Sony's new DVD burner incorporates new 8.5GB DVD-R Dual Layer, DVD+R Double Layer burning and dual format 4.7GB DVD burning. It has a maximum speed of 20x for DVD burning. That translates up to 27MB per second for really fast DVD copying. Double/Dual Layer discs let you store up to 8.5GB on a single DVD+R Double Layer or DVD-R Dual Layer disc, giving you plenty of room for more video and audio entertainment, digital photo archives, and information storage and the DRU-840A provides a faster speed of up to 12x burning or 16.2MB per second. DVD+R burning speed is a blazing 20X maximum, burning a full DVD in approximately 5 minutes.
- DVD+R double layer and DVD-R dual layer burning
- Store up to 8.5 GB of data on one single sided, double layer DVD disc
- Improved writing speeds for all DVD formats
- Record up to 4 hours of video on double/dual layer discs
- Works with 4.7 GB DVD+R/+RW and 8.5 GB double/dual layer discs













