Sony CRX 220A1

Sony CRX 220A1

CD-RW drive - Internal - IDE - Read speed: 52x - Write speed: 52x - Rewrite speed: 24x more

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Sony raises the bar for high performance CD-R/RW burning again with its new 52X CD-RW drive. The CRX220A can create a full CD-R disk in less than 2 minutes or a full CD-RW disk in...
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Sony CRX-220 CD Writer
A review by Dave_UK on Sony CRX 220A1
December 5th, 2003


Author's product rating:   

Reliability Excellent 
Ease of Installation Satisfactory 
Value For Money Excellent 

Advantages: Fast, quiet and well - built
Disadvantages: speed selection

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

Full review
I was shopping around for a CD writer a few months ago and was spoilt for choice. It seems that, nowadays, every PC hardware manufacturer is trying to get a piece of the CD-duplication action.

>Value<
However, I was pleased to spot this CD writer from Sony (a reputable brand) at a reasonable price. It was only a few pounds more than a budget equivalent, so I bought it and have been very pleased with it.

>Ease of use<
The buffer-underrun protection on the drive is faultless. I have created many CD's - both audio and data - and none of them have had any problems. Even when using cheap media :)
Additionally, the drive worked excellently straight out of the box. I have not needed to update the firmware, which is essential on many budget drives.

>Bundle<
Sony also thoughtlfully includes a decent software bundle - however, my drive (despite being a boxed retail version) didn't come with a spare IDE cable, which although cheap would've been nice. There is a couple of capable unheard-of burning programs, although a copy of Nero would have been preferable. The drive comes with all necessary mounting screws and a CD audio cable for connectivity to your soundcard (this is not essential if you prefer to use digital audio extraction for music playback).

>Performance<
In both reading and writing discs, the drive is very fast, and is also somewhat less noisy than many other CD-writers I have used. However, to select the highest transfer speeds (about 40x) you have to press and hold the eject button for five seconds to enable 'turbo' mode. This is a little inconvenient, but also means that the drive is quieter in normal use, when you don't need the extra speed.

>Overall<
Overall, this drive is well-priced, fast, efficient and reliable. Definitely the best budget IDE CD-Writer I have used (and I have used about 10) - recommended.

NB. The drive may still be available cheaply online, but it has been replaced in the sony product line by the CRX230 model. Check it out here:
http://products.sony.co.uk/productdetail.asp?id=10_168_5660 


Sony CRX 220A1

Optical storage

Type: CD-RW - 5.25" x 1/2H

Read Speed: 52x

Write Speed: 52x

CD / DVD Rewrite Speed: 24x

Supported CD Formats: Video CD

Supported Media Types: CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW

Media Load Type: Tray

Access Time: 100 ms

Buffer Size: 2 MB

Buffer Underrun Protection: Power-Burn

Features: Horizontal/vertical mountable

Compliant Standards: Video CD

Hard drive

Type: None

Manufacturer's product description

Sony raises the bar for high performance CD-R/RW burning again with its new 52X CD-RW drive. The CRX220A can create a full CD-R disk in less than 2 minutes or a full CD-RW disk in about 4 minutes, and features Power-Burn drive conformed buffer underrun protection technology. The CRX220A comes complete with software and accessories to get you up and burning CDs quickly.

Expansion / connectivity

Interfaces:

  • 1 x IDE/ATAPI - 40 PIN IDC
  • 1 x headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm

Compatible Bays: 1 x front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H

Software / system requirements

OS Required: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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