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Advantages: Cheap and reliable.
Disadvantages: Not the fastest drive on the market

...don’t work – only that HP haven’t decided that 80 minute discs are reliable enough to be officially endorsed. The first disc I wrote was an 80 minute disc and it worked fine. This particular model comes with the ability to “clone” a CD. That means that you can make an exact duplicate of a disc, meaning that so called “copy-protected” discs can be copied and music CDs that have tracks that run into each other ...
...Another feature of this drive is that it can make use of re-writable discs, something I have not been able to test - I will update the opinion if and when I do! Re-writable discs (CD-RW) are more expensive than normal CD-Rs and have certain issues regarding compatibility with other computers. My Experience: The first CD I created with my freshly installed CD writer was an audio CD created from some mp3s (I know, very naughty). In all there were ... Read review

Advantages: Price, Quality and Speed
Disadvantages: None

LiteOn is one of those companies that you don't hear much about. You don't see TV commercials or printed advertisement about their products, but if you own a Dell you probably had one and never knew about. They are pretty well known in the OEM market for their low price and quality. Let me start with the basics. This is a CD-RW drive. It is used to burn both CD-R media and CD-RW. The difference between CD-R and CD-RW is the later one is rewritable. ...
...behind its quality is what LiteOn calls SMART-BURN technology. SMART-BURN checks the media quality and it sets a limit to burning speed to ensure successful writing sessions & data retainability. This really works, and so far I haven't had any underrun errors. The LiteOn LTR 52327S is a workhorse. I would recommend this drive to anyone who is considering buying a burner. ... Read review

Advantages: High read speed. Fast write for CD recordable and rewritable.
Disadvantages: None found so far

...the buffer under run protection - my old ricoh drive would have to be left to write a cd with nothing else running. The artec can have lots going on whilst writing a CD - can browse the internet and play games at the same time as writing a CD. ... Read review

Advantages: Very fast, very quiet,exellent software included
Disadvantages: only comes in white

I had bought mine for £25 and i have no regret what so ever. I have had this CD-Writer for 6 months and it has been very reliable,and have found no problems with it whatso ever. It is very easy to install even if you have never had expereince with computers,becouse the manual is very straight forward,and very easy to understand. The software that comes with it is very good and easy to use. the software included is nero6 burning rom,and a powerdirector ...
...nice quick and easy wizzards to guide you to whatever it is that you want to do here are some of the things you can do with the software. - Create (S)VCD's which are CD's that have movie content on them that can be played back on a DVD player. - Create picture CD's that can be played be again on the DVD player.you can browse your pictures using the remote control. - Create normal audio CD's that can be played in a CD player. - Create MP3 CD that ... Read review

Advantages: Read/Write/Erase-CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW
Disadvantages: None

The LG GSA 4167B Super-Multi is very good because it can read,write and erase data on all media formats.I own one and I don't have problems with it.Mine is three years old and but still works very good.The first years after I bought it the CD's/DVD's inserted in the LG drive were written and read with no scratch on the CD's/DVD's.Now,when it's three years old it leaves a few scratches in comparison to other products.It's easy to install and the product ... Read review