Any Suggest buy Sony DDU1621 ?

by **Aris-Manas** on Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:10 pm

Sorry search function doesn't work for me in this forum........

Any opinion buy Sony DDU1621 ? -Is it finally good drive ? -Many people say not other say excellent perfomance -What firm version works better on it ? -Does it finally support all DVD formats ?
Any (link) test available ?
I'm working in Greece . Sony DVD retail box costs now 60 euro is it good buy ? -(it's the cheaper drive available here)

Thanks in advance

http://members.fortunecity.fr/vbl117 · by **vbl117** on Mon Jan 06, 2003 4:37 pm

It's a rebadged BTC BDV-316B OEM drive .

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/dl_firm ... ufactor=30

. I don' t love BTC drives ( i have a 32X BTC CD-ROM drive ) . I don't think BTC drives are good drives .
It is notorious that BTC drives cannot read or copy protected audio cd like Key2audio or CDS200.
it does not support all formats .

Look this review about the BTC 16X DVD-ROM DRIVE . U ll see if it fulfill your requirements .

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Article ... l2&index=0

by **Aris-Manas** on Mon Jan 06, 2003 6:39 pm

Thanks "vbl117's" for your answer !

Reading the BTC review in Cdrinfo link (the other link doesn't work?), also the other DVD Round-up Volumes in this site, no one of well Known DVD-Roms look better in total perfomance !
So must check any Sony's DVD owner opinion ,because customer's opinion is always more reliable than testers !

Any other help is welcome !

Best Regards

by **Raz0rX** on Mon Jan 06, 2003 6:40 pm

This Sony 16x drive may also be a Liteon 16x. Just check the drive label before buying.

If it's a BTC, then it's not that great when it comes to VCDs and audio CD. I have had one before but ditched it due to bad flash.

http://members.fortunecity.fr/vbl117 · by **vbl117** on Tue Jan 07, 2003 4:07 pm

The links works for me . It links to a firmware page :
copied/pasted :

Sun Oct 06, 2002 4:00 pm Sony DDU-1621
-Sony DDU-1621 (16X/48X) S1.3, S1.5, S1.6, S1.7 / S2.7, S2.9
BTC BDV-316B OEM drive
RPC-1 firmware are available. (patch by Etna)
RPC-2

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Edited by: Arzeno Last update: Sun Nov 24, 2002 3:04 am

Perhaps your explorer doesn't work properly !

DDU-1621 is an OEM BTC DVD-ROM drive whereas DDU-1611 is an OEM LITE-ON DVD-ROM drive . This can explain that people have different advices about SONY DVD-ROM drives :lol:

.

"Reading the BTC review in Cdrinfo link (the other link doesn't work?), also the other DVD Round-up Volumes in this site, no one of well Known DVD-Roms look better in total perfomance ! "

I disagree . Most of the DVD-ROM drives are much better ( LITE-ON , TOSHIBA , PIONEER , ARTEC , LG ETC ... ) if you read the reviews .

LITE-ON LTD-166S DVD-ROM drive is cheap and supports multiformat ( that's what you want ! Isn't it?) .
TOSHIBA supports too multiformat but it costs more .
ARTEC and LG DVD-ROM drives are cheap too .

In all cases , do as you want !

by **Aris-Manas** on Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:38 pm

Arzeno's link working now ,maybe was offline.

Sony DDU-1611 not official and wide available cause maybe temporary production...

http://www.storagebysony.com/OEM/produc ... asp?id=44#

http://www.storagebysony.com/categories ... .asp?id=12

Reading conclusions on DVD tests mentioned , how can explain many negative points of each well known model ? (all models support main DVD formats in these reviews...)
So only working customer's opinion is better tester than "official" reviews ,
also for Sony DVD.

http://members.fortunecity.fr/vbl117 · by **vbl117** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 3:27 pm

"all models support main DVD formats in these reviews"

what is main dvd format ? Most of the time on DVD-R DVD-RW DVD-R+ DVD-RW+ formats one is not supported . LTD-166S support these formats and supports too DVD-RAM .
i have not tested it though ( and i don't have enough money to buy a DVD burner :wink:

) .

All drive has negative points yes . Some negative points are very important , some less . It's true that it seems that there is a lot of DVD drives which cannot handle protected audio cd ( so perhaps i was wrong ) .
But , in my opinion , some drives are still better than BTC .

On DDU-1611 subject , of course , LITE-ON doesn't need anymore SONY to sell his products . Everyone knows his brand now . :wink:

Goodbye ! Good luck in your DVD-ROM drive quest .

by **Aris-Manas** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:46 pm

Thank you for any answer ,but I'm looking a Sony DVD owner opinion not Liteon or other fan .I prefer this Sony drive because this moment is the cheapest drive here ,and also dont want spend much money in other brand .(BTW liteon DVD's are rare available....)

by **Gary Kokkin** on Wed Jan 08, 2003 7:01 pm

Some Sony opinions :

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... ny+ddu1621

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... ny+ddu1621

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... ny+ddu1621

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... ny+ddu1621

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 22b7c7661c

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtop ... ny+ddu1621

http://forum.firmware-flash.com/viewtop ... ny+ddu1621

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