Rating: 
Summary: Nice drive
Review: Nice drive and a good price - but the title is incorrect:
"TDK 4x2;16x10x32 Internal IDE DVD+R/-RW/CD-RW Drive
by TDK " Is *does not* read or write DVD -R or DVD -RW. The description lists the correct formats.
Rating:
Summary: Great Price and Easy Install
Review: The DVD Drive was packaged with 2 CDs, screws, data cable (most people won't need this as their PC should have a cable already installed on their existing CD or DVD drive. Each cable can hook up to 2 drives) a manual and a foldout step by step installation instruction sheet in english and spanish. The first CD has a bunch of programs on it, such as the lite version of Nero and some videos and manuals. The second disk has the Pinnacle software. Also with the drive comes a 4x DVD+R blank disk.
Installation was a snap. Just opened the case, popped out the 5 1/2" bay's cover, slid the drive in, screwed in the 4 securing screws and plugged in the existing data cable and power cable. Closed up the case and booted up the PC.
I am running XP, so Windows automatically recognized the drive and allowed me to use it to install the software off both the enclosed CDs. Both programs seem easy enough to use, but I have one complaint: I cannot seem to get either Nero or Pinnacle to burn at 4x. It uses a default value of 2.4, which I cannot change. I guess either the drive is too new and they haven't updated the software packages to recognize the faster DVD speeds yet (maybe I can download updates online) OR I need to change my settings in XP. Hope to figure that out soon. Otherwise, the drive is (supposedly) fast, easy to install, and seems like a great value, especially since i got such a great deal on it!
Rating:
Summary: Great Price and Easy Install
Review: The DVD Drive was packaged with 2 CDs, screws, data cable (most people won't need this as their PC should have a cable already installed on their existing CD or DVD drive. Each cable can hook up to 2 drives) a manual and a foldout step by step installation instruction sheet in english and spanish. The first CD has a bunch of programs on it, such as the lite version of Nero and some videos and manuals. The second disk has the Pinnacle software. Also with the drive comes a 4x DVD+R blank disk.
Installation was a snap. Just opened the case, popped out the 5 1/2" bay's cover, slid the drive in, screwed in the 4 securing screws and plugged in the existing data cable and power cable. Closed up the case and booted up the PC.
I am running XP, so Windows automatically recognized the drive and allowed me to use it to install the software off both the enclosed CDs. Both programs seem easy enough to use, but I have one complaint: I cannot seem to get either Nero or Pinnacle to burn at 4x. It uses a default value of 2.4, which I cannot change. I guess either the drive is too new and they haven't updated the software packages to recognize the faster DVD speeds yet (maybe I can download updates online) OR I need to change my settings in XP. Hope to figure that out soon. Otherwise, the drive is (supposedly) fast, easy to install, and seems like a great value, especially since i got such a great deal on it!
Rating:
Summary: Completely Competent
Review: This drive -- which is available ridiculously inexpensively if you shop around -- does exactly what it sets out to do. It burns DVD+R/RW discs, and CD-R/RW discs, and does so quite reliably. The drive installs easily and will be recognized by Windows XP without any further need for configuration. The included software will be sufficient for creating DVDs of your own videos (from your digital camcorder, say, or captured from videotapes if you have a capture card), and burning them, as well as creating and burning MP3, audio, and JPG CDs. None of the included applications are industry leaders, but they're competent. If you want to copy commercial DVDs you can, using tools you can find easily, but I won't go into that here. I've successfully burned TDK and Ritek DVD+R blanks at 4x, and some generic blanks at 2.4x, and no coasters yet. I've also successfully written, played, erased and reqritten Imation DVD+RW blanks. Just keep in mind this is a "plus" drive. While DVD+ is compatible with most DVD players, it's not compatible with equipment that is DVD "minus" only, such as many Apple computers. A 5-star drive would write both "plus" and "dash," and would come with better software. But as of this writing, it would also cost considerably more.
Rating:
Summary: Great Value
Review: This drive is a great value if your dvd player will play R+. One poster complained that it won't burn R-; well obviously, this is an R+ burner! I burned my first back-up using DVDXCopy and it worked good except 10 minutes towards the end of the 1st DVD was messed up. I don't know if this was the blank DVD itself, the burner or the software.
Rating:
Summary: Good Quality and nice software!
Review: This is my first DVD burner. I choose this model after much resarch and have not regretted the choice. It was easy to install and indeed has some nice software (Nero and Studio 8). I bought this along with DVD Xcopy by 321 Studio because of the reviews of Xcopy and how well it works. (see review of Xcopy) Looking to burn you home digital movies or back up others stuff! This will do it with ease.
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