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Summary: Simple and Easy to Use
Review: Hewlett Packard Cd-Writer was a snap to install and with the accompanying software you will be creating data or audio CDs in no time. However, as another reviewer pointed out, I made the mistake of purchasing several dozen of the newer CD-R 700MB CDs, which error out when trying to burn audio CDs. What is frustrating is that in the read me file that comes with the software, it makes no mention that the newer 700mb format CDs CANNOT be used. However, when attempting to burn an audio CD, an error message explicitly states that you cannot use newer 700MB CD-Rs. Given the info that Hewlett Packard provides on the Amazon.com site above these reviews, I'd say that is false advertising. You be the judge. The CD jacket and label making software that comes with this system is junk, as it is counter-intuitive and not very user friendly. I ended up giving up on making a CD jacket and went into Word and produced a satisfactory product on my own.
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Summary: More problems than discs
Review: I bought this cd burner about a year ago. Problems with burning cds occured anytime I tried to burn a cd while multitasking other programs. I was forced to only burn cd's when I had nothing else to do on my computer. Since each cd takes at least 45 mins to burn this was not the best situation for me. My computer no longer sees the cd burner attached to the usb port. Upon visiting the hewlett packard site I was appalled to learn that I must spend at least [$] for troubleshooting since my product is no longer covered by waranty. When I bought this thing it was over [$]. I burned about 20 discs. Works out to over 15 bucks a disc, geez might as well have just kept going to music stores.
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Summary: Average performer
Review: PROS Worked out of the box - got it hooked up and burning music CDs within 15 minutes. Wizard-like interface is useful for beginners. CONS Supplied software is very basic in terms of features and functionalities.
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Summary: Excelent on win ME
Review: I was very worried about my new toshiba laptop and any cd writer getting along, I'm not a techie so I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best, I was burning my first cd in less than 10 minutes and ever since the unit has worked very well. I have even tried very cheap cds and they come a along very well. burning our company catalog on cd rom and so far no problems. I remember seeing my brother wait for hours and waste damaged cd's on older style cd writers so the 20+ minutes it take to copy a cd are ok to me.
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Summary: WHAT A PIECE OF [JUNK]
Review: I bought this way back in November and for a few months i was very happy with it, MyCD was actually working like a charm. Then back in March, the problems starting arising with writing errors constantly occuring, turning my potential music CDs into cup coasters. Tech support...tips havent helped one bit, and now a days its...impossible to find a 74 min CD-R disc to record with, which is what i need to successfully burn music onto my CDs. I really want to take this ...back to wherever it came from and buy a much better burner. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS...!
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Summary: hp 8200e usb wont work with win 2000 pro....darnit !!!!!!!
Review: Did a clean install of 98se to w2k pro. I can not get my hp 8200e to operate fully. I can burn small files and 1-3 mps'3 at a time but errors out if I cue up 10-12 mp3's. Also, If I try and burn a large data file it will error. ASPI ...checked and shows ok cdr software used 1) : easy cd 5.01 less take two 2) : various versions of nero 3) : clone cd also have tried various media. also have tried various hp driver updates, but only 5.0.2183.1 dated 11/14/99 will work. If you have any ideas.......????? yeah, I'd like to know
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Summary: Do not buy this product
Review: I have had such a lousy experiance with this machine. I have burnt about 2 cds and wasted atleast 30 other cds trying to get this machine to burn. It takes forever to burn and then when it is almost done it just says there is an error and you've wasted 20 minutes on a cd that didn't burn and is not usable. I went through customer service and customer support and they kept telling me to do the same things that they told me to do the time before when I went for help. Save your money and buy a different brand. I have lost all faith in HP products as of now.
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Summary: Great burner, why do you complain?
Review: This is a great burner. I have installed it and have had 0 problems with it. It burns fast and with out a problem....
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Summary: I'm returning mine, Don't bother buying it
Review: I found this cd-rw to install very easily, and it was very well priced, but I just could not use any disks that were 1x-16x or 1x-12x compatible, and that is baisically all you can find out there. I have hundreds of extra disks lying around that do not work with this drive. Error message after error message and ruined cd after ruined cd, I am returning this piece of junk and spending the extra hundred like i should have in the first place.
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Summary: Problems
Review: The 8230 comes with a very friendly price tag. Unfortunatly, you get what you pay for. I have had the 8230e for several months now and I continue to have problems burning audio CD's. My success rate is less than 50%. The drive has successfully burned MP3 files into CD format from HP MyCD at 4x speed less than half as many times as I have tried. The drive has always been successful when burning MP3's in Music Match Jukebox, however the fastest it will burn is 2x. I have only been able to make a direct copy of an audio CD twice out of over 20 attempts. Data CD's are not a problem. The error that consistantly appears is "Buffer Underrun". Despite closing all programs, disabling all power management and downloading and installing the latest drivers and program updates, the drive still fails to work consistantly. MY ADVICE: Spend a little extra money and purchase a better drive.
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