Originally posted by: udonoogen
is there a warranty on this like they have on their video cards? they dont rebadge drives, do they?
2 year warranty, just like the video cards. It's a Toshiba SD-R5112.
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Section...D%2DR5112&Series=0 In the 2 reviews I read, Princo discs do pretty badly in the drive.
(from the review link conclusion)
Toshiba SD-R5112
Pros
Good error correction with CD and DVD
Fast CD reader
Low seek times with CD/DVD
Very good DVD writing quality
Very fast DVD-Video ripping
Overburning up to 95min
Supports CD-Text (reading/writing)
Working SafeDisc v.2.90 backups
Read subchanell data
Read DVD-RAM
Cons
Doesn't support Mount Rainer
Cannot playback/rip protected Audio CDs
High 3T jitter CD-R at 12X
DAE speed could be higher
DVD±RW reading speed could be higher
It's not a do everything drive, but for $10 + tax after rebate, how can you complain?
edit: someone asked above... yeah, it comes with Nero OEM Suite 6. I'm not sure which "oem suite" number it is, but it has nero express 6, InCD 4, nero vision express 2 SE, nero showtime, nero media player, nero toolkit and nero cover designer.