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Oh to get it right first time!

Advantages: Great name for badge snobs
Disadvantages: Expensive with too many rough edges

This DVD burner came on the market last year and was one of the very first capable of handling multi-formats, namely DVD+RW, -RW, +R and -R. When it first appeared it sold for the now incredible price of £280. How things have changed since then! The DR ...

colinmilne 16.09.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DRU 510A

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The best multi-format DVD burner

Advantages: Multi-format, 24/16 CD-R/CD-RW, 4x DVD+RW
Disadvantages: Slightly more expensive than others

As I was unsure of which of the DVD standards would win the battle I decided to opt for a multi-format DVD writer. Price was not an option, I simply wanted to purchase the best writer available. So, after spending days reading dozens of reviews, compari ...

dianeo3 09.12.2003 · Read full review
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The Few Extra Pounds Were Worth It.

Advantages: Fast and reliable.
Disadvantages: Quite pricey compared to other similar writers.

I bought a Sony CD-Rewritable Kit around 12 to 18 months ago after having had two Hewlett Packard CD Writers fail on me. The kit came with an Internal ATAPI, Model Number CRX140E-RP. To begin with, here are some of the main features of the product: ...

jackie-b 19.11.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Sony Spressa CRX 140E-RP

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burn Baby burn

Advantages: Excellent quality and easy to use for perfect recording
Disadvantages: none

well this is actually the Sony CRX160E-RP that I have but the difference is very slight Firstly the reason I picked this model was for value. I know there are cheaper Cd-rw writers out there but not all of them are as good as they seem, for instance th ...

chrissm 31.10.2001 · Read full review
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Sony CRX-140E CDRW Drive

Advantages: Good Speed For CDR Writing
Disadvantages: Cost

I have had no problems with my CRX-140E which was a bare drive ie no instructions, audio lead or IDE cable. I have upgraded the firmware to the latest version 1.0p without any problem. I mainly use it for CDR copies of both audio and data and have neve ...

Union 13.03.2001 · Read full review
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