Pioneer PDK-50HW2 - touch-screen

Advantages: Backs up 4.7GB of your important data
Disadvantages: None as yet

...and the computer tower closed. With my computer restarted Windows XP detected the new drive and chose one of its own drivers to work it, the drive shows up in “My Computer” as a DVD-RW drive and that is the installation process complete. The open/close operation is smooth and silent as I insert a blank BulkPaq DVD-R and Windows XP detected that I had inserted it and asked me which function I wished to carry out. My first test was to back up all of my important data which weighs in at a hefty 2.5 GB, I use Roxio EasyCD Creator 6 for all of my copying needs and the program detected that there was a blank DVD inserted and advised me that I had 4482 MB of free space available. The Pioneer DVR – 106 can write to blank DVD’s at up to 4 speed but I elected to try it at 2 speed for my first attempt, I selected the files I wanted copied and clicked the burn... Read review

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Advantages: Very, very cheap; SATA; Fast; Reads/Writes most DVD formats
Disadvantages: Only comes in beige; No DVD-RAM writing (Read Only)

...Make: PIONEER Model: DVR-212D Specification: DVD±RW (±R DL) drive - Internal - Serial ATA - Read speed: 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)/ 5x (DVD-RAM) - Write speed: 40x (CD) / 18x (DVD±R) / 10x (DVD±R DL) - Rewrite speed: 32x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) REVIEW I bought my Pioneer DVR-212D, a few days ago for just £11 inc. VAT, BRAND NEW, from eBuyer.com. I hope you agree that's an incredible price for a S-ATA DVD rewriter. I only really needed the Pioneer drive to aid in testing the functionality of another more current P-ATA DVD-RW drive that was exhibiting some very odd behaviour that I wasn't absolutely certain was the drive's fault, so I wasn't too fussy about it being highly specified. Having said that the pioneer handles all manner of read/write formats with the exception of writing to DVD-RAM and writing Lightscribe data... Read review

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Advantages: High DVD/CD compatibility after firmware update, it's Pioneer need another reason?
Disadvantages: Before flash update the drive sucks, 4 speed is dated now

.... And once again, the cycle of piracy starts all over. But this time the geniuses had a trick up their sleeves, they made sure this drive only wrote on one side of the disc and only to one layer, meaning we only got 4.7GB out of the whole thing. Ah well, nothing a bit of perserverance and moaning can't get you, the first of the double layer drives and media has already been released but that's another story. Hey before you get the wrong idea I do not condone software piracy. If you use hardware to copy whatever you like then that's up to you, but to be honest when you're caught the Police will have very little sympathy for you. So remember, crime doesn't pay and when it does it'll be you paying. This was the first DVD Re-Writer I ever had and basically it has served me well. Pioneer is a well known and respected name in the world... Read review

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