Sony is one of the largest manufacturers worldwide and its name has been associated with reliability and quality, after all it's a Sony.
Lately, Sony has been using LiteON OEM DVD burners and the latest LiteON SOHW-1693S is behind the new Sony burner, branded the DRU-800A.

The drive can burn at 16X speed, both DVD+R and DVD-R media. With RW media, the supported speeds are 8X and 6X for the DVD+R and DVD-R respectively. The most important feature is DVD-R DL recording at 4X. DVD+R DL is also at the same speed.

- Features

• Burns 8.5GB DVD¡ÀR Double/Dual Layer discs at 16X max, capable of burning a full disc in about 6 minutes.
• Burns 8.5GB DVD¡ÀR Double/Dual discs up to 4X max. Double/Dual Layer discs capable of storing up to 4 hours of MPEG-2 Video on single sided disc with 2 recording layers. Recorded DVD¡ÀR Double/Dual layer discs compatible with most consumer DVD players and DVD-ROM drives.
• Burns standard 4.7GB DVD¡ÀR and DVD¡ÀRW Discs and CD-R/RW too - One drive does it all.
• Maximum flexibility & compatibility ¨C Choose the optimal DVD recordable media for your project without sacrificing compatibility with your playback hardware.
• Award winning Nero Software bundle for burning all your video, music, and data to DVD or CD.
• Includes black replacement front bezel for matching the drive with a black PC case.

- Specifications

PART NUMBER	DRU-800A
DRIVE TYPE	Internal DVD¡ÀR/¡ÀRW Double/Dual Layer, Dual Format DVD/CD Recorder
MEDIA & MODES SUPPORTED	DVD-R/-R DL/-RW, DVD+R/DVD+R DL/+RW: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM (XA), CD Extra, Video CD, Photo CD*, CD Text, multi-session
READ/WRITE SPEED	Write (DVD-R) 1X, 2X, 4X, 6X CLV, 8X, 12X P-CAV, 16X CAV max.** Write (DVD-R DL) 2X, 4X max. *** Write (DVD-RW) 1X, 2X, 4X, 6X CLV max. ** Write (DVD+R) 2.4X, 4X**, 8X ~ 12X P-CAV max. **, 16X CAV max.** Write (DVD+R DL) 2.4X, 4X max. *** Write (DVD+RW) 2.4X, 4X, 6X CLV, 8X Z-CLV max. ** Write (CD-R) 8X,16X, 24X ~ 40X P-CAV max.**, 48X CAV max** Write (CD-RW) 4X, 10X,16X, 24X Z-CLV max. ** Read (DVD-ROM) 16X max. Read (CD-ROM) 48X max.
SUSTAINED DATA TRANSFER RATE	21MB/s max (16X DVD-ROM)
AVERAGE ACCESS TIME	130 ms (DVD 16X) 135 ms (CD 48X)
INTERFACE	EIDE (ATAPI
BURST TRANSFER RATE	66 MB/s Ultra DMA66
BUFFER MEMORY	2MB
POWER CONSUMPTION	+5V 1.5A max., +12V 1.5A max.
DIMENSIONS (WxHxD)	5.75 X 1.63 X 6.75 inches
WEIGHT	2lbs.
PACKAGE CONTENTS	Internal DRU-800A Double/Dual Layer DVD Recorder NeroVision Express£¦#8482; DVD video editing & authoring software Nero£¦#8482; Burning ROM SE CD/DVD mastering software Nero£¦#8482; InCD£¦#8482; drive letter recording software Nero£¦#8482; Showtime£¦#8482; soft DVD player software Nero£¦#8482; BackitUp£¦#8482; backup software Black front panel replacement kit ATAPI cable and mounting hardware User¡¯s Manual
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS	Pentium® III 800 MHz or faster (or equivalent) CPU minimum. Pentium IV 1.6GHz or faster (or equivalent) CPU is recommended for real time video authoring/editing 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or more for Windows XP Systems) 10GB of hard disk space. Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP Home or Professional Operating Systems
WARRANTY	One Year Limited
*Not supported with the bundled software, additional software required. **High-speed DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW CD-RW discs required. ***Requires DVD+R DL & DVD-R DL media.