This is an amazing DVD+RW/CD-RW drive at an amzing price. I bought this a few weeks ago off ebay for just £64.99, and for a DVD writer than is an amazing price. You can purchase this from cnet.com or compuvest.com for $93,
The DW 7801 TE unites 6 functions in one device, it burns DVD+RW, DVD+r, CD-R AND CD-RW, and reads DVD-ROM and CD-ROM media.
With this drive you can conveniently save your video, photo, and music files, with up to 4.7Gb on onw DVD+RW or DVD+R (replaces up to 7 CD-R). The huge capacity ood a DVD enables you to save your video and audio data in perfect original digital quality, and the accompanying software programs allow you not only to burn your data perfectly, you can also convert your video data to MPEG format, edit them, and play DVD's, DVD-R and DVD+RW on your computer with first class quality.
This product comes with the following: - DW 7801 TE DVD+RW/CD-RW drive - Software CDs for recording and DVD authoring - Quick start guide, which is very informative - IDE cable - Audio cable
The speeds of this drive are as follows: - 4x DVD+R Record - 2.4x DVD+RW ReWrite - 12x DVD Read - 16x CD-R Record - 10x CD-RW ReWrite - 40x CD Read
There is a 2MB memory cache, an integrated buffer underrun technology which contributes to avoiding "Buffer Underruns", You can choose from a number of options for Writing a CD, such as Track-at-once, multisession, packet writing, etc.
Overall this drivewould be suitable for anyone who wants a DVD writer but doesnt want to spend to much. Obviously if you have the money you could get a faster one but who really needs a faster one, for me this one is ideal.
In response to a comment made here is the difference between DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R-RW
DVD+R/+RW, DVD-RAM and DVD-R/-RW are all rewritable DVD formats, however, only DVD+R/+RW is designed from the start to be compatible with existing DVD-ROM drives and DVD-Video players, both on a physical as well as on a logical level. This means that a DVD+R or DVD+RW disc recorded in a DVD+R/+RW video recorder can be played in virtually all DVD-Video players or DVD-ROM equiped PCs, and that any DVD+R or DVD+RW disc recorded with data on a PC DVD+R/+RW drive can be read by most DVD-ROM drives.
DVD-RAM uses a totally different kind of physical recording method, which is absolutely incompatible with DVD (hence, it can hardly be called 'DVD'). No normal DVD player will be able to read DVD-RAM discs, even if you use the newer DVD-RAM version without a cartridge housing.
DVD-R and DVD-RW were initially not designed to be used as a DVD-compatible recording solution. DVD compatibility was added at a later point, however since the formats were not developped for this purpose, they do not offer the level of compatibility and flexibility (while remaining DVD compatible!) that DVD+R/+RW offers. Furthermore, DVD-R/-RW is less suitable for data applications as well due to a number of technical limitations (such as the inability of random access writing).
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Memory / capacity
Excellent
Design
Excellent
Ease of use
Easy
Instruction manual
Very useful
Manufacturer Support
Excellent
Speed
Average
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