Ricoh: DVD/CD-RW...any opinions ??

[jacobnero6918]

Linky Linky

I'm seriously thinking about buying this new drive. I don't have a DVD-rom drive currently and the price is hard to beat.

12x write
10x re-write
32x read
32x DAE (rip)

8x DVD

For all the info click on the Linky Linky.

 

[jacobnero6918]

bump

 

[SUOrangeman]

I hope to be getting one of those units when I build my dual Tbird system early next year.

-SUO

 

[Stringy]

Yea, I am thinking of one of these... Solves 2 of my upgrades I want...
Mwave and Buy have it for ~$300 in stock... Not bad, can't buy a Burner
of that speed and a DVD seperately for that price...

I've always like Ricoh, they have solid MO's and CDRW's...



Craig

 

[Soccerman]

go for it! it looks to be a GREAT drive!

 

[EmperorNero]

I have a ricoh cd-rw and it sucks ASS! I bought my first ricoh: had to exchange because of coasters. the new one worked but had a lot of coasters. and then it broke down: after 6 months, I couldn't even burn one good cd. so I called ricoh and they replaced my drive. that replacement drive was defective so I had to call in again. when I got my 4th drive, it would only burn a compilation cd but wouldn't copy a cd. but I thought it was such a hassle, I just went with a plextor instead. as for current news, my ricoh won't burn anything at all now..but i use it as a cd-rom and now I'm happy w/ my plextor.

and I was just talking with this one guy at school - he also has a ricoh and had to RMA it. my recommendation: ricoh drives suck...want a cd-rw? go w/ plextor. and buy a seperate dvd: you'll have less headache with it.

and no, I'm not a dumbass and have tried many possible ways to get my ricoh working..the drives are obviously of low quality.

 

[Cosmic_Horror]

i am also interested in this drive as i currently only have a cd-rom and would like a burner, and see the advantage of having a dvd drive also.


umm if this cd-rw has 'Ricoh new buffer underrun error preventing technology' wouldn't this improve the burn rates and produce less coasters?

i may looking into this a bit more...

 

[jacobnero6918]

The Ricoh drive comes with "Just Link" it does the same thing that Burn Proof does except maybe a little better at least on paper.


Emperor Nero:

Plextor use to base there drives on some of the Ricoh models but are now using sanyo models.

 

[ForeverSilky]

drool.

 

[Demosthenes]

That's odd Emperrr, because I've had my Ricoh 4x writer for about a year and a half an have always been completly pleased by it. In fact I'd go as far as saying one of the best computer buys I've ever had. I've burned hundreds and hundreds of cds on this sucker, and I can honestly say I've never had a coaster that wasn't my fault. Of course I've done stupid stuff like try to watch a movie on the dvd drive or stream an mp3 with 12 IE windows open and have coastered, but never has the drive just produced a coaster out of the blue.

EXCELLENT drive!!