Advantages: The Just Link technology helps much in burning CDs. Disadvantages: I haven't found it, yet.
...main considerations.
My Ricoh MP7200A It is an ATAPI Internal model CD RW drive with the following specifications: 20x10x40x. Personally I have used it for about 1 year, and I think it is a tough and nice one. This CD RW drive is packed with Nero Burning ROM 5.0, and it cost me about Rp 1,500,000 (about GBP 100) and todays’ price is about Rp 1,200,000 (about GBP 80). It works well with most personal computers nowadays. However, I think I should ... ...just an additional information, this Ricoh MP7200A - comes with a comprehensive manual and easy to understand, even for a beginner. Then as I have mentioned before, this CD drive is also accompanied with a burning utility, Nero 5.0 - and the manual of the Nero is a nice one, too.
Just Link
I purchased this Ricoh because it offered a Just Link technology, a nice burning feature with a reachable price. What is it, then? Well, in case the data transfer ...
djohan 08.12.2002
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Advantages: Fast, No Buffer Underruns Disadvantages: Possible inaccurate detection of media speed?
...5-6 minutes is typical. The Ricoh features "Just Speed" which looks at the media and "suggests" a maximum burn speed. This sounds like a good idea, but I have a spindle of 16 speed rated disks and the drive suggests 12 speed. I thought what the heck, turned the feature off and have written a dozen disks without a problem (it seems a shame not to use full speed!).
Just-link is also included, this stops the drive from suffering from inadequate data ... ...and would have suffered from an underrun, the supplied Nero software tells you how many times it saved you. I haven't had a single failed write yet.
I've not used the packet writing software also supplied (InCd) much yet, but it seems to do what it says on the box. ...
mikewhite 30.07.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: somewhat helpful Review of Ricoh MediaMaster MP7200A