the disk faster than the 720A and 710A at 6.91x, while the 720A comes in at 4.3x.
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semo - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
in a sense yes, but ls drives are actually available right now... the meadia is lagging behind as usualstephenbrooks - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
You mean "paper launched"?semo - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
#4ati x800xt pe were barely available and it took them longer to arive at your doorstep than to play all the games it was intended for
lightscribe is a new technology and as such suffers from the same problems any other "just launched" product suffers from
MadAd - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
still 4x DL huh? For me theres not much point upgrading till the DL/R9 standard is x8 at least.V00D00 - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
Lightscribe is a joke. The disks are barely available, and it takes longer to make the label than it does to burn the disk.Anyway.. the real reason I'm commenting is because I think that little pin isn't to aid the switch of the front bezel, it's the emergency eject pin.
semo - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
no lightscribe no sale!Mday - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
i wonder if liteon is still making the sony drives.falcc - Sunday, March 6, 2005 - link
I'll stick with my DVR-109.