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WARNING - Maybe fast but it's too fast

Advantages: Reads many formats, cheap
Disadvantages: TOO FAST!

Update! 14/05/2001 Ok, I may have given this very good praise in this short opinion I wrote in the churning era, BUT I have now reason to not recommend you this drive. It has physically "eaten" two CDs on two separate occasions, whilst both were run ...

robertliu84 09.08.2000 · Read full review
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Review of AOpen CD 952E

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An AOpen & Shut Case of Value For Money

Advantages: Very cheap, intelligent electronics keep wasted disks to a minimum
Disadvantages: None so far. How long can something this cheap last?

OH NO! MORE EXPENSE! BAH, HUMBUG!! Funny ol’ world innit? Only a few days ago, I was wondering why my Yamaha 8424 IDE CD-RW wouldn’t work, cursing at the fact that it was a ‘good’ one when I bought it, costing somewhere in the region £160 three years a ...

BNibbles 07.10.2003 · Read full review
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Review of AOpen CRW 5224

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speed in trouble !!

Advantages: Good speed 56x max
Disadvantages: often does't read , slow access time

well ! aopen has launched it's new boy 56x in town.... it is surely high speed of cd rom..... but often speed gets hard luck..... the AOPEN 56X cd rom doens not performs good according to its specifications and speed, that the company claims.... i c ...

prestonian 17.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of AOpen CD 956E

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Silence Is A Vertu

Advantages: Fast reading speed for CD-RW and CD-R formats
Disadvantages: Creates a lot of noise during use

...The best computer you can get in my oppion is one thats virtually silently to the ear, unfortunatly the AOpen 956E does not provide this, in my oppion the device is noisy and sounds like its ripping your disc appart, but if sound is not on your buying lis ...

Technogeek 15.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of AOpen CD 956E

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DVD-1040 Pro (slot loading)

Advantages: Quality, playback, slot loading
Disadvantages: None noticed

This DVD drive is a good little unit, and was more reasonably priced than the Pioneer 10x which looks very similar..!! I've thrown all sorts of media at this drive including many brands of CD-RW etc and it has coped with them all. DVD playback is superb, ...

webb 17.06.2000 · Read full review
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Review of AOpen DVD 1040 Pro

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