Joined on 08/06/06
Very Good Drive

Pros: Very large drive for the price. 5 year warranty. Quiet running.
Cons: none
Overall Review: Some people claim the drive to run "hot". This drive runs not "hotter" than any other large capacity drive.
Poor quality drive

Pros: Inexpensive, reads disks fine
Cons: Very difficult to find firmware for this drive. Sony does not support these drives anymore as they have been sold to Optiarc. Did not install correctly the first or second time it was put into the tower. Came up with errors on the plug and play install. I have had more disks not burn properly with this drive than any other one I have owned. I ordered a Pioneer drive to replace this one as it is NOT reliable enough. I have had a fail rate of about 1 out of 15 DVDs burned using this drive.
Great Value

Pros: Great price, free shipping, works excellent.
Cons: None
Overall Review: Kingston is always one of the better buys.
Masks are ok. Misleading seller information
It was listed as "USA Seller 5-7 business day shipping". Took almost a month to arrive from China. Masks are typical paper masks. Seem to be decent quality.