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I previously had Sony DRU-840A DVD burner installed in my system but it stopped working after one year, now I have bought new Sony (again sony) AD-7240S and I have burned few DVD-R discs, it's working fine, no any noise nor any data write error, VEry easy to install, and It has very fast burning speed. however I usually burn DVD-Rs at 8x.
This is the best DVD burner for this price.
I suggest this to everyone.

Nothing negative to say; this is a top rated product and preformed exactly as expected. It is an OEM / bare bones model so you need your own cables but that shouldn't be a big deal.

This was very well packaged by amazon with a custom foam insert and plenty of padding.

I wanted to add dual layer capability to my PC and since my hard disk is SATA I thought that I should use a SATA DVD and this is the first reasonably-priced one that I found. When I installed it it did not work at first and made terrible noises. I finally noticed that the case was bent and I popped it out. It then started to work like ti should. However, it still occasionally makes loud noises, but it does seem to write and read DVD's. I haven't complained to the company so I can't say if they would be responsive or not.

Showed up without cables, hardware, or directions of any kind. I'm finding this to be a more and more common occurance these days also. Other than that it is easy to use and no software required.