Sony Optiarc Europe were kind enough to send us their latest slim line DVD writer for review, the DRX-S70U-W. The Sony DRX-S70U-W supports 8x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/DVD-RW, 5x DVD-RAM and 6x DVD+R DL and 6x DVD-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written.

In this review will check out the performance of the Sony Optiarc DRX-S70U-W.

Company Information

Optiarc started as a joint-venture with Sony and NEC but since December 2008, Optiarc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony. If you would like to find out more about Sony Optiarc, please visit the Sony Optiarc website.

Drive Specifications

Packaging

Let’s now take a look at the packaging that the drive is shipped in.

The drive that Sony Optiarc sent was the retail version, and we can see the package and contents below.

Package

Box front

Box rear

Box left and right sides

Box top

What’s inside the box

Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself and what the drive came shipped with.

Our package was the retail version.

The package contained the Sony DRX-S70U-W, Power supply, Euro and UK power cable, USB cable, software disc, and instruction manual.

Now let’s take a look at the drive.

Drive front

The front of the Sony DRX-S70U-W is sparse but stylish. We can see an eject button, emergency eject hole, and a amber read/write LED.

Drive rear

We can see a power connector and USB connector. Note that the unit can only operate with the power connector. The drive can’t be powered by USB alone.

Drive top

Drive bottom

On the bottom of the drive we found one label and we can see that the drive was manufactured in China during August 2009.

Now let’s head on to the next page where we can take a look at the features of the drive….