Yamaha 16X10X40X CD-RW for $199.99 with free installation at CompUSA starting 2/18

[Triggerhappy007]

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[VBboy]

Wow, with FREE installation? Hot damn. Shame on you if you can't install it yourself!!

 

[macssuck]

I would NEVER let CrapUSA touch my puter

 

[Rotorvator]

I just bought that drive from them last weeked for $249.
Anyone know if they have an extended price guarantee?

 

[OutlawWolf]

Some lame installation service i say. :|
Who would charge someone $20 bucks for a Norton Antivirus installation???

 

[OutlawWolf]

My friend got a rip off with his first computer.
$20 bux...

 

[whizbang]

Read this Yamaha 16/10/40 Review and you'll think twice about spending a dollar on this drive. Anyone have one who can report on it's reliability?

 

[complex]

a longer more in depth review is at http://www.storagereview.com/articles/200101/20010117CRW2100E_1.html. it does somewhat agree that the specs are just advertising/marketing, and the reading on non-perfect (scratched) cds can be a bit tricky. read the review and decide for yourself.

complex

 

[Unclemo]

The installation itself is worth $60. Great deal

 

[broadwayblue]

maybe if you're loaded or have never opened a computer before.

 

[Triggerhappy007]

Rotorvator, Yes, CompUSA do have a price guarantee. Just take your receipt back to the store and they will give you the difference.

 

[simbai]

I have the 16X Yamaha. I have a 72X Kenwood CD Rom. Even with the Yamaha 8MB buffer, I cannot do a copy from cdrom to writer at max speed (16X) without errors. There has already been two firmware upgrades since this drive was released. My 2 cents worth: I would not buy again.

 

[JustStarting]

I've got the Yamaha- NO PROBLEMS. I heard of all the problems before I bought it also. The drive installs itself- power up, insert Adaptec Easy CD creator CD and go. Test the drive first as recommended in the handbook. I did not even upgrade the firmware or Easy CD Creator- used what came in the box (4.03d). The drive does only start at 12X in the inner edge and reaches 16X at the outer edge, but people- it only takes me 5.5 min from the time I press "create cd" till it spits my full 700mb cdr out completed- NO errors. Sambai- as far as copying CD to CD, your CDROM must be capable of extracting the data as fast as 16X- most are not. I've got a 52X creative and it wont extract at 8X!!! Test your Kenwood to see what it is capable of under Cd Creator, then when your Yamaha wont transfer at that rate- complain.

 

[namlook]

Free installation means you are really getting a 16x CDRW for around $150! Flaming hot deal!!!!

 

[simbai]

To just starting....that is my complaint...with an 8mb buffer and I have what is supposed to be the fastest cdrom available .. the Yamaha still gets buffer under runs on cd to cd copy.Yes I can send to hard drive first then eliminate that problem but cd to cd at 8X or less to me is a problem. My statement and still is "I would not recomend this for any one wanting the best available writer". Go with one with the Burn-proof technology. Plextor..Tdk...etc. TDK has 16X and possibly others with burn-proof has 16X.

 

[stso]

Actually it depends on what purpose you need the CD-RW for ...
For meself, I usually burn stuff from hard drive to CD, so Yamaha should work fine for people like me.
If anyone is doing CD to CD (assume that you don't have right setting, ie: slow cable), then I would recommand a burn-proof drive.
However, I am not buying the yamaha drive, I'm waiting the price drop for plextor 16x
My 2 cents

 

[StealthX32]

wait wait...I'm reading this review on Maximum PC...



<< This partial-CAV design is part of Yamaha's &quot;waste-proof write strategy,&quot; which relies on a whopping 8MB buffer and the modulated write speed mentioned above to foster successful burns. It doesn't work very well, however. During testing, we were able to produce buffer underruns simply by playing MP3s during recording or running Quake III. >>



He's running Q3 while he's burning? WTF? A quad-Athlon 1.2 GHz w/ 1.5 GB DDR would give buffer underruns running Q3 while burning. What a f*ckin' idiot.

 

[andrey]

I agree with Stealth. What kind of person can't wait for 5 minuts without QuakeIII?

Personally I had this drive, SCSI version, since December and it has been working flawlessly for me. No coasters or buffer underruns whatsoever.