ForumSony BWU-200S detail information
| Posted by | Kip R. |
| Posted on | 12/01/08 05:13 |
| Number of views | 17927 |
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Product | Sony BWU-200S |
| Description | Internal Blu-ray Disc Rewritable Drive |
DVD-R media compatibility and write quality
As with the +R media, for these tests we will be using the Lite-On DH20A3P drives along with Nero’s CD-DVDspeed to measure the disc quality. We will also be using the BenQ DW1650 along with Nero CD-DVDSpeed for our read-back tests.
Here is what we discovered:
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
A dip in the TRT at the 1.4 mark; overall quality was good with this media.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
Good results with this Phillips media.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
As we can see, there were some PIF spikes, however, the TRT reflects a smooth read back curve when burned at 16X.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
The Sony BWU-200S performed very well with this media from Verbatim.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
The Sony BWU-200S did very good, burning this Taiyo Yuden 8X media.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
A block of PIF which coincides with the dip in the TRT; still overall an OK burn with this Verbatim 8X media.
DVD-RW media compatibility and write quality
We used the same test procedures as in our DVD-R tests.
Here are our results.
Disc Quality Scan at 4X with Lite-on Drive
TRT with BenQ DW-1650
High spike of (9) on PIF, otherwise the Sony BWU-200S would have done a much better job with this media.
Summary
Overall, the Sony BWU-200S did a good job with our DVD-R/RW test media; we would have liked to have seen better performance with our DVD-RW test media.
Let’s head on to the next page where we will test DVD R DL writing performance and quality……
DVD+R/RW writing performance
Check out your player's format capability before burning any discs with any BD burner. Some players (like my Panny) will play only BDMV format; some players will play BDAV. This burner will burn either, but some burning software won't support BDAV. I am using Ulead Movie Factory with the HD add-in; it will burn either format.
Others have noted that the Sony's drawer won't fit thru a normal cutout - that was the situation with my Dell XPS400. Tried trimming out the hole in the Dell; gave up and mounted the burner in an external enclosure.
Overall, thumbs up even at the $600USD price.
It is actually a cannabilized external one for a DVD drive. External 5.25" SATA enclosures are a little hard to find and are well over $50 when you do. I had to run a power cable and SATA cable out of the back of the PC and the back of the external enclosure. The enclosure I use has a power switch that is not maintained and the PC showed drive not available when booting if the power was not on. So, I ran an cable from the PC power supply. Kinda junky doing it that way, but it works.
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