Sony BDU-X10S BD-ROM Review

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MegaDETH
Senior Moderator and Senior Reviewer
Article posted 21 Mar 08 16:01

Conclusion

Positive

  • Drive runs very quiet
  • Excellent build quality
  • Native SATA connection
  • Excellent bundle
  • Accurate audio extraction quality
  • Includes power and data cables
  • Consistent reading speeds

Negative

  • Slower reading of CD-R, DVD± and DVD± DL media by today’s standards
  • Doesn’t read DVD-RAM

 

Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:

The main positive points: Following our tests we found that this drive is a "Solid" Blu-ray Reader; the drive also supports reading of CD-R/RW, DVD±DVD to include DL media. Reading of BD media though is the most important feature of the Sony BDU-X10S and the drive was very consistent over all the discs we tested posting steady 2x read speeds. The drive has native SATA connections and worked without a hitch in Windows Vista. The Sony BDU-X10S has a solid feel and good build quality; during normal operation the drive was surprisingly quiet.

The main negative points:  While not a major negative we would like to see faster read speeds with BD, CD and DVD medias.

So to sum it all up, this is what we would say: “If you are looking for a well built Blu-ray reader with native SATA support that works out of the box with Windows Vista the Sony BDU-X10S will not disappoint you.”

Here in the US we have found the drive listed at www.newegg.com for $199.99; March 2008.

You may discuss/comment this review below or in this thread.

Thanks to:

Verbatim USA – For providing the media used in this review.

Maxell USA – For providing the media used in this review.

Memorex USA – For providing the media used in this review.

Rima.com USA – For providing Taiyo Yuden media used in this review.

Advanced Media/Ritek-USA – For providing the media used in this review.

1 Comments

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Posted on: 24 Apr 08 17:06
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