2.4x/2.4x/8x DVD+RW, 12x/10x/32x CD-RW - MPN: Q2101A
Strengths: Quick and swift
Weakness: Pricier +R media, expensive writter too.
Overall very happy for this second generation HP DVD writter. Reading and writting is quicker overall than the competition and more important I did not find any incompatibility with other machies reading the +R media.
For the price HP charges, I wish the software could be a tad better, that it's not to say is lousy, ie MYDVD is quite useful for home video and editing.
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TopStrengths: It burns DVDs(vary rarely)
Weakness: Over priceed, software is horrible, dosent work half of the time, DVD +R only, wont erase DVD-RW, gruesomely slow, manual confusing
I bought this thing and it worked okay for a bit but then the trouble started. It would start burning a disc in probaly 7 out of 10 attempts. Now it doesnt even burn a CD and can almost never read the CDs. I probably sucessfully burned 8 DVDs with it. I would NOT recommend this product. You can get 8x now for alot cheaper. BUYER BEWARE! This whole purchase sickens me.
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HP (Hewlett-Packard) DVD200i DVD+RW Writer
Strengths: It is a work horse, very durable, very reliable, no problems after nearly 500 burns. Seems to have the same quality has the HP printers.
Weakness: It is now becoming outdated. The price seems high considering the new technology.
This burner has performed well for two years and continues to working like new. It only likes quality name brand media, the cheap media is very unreliable in this burner. I estimate the fail rate with quality media at only 1%, but that may be due to the media. It takes about 40 minutes to burn a full movie. It only burns on the +R format, but that is not a problem for me, you have to pick one or the other format for a given disk, I have no need for both. As for the included software, well it is about as good as anything I have found. I just havent found good easy to use DVD authoring tools yet.
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