topic Re: very slow DW-u50a in PCs & Accessories

very slow DW-u50a

ukpat — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 13:18:32 GMT

Hi

just wondering if anyone else experiences very slow up times on this dvd drive.....had problems with this drive and sony replaced it under warranty ...but always seems very slow in opperation.

pat

Re: very slow DW-u50a

TygerTyger — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 15:16:42 GMT

Slow up times? You mean the time it takes to recognise a disk and display the contents? You will have to define 'slow' a bit more specifically for anyone to be able to give you a comparison to something else.

Re: very slow DW-u50a

jammold — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:33:16 GMT

DVD drives WILL be slow in comparison to CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW disk drives - the DVD technology is very new at the moment so don't expect blazing miracles yet.

For comparison, the first generation CD-ROM's had a top speed of 1x - painfully slow. My next drive was a 2x, then 4x, 8x, 16, 32x, 54x etc... So as time goes on, faster DVD drives will be released.

Hope this helps! If it works, then it is a case of just waiting!
:smileygrin:

Re: very slow DW-u50a

robpaxton — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 19:50:15 GMT

DVD drives are as fast (If not faster) than CD drives, remember that 1X speed on a CD is a transfer speed of 150 kilobytes of data per second whereas 1X speed on a DVD is 1.38 megabytes per second.

Re: very slow DW-u50a

kee-lo_ — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:06:08 GMT

Actually DVD drivers are 10x faster than CD as Rob illustrated....

Re: very slow DW-u50a

jammold — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:18:11 GMT

This forum link HERE may explain a few problems another user encountered whilst using a DW-U50A drive. If this is too technical, then contact Sony for replacement #2 under warranty.

Re: very slow DW-u50a

robpaxton — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:23:31 GMT

But all that log indicates is that there was a write error with an attempted burn. That could be caused simply by using poor quality or damaged media.

Some drives simply take longer to recognise a disk than others - fact of life.

Re: very slow DW-u50a

jammold — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:26:15 GMT

Best to get replacement #2 in this case

Re: very slow DW-u50a

Mandy — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:33:17 GMT

James,

Did you actually read the replies to your post:smileywink:

Re: very slow DW-u50a

robpaxton — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 20:33:56 GMT

ROFL

Re: very slow DW-u50a

kee-lo_ — Mon, 01 Nov 2004 23:58:49 GMT

No James, best to use decent media....

Re: very slow DW-u50a

ukpat — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:41:18 GMT

it can take upto about 30 seconds for the drive to display the contents of a cd from closing the drive...and if its a dvd data disk with a large amount on it it seems like 2-3 min to display the info and also this really slows down my whole system.

Re: very slow DW-u50a

jammold — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 13:47:23 GMT

Try using a TDK DVD disk instead of the media you have been using - does this reproduce the problem?

What software are you using to author (burn) DVD disks?

Re: very slow DW-u50a

kee-lo_ — Tue, 02 Nov 2004 15:57:27 GMT

Sounds like it needs seeing to.