Drives > CD-ROM Drives > from 33x to 48x

Advantages: cheap, fast, reliable
Disadvantages: none

i have owned one of these for over 18months now, after my unbranded 24x drive gave up the ghost. i installed it, without the need for any drivers, just plugged it in, and once in windows, there it was. ive never had a problem with it, it reads all types of media, cdr, cdrw, black cd, normal cd, and as i said, i have never had a problem with it. i also know of two other people that own the exact same drive, and have also never had any problems, so ... Read review

Advantages: nice look :)
Disadvantages: almost every thing is worthless.....

well, as far as this drive is concerned... firstly, it looks very smart and beautiful, but when it is connected to the pc system.. then it shows it's bad performance and i'd say very bad !!! though, it is 52x drive and the company claims that it has faster access time.... but actually, it is a guy with competition less than 32x... :( one major draw back of this drive is it's tray's bad in n out behaviour......... it comes outwards and inwards very ...
...spring of the back supporting tray... and in some cases... it actually did it.... when a friend of mine told me about the broken plastic parts inside the drive due to the fast going tray inwards...... second one is that it often does't read cds even the new ones... i don't know why a new cd rom drive did't read mine cds and also new ones when i tried to install different softwares...... now come to the main part that is of course LENSE... :) ... ... Read review

Advantages: Speed
Disadvantages: Price

...that I bought me the Plextor drive. I do this becaus I want this device to extract audio and I've heard that it was the fastest device. On the homepage of the manufactor and on other homepages I'd seen that it could extract audio with up to 40x. And that wasn't a lie. It could extract an audio-cd in less then 3 Minutes and that without any error. I really like this device and if there is anyone who thing that there is a better device for audio-extraction ... Read review

Advantages: "works" with Mac and Windows
Disadvantages: Too many to list.

...work... (using Taiyo Yuden media bought from Microboards authorised retailers) >Manuals... inexistent! After days of bugging their support, a PDF was emailed over... > Support - rude and unhelpful most of the time. Takes days to get anything out of them In short? Stay well clear from this product! ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Write speeds, wide compatibilty, 20 speed dvd writing and CHEAP
Disadvantages: Not any that i've experienced!!

I found this to be an excellent drive as i picked up one for around £30 and that was when it came out(last year, june). I think that this is an excellent drive for the fact it has a wide range of DVD and CD writing features; 20 speed writing, my favourite feature is the light scribe feature which allows you to design your own cd labels on a special 'lightscribe disc'. The Drive was also quiet, but not too quiet. I found the OEM Box that the drive ... Read review