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Sony DW-D22A
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Average Ratings for Sony DW-D22A

  • Ease of Set Up3.9 stars
  • Ease of Use2.7 stars
  • Value for Money1.6 stars
  • Overall rating1.4 stars

15 Reviews For Sony DW-D22A

  • Guest 10th Mar 2009

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    Bad Points: No documentation or support via Sony


    General comments: It was total rubbish until I made a firmwareupdate to version "BYS3". After that it produces nearly no errors - nearly. After an update to firmware version "BYX5", it works perfect. No even the LED is a Bicoulored one (green: reading, red: writing). The Sony DW-D22A is quick and reliable after the firmware upgrade.

  • Dtek 9th Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    The Sony DW-D22A worked great when it worked but it stopped recognizing blank dvd's after some time.

    Used to work fine with my Taiyo Yudens, then tried a different brand after those ran out and it would not recognize them, so I thought it was just picky and I got the TY's again now it does not recognize them either.

  • Guest 7th Dec 2008

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    I have a Sony VAIO VGC-RB45G that came with the DVD RW DW D22A already installed. I cannot do anything with it. I try to make back-up CDs with family pictures on it and it doesn't even recognize that I have a CD in the drive. Forget about burning any CDs/DVDs. It doesn't work.

    I found out that it really isn't a Sony product... it just has their name on it. They do not provide any support for this issue and play dumb about it. What is that supposed to mean?

    I don't normally complain, but thi ...

  • The WB 24th Jul 2008

    Reviewer rating: 3.5 stars


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    This drive worked great for over 3 years, then it flaked out - it picked and chose when to work and when not to. Loading Linux Live-CD .iso's started to work erradically. Guess it gave up after 3+ years. My first CD\DVD to crap out in all the years of computing.

  • Guest 1st Jul 2008

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    Another Sony failure. Mine worked for short time and then stopped. No support or documentation. Terrible product. Why is it at such successful companies just go downhill after awhile and won't support their products?

  • mralotof 9th Nov 2006

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    Sony offer no help at all on the Sony DW-D22A DVD Writer. The tech and customer service departments are very unhelpful. The DVD Writer does not read and it doesn't burn.

  • joeg 26th Oct 2006

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    I have used 7 of these in a DVD duplicator for a year now, and I have burned over a 1000 DVD's and about 200 CD's, and they have worked very well. I would highly recommend the Sony DW-D22A DVD Writer.

  • gullclaw 15th Oct 2006

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    It was fun at first, but it would not recognize a DVD after 1 year. It also makes very loud and strange noises while loading.

    I have a new DVD burner on the way, which will replace the Sony DW-D22A DVD writer, as it's a piece of junk.

  • cychaz 18th Oct 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1.5 stars


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    In retrospect I think my A-open DVD RW DL is a much better buy than my Sony DW-D22A and comes with extra face plates for color considerations!
    These guys want our bussiness Sony is getting to big for it's britches.

  • wdtemple 20th Sep 2005

    Reviewer rating: 1 stars


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    Bought a Sony DW-D22A and it worked fine for about 5 months. Now it will not read a blank cd or dvd. No help from Sony. They do not even list it as their product and will not answer e-mail concerning it

  • foska 2nd Sep 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0.5 stars


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    I bought the Sony DW-D22A burner from a local computer store in Barbados on 25 May 2005. I started to use it seriously in August 2005. By 29 August 2005 it had failed. Would not read any cds or dvds! I checked the invoice for the purchase of the burner and it said that the drive had a 3 months warranty. I called the store and they told me....sorry can't honour the warranty....even though only 4 days had passed since the expiration of the warranty.
    Stay very far away from this drive. If had do ...

  • buchanan17 21st May 2005

    Reviewer rating: 0 stars


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    er...the Sony DW-D22A won't read or burn ANYTHING. Uninstalled, installed again several times. Nope.

    A dud from Sony!!

  • jetrod69 27th Apr 2005

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    I bought a SONY VAIO VGC-RB30 PC that came with this burner, I didn't use the burner until after my 30 day return policy expired and now that I have tried I discovered that it wont read ANY CD's, I can't get any help from Sony's support sites (canada has limited support for some reason) because their site does not even list this burner, their 1-800-4sonypc help line does not list this pc, and my e-mails have gone unanswered. So now I must send my pc to the retailer for warrenty and wait to see ...

  • Qu1979 14th Apr 2005

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    The Sony DW-D22A is brilliant and does everything I want it to, I've had it for 6 months and had no problems with it so far. :D

  • bsmntcritr Rank: Lance Corporal 4th Mar 2005

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    Purchased the Sony DW-D22A in February 2005, this drive has never worked. Searching Sony's site for a DW-D22A model of drive returns no results. Apparently Sony will not admit to making it. I have also found similar symptoms on hardware help sites, no fixes were noted there either. It's either a case of high failure rate or the retailer knows they're faulty and are attempting to dump their stock.

    Avoid this drive!