NEC ND-3550A Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer - Black

16x/8x/16x DVD+R, 16x/6x/16x DVD-R, 6x DVD-R DL, 8x DVD+R DL, 48x/32x/48x CD-RW - MPN: ND3550A

Description: So you've always wanted to scale new dimensions in read and write performance with your DVDs and CDs? Now you can obtain impressive results even faster with the ND-3550. Our supreme expert reaches speeds of 16x in playing your DVDs. If you want to play CDs, it can reach spee... read more

So you've always wanted to scale new dimensions in read and write performance with your DVDs and CDs? Now you can obtain impressive results even faster with the ND-3550. Our supreme expert reaches speeds of 16x in playing your DVDs. If you want to play CDs, it can reach speeds of 48x. And it is equally impressive in burning optical storage media as well: It writes DVD+R and DVD-R formats at speeds up to 16x, DVD+RW at speeds up to 8x and DVD-RW at speeds up to 6x. Equally impressive are its numbers for disks in the DVD+R DL (8x) and DVD-R DL (4x) formats. All hardware components are "lead-free". minimize

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Kingkoopa190... from CA

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Nov 2005

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Great Drive

Strengths:

Price, reliability, speed, quiet

Weaknesses:

none so far

Posted Aug 29, 2006 - I have had this For 3 months now and it hasn't failed once. For the price you can't beat it. I wasn't sure about buying it, but after reading the reviews I gave it a shot.

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V_Master from CA

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Dream Come True

Strengths:

Burns everything from DVD±R to CD±R/RW fast! I have had this drive since November and have been burning like a maniac with NO errors. On top of that, it has dual layer capabilities!

Weaknesses:

The Nero software that comes with it has a program called Nero ShowTime. It's a movie viewer that CAN'T play DVD's without downloading a plug-in YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR?!?! NEC should have gone elsewhere.

Posted Jan 11, 2006 - It burns music, data and dvd's nice and fast with no fuss. I have owned other burners, but this one takes the cake. It's cheap and it rocks! You owe it to yourself to buy this drive.

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jmecherul from OH

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NEC ND-3550A BK DVD+/-RW Dual Layer

Strengths:

Quiet drive. Works flawlesly. No coasters. Nice design. Extremely nice for the money. You can't beat it. Performs better than more expensive models. 16X dvd+r burning, 8X DL burning. Great Drive.

Weaknesses:

None whatsoever.

Posted Dec 8, 2005 - I used this drive for about a month and it works great. I have had no coasters so far. Just plug and play. Dual layer works great, even though it takes a little longer to burn, but that's because of the increased capacity. It is worth the money. A definite item on this years shopping list, and with dual layer and 16x burning who can complain. Excellent work from NEC.

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Allison_1982

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NEC Burner

Strengths:

brand.price

Weaknesses:

???

Posted Dec 19, 2005 - This is an awesome drive. i bought a sony DVD burner along with this drive and this is my fav of the two. Just an awesome drive, super fast burns!

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Does it work with windows xp professional? Because I one review ...

LeCarre from ID

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Pain, and more pain.

Strengths:

Great Capabilities. Great Price.

Weaknesses:

Support, Compatability.

Posted Mar 31, 2006 - First experience was bad. Burned a CD, and a few DVD's they all appeared to be coasters. Odd behavior in XP Pro. Would not read any DVD type. Game, Movie, burned. RMA time. Got a replacement Drive. Same thing. Put the baby in my Macintosh and it runs like a champ. Searching the net i found a Firmware update 1.06 and it flashed fine. No changes. Found discussion forums that shows i'm not alone in my sorrows. At least i was lucky enuf to be able to use the drive in the mac. For the PC. I think XP's Drivers or OS is not working. This drive seems to work for some machines, but not all from what i've seen on forums. It's a dice roll.

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The problem could be with your Windows XP install or perhaps with...

Eightball434... from OH

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Cant go wrong with NEC

Strengths:

price, brand name

Weaknesses:

none so far

Posted Dec 14, 2005 - This is a great drive. I also have its older brother the 3500a which also works great. I have burt about 50 DL disks in this so far as well as countless DVD-R's with no coasters!

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50 DL discs huh??? I havnt burned ONE!!!! It doesnt recognize t...

786akr

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Excellent dvd burner

Strengths:

Fast,Easy,Reliable

Weaknesses:

none I can think of

Posted Dec 21, 2005 - I have been using this device for a week .I have ripped and burnt several dvds with it.I had no problems with coasters and process is very fast.Installation into my pc was a snap.

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dandi from MO

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NEC ND-3550A

Strengths:

Quick, Quiet, Affordable

Weaknesses:

None so far!

Posted Dec 16, 2005 - Installed it and was using it within minutes. Mine shipped with Nero software that was easy to install and use. This drive seems to be quick, quiet, and so far very reliable.

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atwnsw from FL

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NEC Strikes again w/ best product on market....

Strengths:

Replaced my NEC 2510 w/ latest 3550a from newegg for only $43 dlv'd to my door in 3 days. That is almost as fast as the drive. Quiet. Reads everything.

Weaknesses:

none that have been found so far

Posted Dec 13, 2005 - After going through the generic dvd burners, I decided that quality would save me the aggravation and $$$ and time in the long run. SO, I bought my first dvd burner a coule of years ago and am sold on them. Highly recommend

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bam1116 from KS

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NEC 3550 Dual Layer

Strengths:

Very fast. Dual layer. Inexpensive

Weaknesses:

I'll let you find one. I can't.

Posted Dec 18, 2005 - NEC best yet. This is a very fast drive. I have burned 8X dvds in 8:00. Haven't tried 16X yet. Rips very fast. Mine got up to 12X although it says it can get to 16X. Very easy to install. Can't beat the price. Under $40.

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lexanoroc from PA

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NEC, cheap, simple, awesome

Strengths:

Great Price, Solid product

Weaknesses:

none

Posted Dec 15, 2005 - You cannot go wrong with NEC. i have found nothing wrong with this burner, or any nec dvd burner that i own. i always have compatibility and my dvds burn at the right speed. Im very happy with this product

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ahndrianto84 from IN

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User has 2 Months of experience with this product

Price was great.Performs very well

Strengths:

This DVD+-RW has worked FANTASTIC! I have not had any problems burning onto any brand of DVD media. Fast and quite efficient. Also, received the drive pretty fast. Thanks newegg!...

Weaknesses:

None that I can think of

Posted Feb 17, 2006 - I burn slower than the drive/media will allow me to becuase I would rather it take 3 minutes longer and be sure to get a quality burn. So all of mine have turned out great!!

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Why describe the product as "FANTASTIC" and give it a 3 star rati...

lisachua from CA

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NEC ND-3550 Dual Layer

Strengths:

Inexpensive Fast

Weaknesses:

Dual Layer media is still very expensive

Posted Dec 14, 2005 - We replaced our old 4X burner with this one and we love it. It took us 2 mins to plug it in and it worked first time. Back-ups are now so much faster. You cannot beat the price of this one.

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premb from IL

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Awesome External DVD Burner

Strengths:

Good speed, max-16x.. will get cheaper blank DVD's for ths same. Double layer. Awesome price

Weaknesses:

haven't come accross one yet

Posted Dec 17, 2005 - A must buy for begginers looking for a good deal. you may need ahead nero or some time of burner along to have good quality. best suited for home video burning.

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So, if you are so happy about the device, and everything is "awes...

oldfathair from UT

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ND-3550A

Strengths:

A real multi-tasker drive at a great price, doesn't task the processor at speed. Simple styling and compact package.

Weaknesses:

Compared to my other drive, an LG 4167, makes more noise and fails the Nero test drive test on scratched CD's that the LG passed. It failed at about 32X and above.

Posted Mar 25, 2006 - This drive works fine with new media, so will combine the talents of both drives. Haven't tested the faster DVD DL disks yet, but works without a hitch with Nero in copying movies with the 2.4X disks.

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