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CenDyne 12x10x32 Internal EIDE CDRW Drive (PC Only)

CenDyne 12x10x32 Internal EIDE CDRW Drive (PC Only)

List Price: $199.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Such a great bargan!
Review: This CD-R drive was not only cheap but one of the greatest cd-r's I have ever used. For such a low price this is the best buy you can get. Did I mention how great the nero software is that comes with it? or how fast it writes or....!!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: GOOD PRODUCT BUNDELED WITH AN EXCELENT SOFTWARE
Review: THIS DRIVE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT FLAWLESS CD-BURNER. THE NERO 5 SOFTWARE IS THE BEST AVAILABLE. THE ONLY BAD THING ABOUT THE PRODUCT IS THAT THE PICTURE ... FOR THE CENDYNE IS A RICOH DRIVE, BUT MY BURNER WAS A LITEON BRAND. AT FIRST I WAS VERY ANGRY, BECAUSE LITEON IS AN OEM PRODUCT WITH NOT THE BEST REPUTATION, BUT THE DRIVE NOT ONLY PROVED TO BE BETTER THAN MY OLD 8X PLEXTOR, IT ALSO FEATURED A BURNPROOF TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU CENDYNE.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good drive...
Review: This is a good cd-rw drive, I have used it for some time. No problem. With nero5, writing CDR or CDRW is very straight forward and easy. Now I am using CDRW just like a floppy disk...

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great but not 5*
Review: This is a very good drive, thanks to the Nero 5 software. Once I learned how to use it I never had a failure. However, the "IN-CD" program suggests that a CD-RW is a "large floppy disk" It is not. Use the Nero software to copy your files, not your windows explorer like I did. There is no such thing as a perfect CD burner... Yet. Always record music at 1x and with an image file(unless you have 3 EIDE ports on your MB) On-the-fly(CD to CD) is useless unless you can put the recorder on a separate EIDE port. I placed my CD-ROM and CD-RW on the secondary and my 2 HD's on the Primary because you cannot record your HD if it shares the same port as your CDRW. Twin dilima. But you can do a better job from an image file anyway(so is suggested by Nero 5). I recorded Geddy Lee's solo and it(seemed) to have as good highs and lows as the original(using image file).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Simply Great & Affordable
Review: This product works great. It's really easy to install and configure. The burner comes with Nero 5, the best cd-burning software. It's fast and is very affordable.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Don't let the price fool you !!!
Review: Yes, I mean the statement "Don't let the price fool you". This CD-RW gives a lot more quality and features than what the price suggests. Definely worth more !!!

For starters, Cendyne markets other brands like Ricoh and Lite-on's. In other words, you get a more ... superior product without the packaging for a low low price. This particular series of 12x10x32 are rebadged Lite-on's with burn proof technology (In laymans terms, burn proof simply means lesser number of coasters !). I got a 4mb buffer version, do not know for sure if that is the standard because the box only claims 2mb buffer.

Coming to the actual burner, its superb. Better and more reliable than my earlier HP writer in every way. It really delivers on the 12x speed as I consistently burn at 12x and never have problems. Burn proof technology really works.

On the software side, you get the very best: Nero 5.0. And to top it, you can download Nero 5.5 for free since you have a valid Nero 5.0 license.

All in all, you just cannot go wrong with ... for this exceptional drive.


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