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Advantages: Good CD writer
Disadvantages: Cost, Speed, Compatibility.

...for the 4 X Speed HP 8200i. It Writes at 4 speed It Re Writes at 2 Speed It reads at 16 speed. Not that quick really but very reliable. I have an LG one at home that is twice the speed of this and it is always causing Write errors. The HP 8200i is an external drive that plugs into your computer through the USB port. You can get Parallel port connecting ones but these are nowhere near as good. Much too slow for data transfer. Its very rounded ...
...Windows 98 (no good for development) or Windows 2000 (still highly untested) Windows 95 has problems with USB compatibility so it too is no good. If you have Windows 2000, buy yourself a HP 8200i. At £150, its a lot of money but well worth the quality investment. ... Read review

Advantages: Good quality and reliability
Disadvantages: The price isn't anything extra special

...when trying to describe any Medion components. Obviously though is depends what configuration the equipment is, to how fast it coppies, reads and does any of the basic jobs that it has it's uses for. One thing I've noted though is that Medion are an honest company, so you get what it says on the side of the box. The CDRW I'm using goes up to 8 speed which runs very fast on our machine. But I'd say to you that the most important feature you are looking ... Read review

Advantages: fairly fast
Disadvantages: can't write "on the fly" very well

...have the latest version of Mitsumi CD writers, the Mitsumi 4804 TU external USB cd-writer, and so far it has been pretty good. It is fast and accurate, about 15 mins for an average job, however, even on my fast PC it is a bit tempramental when you burn straight from one CD to another, so you need to make a hard disc copy first. There isn't really much more I can say about it, it copies Audio CDs, Video CDs, photo CDs and makes exact copies of any ... Read review

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This drive is excellent, really easy to install, and really nice to use. Comes complete with Adaptec software which is probably the best on the market in my opinion, very easy to use and navigate. The documentation that comes with the product is good, and so is the technical support that H P offer you as standard. Good buy, go get it ! steve Type of Drive: CD Rewritable (CD-RW) Drive CD-ROM Read Speed: 32X CD-ROM Write Speed: 10X CD-ROM Rewrite ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, fast, full version Nero included
Disadvantages: Weak Video DVD Software

...and has a large MSI logo together with compact disc and dvd standard logos. The drive has an IDE interface, installation is simple, just install in a spare 5 1/4" drive, connect the IDE ribbon cable and power cable (plus Analogue/Digital CD Audio leads if required). An analogue CD audio lead and IDE lead is included in the box together with all the mounting screws you need. The drive was detected correctly by the bios on my Gigabyte GA7-VAXP motherboard. ...
...far written many CD-R's at around 3-4 minutes a disc, the drive's buffer under-run protection preventing any failures. Even the best attempts of an unforeseen anti-virus scan in the middle of writing failed to ruin the disc. I've written a couple of video DVD-R's which have played perfectly in all the domestic DVD players I've tried them in so far. A full DVD-R takes about 20-25 minutes to burn. The drive writes a full (4.7gb) DVD+RW of data in ... Read review