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Sony DW-D56A-10/20 Slim Line Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer

Sony DW-D56A-10/20 Slim Line Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer

(8x/4x/8x DVD+RW, 8x/4x/8x DVD-RW, 24x/24x/24x CD-RW - MPN: DWD56A1020)
Description: Sony?s leadership in Dual Format and Double Layer DVD recorders extends into slim drives for notebook applications. Category leading performance coupled with low power and compact 9mm drive packages give notebook makers plenty of choices wh.... Read More

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Date Reviewed:  12/19/2005
  • maile92
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1 Star ReviewBroke within 3 months
Strengths: 1 year limited warranty
Weaknesses: Breaks within 3 months.
Summary: 2005-12-19 18:07:52 After 2 months, started to fail occasionally. Would stop playing in the middle of a movie (DVD) or a game (CD). Drive drawer sometimes ejected disc. Othertimes the drawer remained close but the computer did not recognize the disk. After 3 months fails within 15 min.

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Date Reviewed:  03/27/2006
  • peterallerheilige
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1 Star Reviewreally bad
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: everything
Summary: 2006-03-28 09:55:21 This is the first time in 15 years I've had problems with a computer part. Had trouble the day I got it with my Dell Inspiron laptop. Called Dell to tell them about the problem and they were real nice about it - I only hope the replacement they will send won't be the same. It never - even once - burned DVD's at the maximum speed - tried different media and software. It often was unable to read data DVD's. The weirdest thing of the week before I called Dell for an exchange was that it could read only scratched DVD's and not new ones... Oh well, what a piece of crap this is.

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Date Reviewed:  01/26/2006
  • pgnicolas
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1 Star ReviewDO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT
Strengths: there aint any
Weaknesses: noisy, slow, poor workmanship
Summary: I have had it with my DW-D56A. It is a 'plug-in' in my VAIO VGN-FS215S. It broke down after 3 months with no reason other than it rattled itself to shreds.

I have since then reseached the product on a dozen review sites only to find the same verdict throughout....poor workmanship. One more thing, it fails dismally when put

under task.......games dont have a chance.

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Date Reviewed:  10/10/2005
  • silvero69
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1 Star ReviewDon't buy this writer!!!
Strengths: Are you kiddin' me?
Weaknesses: slow
Summary: This Sony dvd writer was part of my DELL Inspiron laptop.I was only able to burn arround 10 cd's and it just stopped working.I think that's unacceptable!!!

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Date Reviewed:  04/19/2006
  • jonnycroissany
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1 Star Reviewsony dvd drive suckz
Strengths: worked for a couple of days
Weaknesses: then it didn't
Summary: I got the drive in a MPC computer from the college I go to. The drive worked fine the first couple of days i had the computer, but since trying to load need for speed 2, the drive has refused to load, read or write anything past P of either Cd's or DVDs. Truly disappointed in Sony for having such a lousy product.

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Date Reviewed:  02/23/2006
  • thehydra
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1 Star Reviewsony DW-D56A
Strengths: None
Weaknesses: It's a piece of garbage
Summary: This dvd/cd burner combo came with a laptop I purchased and had problems from the very beginning. It was reading slowly and made weird noises while reading. 4 months later it had completely stopped working and would not read discs or write. This has to be one of the worst computer hardware purchases I've ever made.

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