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Summary: Kutlu from Albuquerque
Review: ... Yes, it sounded good to me too. But now, after endless hours of trying to get it to work, they can't pay me enough to buy another.I have an HP Pavilion with Windows XP Pro. The drive is easy enough to hook up but it didn't come with a driver. My existing CD-Burner software (from Iomega) didn't recognize it as a CD-RW. I installed the "Nero Burning ROM" software which came with the drive. Neither my computer nor my stereo set could play the CDs it burned. Moreover, Nero includes a utility that tests the drive read speed. This 48x drive rated hardly over 32x. Yes, it is super noisy and rattly. I can't believe this drive ever sold for $$$. Don't buy it!
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Summary: Makes a great beverage holder
Review: After about 3 months I started having problems with this thing. At first it worked great, but after burning about the 7th CD it would just quit working. I'd have to restart the computer to get it going again. Ever since then i've been having problems playing regular audio CDs too. Anytime I try to listen to a CD the drive won't read the CD, it says Please Insert Disk into drive yada, yada, yada. Stay away from this one unless you're interested in an expensive beverage holder.
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Summary: Cendyne CDRW are like a box of chocolate
Review: Cendyne CDRW are like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're going to get. These are repackaged drives from various manufacturers from Liteon to Panasonic to MSI. If you're lucky you're get a liteon drive which are pretty decent. If you're not lucky you'll end up with a MSI drive that will be really noisy beyond belief (feel like your pc tower is about to blast off into outerspace). That will explain why some people might absolutely love their cendyne and some will absolutely hate theirs. Good luck!
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Summary: good stuff maynard
Review: even being computer challenged i was able to install, set up, and use in under 30 minutes. It is easy, quick and does just what i want it to do from coping photo`s to music.
ken mullins
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Summary: Recieved message from company they are out of business
Review: I bought a cendyne cd rw 48x12x48 last December. I never could get it to write. It quick working completely at 5 months. I contacted the customer service number which referred me to their website. The message I recieved is that they are going out of business and will not honor anymore warranties. This cd rw was a waste of my money.
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Summary: Think twice before buy this drive or any CenDyne product!
Review: I bought a Verbatim drive (48x12x48) which according to Verbatim's tech support is a re-badged CenDyne. I also picked a CenDyne DVD-ROM. What a mistake! The CD-RW drive with Nero Burn works on CD-R, but not any CD-RW. I tried different brand CD-RW such as HP, TDK, even Verbatim, but I always got the "Medium Speed Error". The same disc will work in my old TEAC CD-RW drive, which by the way is always quiet and reliable. The DVD drive is noisy and the disc will have rattling noises at high speed even though the same disc won't make a sound in my TEAC CD-RW drive or NEC CD-ROM drive. Anyway, for my next drive, I am definitely going back to some decent brand such as NEC or TEAC.
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Summary: Makes a great beverage holder
Review: I found out that Cendyne went into bankruptsy in August of 2003 just before my 48x12x48 CDRW did after only five months. Even their web site exclaims that they will no longer honor their warranty. Cheap drive, valuable lesson.
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Summary: Cendyne Products HAVE NO WARRANTY
Review: I found out that Cendyne went into bankruptsy in August of 2003 just before my 48x12x48 CDRW did after only five months. Even their web site exclaims that they will no longer honor their warranty. Cheap drive, valuable lesson.
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Summary: Cannot Install
Review: I have Windows 98SE and this will not install. Support has not been helpful (nothing more than automated replies). Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Tech support from HELL & saved by CompUSA
Review: I'm not a geek or IT specialist and went by the Amazon reviews among others before ordering this CD burner. What a mistake!!! The papers that "guided" you had finer print and smaller pictures than most legal documents. The enclosed CD did not cover installing the device purchased. I spent well over an hour on hold FIVE times on the phone with no 800 number and never spoke to a human or for that matter had the opportunity to leave a message even though the recorded message said that I would be switched to an answering machine. My email to tech support took five days to get a reply and that was more convoluted than the instruction booklet. I'm not a computer engineer and had no idea what to do next. Fortunately I'm near a CompUSA and went there. I explained the set-up of my PC which has an internal CD ROM and Zip drive on the IDE cable already. They were nice enough to explain that I would either need a PCI addition or sacrifice the CD ROM. The latter was the cheapest route and the one I took. CENDYNE was the worst experience I have ever had with a computer company. I would never buy another product from this firm or suggest anyone else do so unless you're a PhD in computer engineering. You ought to expect some support of a product like this. You can get more support from the IRS in dealing with your taxes. I hope I don't have more trouble with the device because I'll be up the creek without a paddle.
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