Will my SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A burn double layer discs?

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Will my SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A burn double layer discs?

I've looked up this disc drive online and noticed that sony does make a dual layer version but these specs don't indicate a DL. Does anyone know for sure if sony makes two versions of this drive?

here are the full specs:

SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A:

Firmware Revision: KAS7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 0 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

g5, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 1, 2008 7:11 AM

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Answer 1

japamac

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Sep 1, 2008 8:16 AM in response to j.ortiz

The Sony is a dual layer burner (4x DVD±R DL).
There is but one model, however, the firmware for a Mac is quite different from that of a retail drive.
Apple has been thought to sometimes "cripple" a drives abilities within the firmware.

G5 Early 2005 models were equipped with 4x DL Superdrives.
Late 2005 G5's were equipped with 8x DL Superdrives.

Leopard supports DVD-R DL burning.

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j.ortiz Author

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Sep 1, 2008 8:37 AM in response to japamac

Thanks for the info. I am on leopard so I'll take a chance and buy a few DL discs, try it out and see if it works.

keeping my fingers crossed.

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Answer 3

Sep 15, 2008 11:06 AM in response to j.ortiz

dont know if you have bought the dl media or not yet, but your drive does burn dl dvd's. My g5 has the same drive and i have burned many dl dvds using toast 8.

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