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 Member Since: Dec 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 3 Months	Broke 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. 100% of People (7/7) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 03/27/2006
peterallerheilige Member Since: Mar 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 6 Months	really 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. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 01/26/2006
pgnicolas Member Since: Jan 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 6 Months	DO 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. 100% of People (1/1) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 10/10/2005
silvero69 Member Since: Oct 2005 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 30 Days	Don'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!!! 73% of People (8/11) found this review helpful. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 04/19/2006
jonnycroissany Member Since: Apr 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 2 Days	sony 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. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.

Date Reviewed: 02/23/2006
thehydra Member Since: Feb 2006 View Member's: Reviews Product Experience: 4 Days	sony 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. Was this review helpful or unhelpful for you? Report this as inappropriate. There are no comments for this review. Post a comment.