"IDE CD-RW of Choice" ......Yamaha ?

[clumsum]

I've been waiting until after X-mas to purchase a CD-RW and was convinced the Plextor was the product of choice, has this drive been up-staged by the Yamaha CRW 2100EZ 16/10/40 drive?

As reported in Anand's review of High End Systems.......?

 

[Viperoni]

Personally, unless you REALLY need 16x burning, I'd still stick with the plex 12x10x32
I've heard it's burn-proof technology is more refined than the yammie's, but the fact that it's a plex makes a whole lot of difference (in reliability and quality as well)

 

[erub]

well, I was given the Yamaha burner - and I took it back and replaced it with the TDK after reading some of the reviews here - the Yamaha doesn't have burnproof, and it isn't a total 16x - there was a thread in here about it. Burning my first CD with the TDK at the moment

 

[MC]

i will go for plextor 12/10/32 personally

 

[shiznut123]

go with the cheaper one. you dont really need fast burning speed

 

[LXi]

A lot of this Plextor and TDK lovin' has to do with bandwagoning, personally I wouldnt return the Yamaha(or Yammy, when did we start calling them that?) if I got one.

 

[jsm]

I have TDK Velo's and absolutely love them. Plus they come with Nero instead of Adaptec Easy CD Creator (a big plus in my book).

I burn 12x with 8x certified CDRs. Probably not a big deal really, but it works.

 

[urbantechie]

I'd get the Plextor/TDK first. If not, then the Yamaha!

 

[oldfart]

And one vote frome the lone Sony guy! 100% compatible with CloneCD (can dupe anything). Burned almost 100 CDs with it and never one coaster. What else could you want? Got mine from buy.com...$158 - $30 coupon - $30 rebate = $98. This was for the 8x/4x/32x. I think there is a $50 rebate on the 12x/8x/32x.

 

[ALstonLoong]

hi guys i have a question about the cdrw.... for sony cdrw it comes with 4mb buffer. I was wondering, a cdrw come with more buffer better or come with a burn proof better?

alston

 

[oldfart]

I think you can get some models with 8 meg buffers.

 

[ALstonLoong]

well..... which will you choose between more buffer or burnproof ?


alston

 

[oldfart]

I never had a burner with burnproof. Great feature, but not sure its really necessary. I start a burn, 9 min later its done. Works for me. More buffer is always good.

 

[ArchAngel777]

Plextor rules..

 

[Ulysses]

Here's from Storage Review's home page:

"
Optical Updates 14 December 2000

We've run into some issues with the Yamaha 16X burner, so we decided to hold off and substitute the Pioneer DVD-305S into the testbed while we await a 2nd Yamaha from Hypermicro. This 2nd unit should help us to pinpoint the cause of our problems. Meanwhile, research and write-up of the Sony CRX1600L external CD-RW article is nearly completed. Expect the review late this week or early next.
"

 

[erub]

Definitely burnproof - buffer can run out, but burnproof never will

 

[Possum]

Anyone ever hit CTRL-ALT-DEL during a burn with a Burn-Proof drive to bring up the "Close Program" window in Windows 9x/ME? Does the burn resume when you click "Cancel" or is it completely ruined (as with normal burning)?
I'm just wondering because from a quick look at Burn-Proof, it's the ability to stop then resume the burning laser. But does it still work if you pause Windows and the CD burning program (e.g. with CTRL-ALT-DEL, critical error, BSOD, etc.)?

 

[RossMAN]

Just a heads up that today and tomorrow only, CompUSA is selling the Iomega ZipCD 12x/10x/32x for $99.99 after $30 Iomega mail-in rebate. The Iomega ZipCD has "Burn Proof Technology".

 

[shiznut123]

i like the TDKits very nice