Customer Reviews

CenDyne 4x4x24 IDE CD-RW Drive (PC)

5 star:		(2)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

Cendyne remarkets these drives so they seem to come from failed companies. Mine was noisy, never wrote, stopped reading 2 day after I got it. Cendyne support is only by email and has a long turnaround. The instructions were poor also.

This is an exceptional product. I installed it myself and it works great. It comes with all the hardware and complete instructions on how to install and use it. I had it installed and burning in less than 30 minutes. For the price, it is an excellent cd burner. I am glad i chose this cd-rw for purchase.

CD recodable drives are very useful and convenient. I still do not understand why people are making zip drives and such. This is the future. Also, the price is great. Most cost more than this. However, there are problems that lower it from the five star level. It only writes CD-Rs at 4x. New drives can write at 12x. At 4x, writing a CD takes over 15 minutes. That can be very tedious. Also, this drive is internal. Those of you without a lot of computer knowledge should NOT buy this. Internal drives are not too easy to install. You can have a professinal do it, but it costs around 50 dollars. That is unwise. Unless you know how to install, you should buy an external drive. If you do have the knowledge, you are probably more than a casual user-- get a faster drive.

After using this drive for 6 months I have to report not a problem has cropped up. Every disc I have tried has worked without a hitch. The enclosed Nero 5 software makes burning very easy. The documentation is sparse but all in all this is good drive.

Well although I haven't purchased, owned, or used one of these drives, let me just tell you prospectful consumers that you shouldn't buy it, especially for the listed price. It costs [$$]and writes at 4x, rewrites at the same speed, and reads at 24x. Maybe it works fine, but that is extremely slow! You can get a new burner for just a dollar more, and the speed will be 24x/10x/32x or similar! And it has the same hookup. Go with a Plexwriter (great cd-rw reputation), HP model, (high-quality EVERYTHING, I have a HP printer, scanner, burner; all work great) or something from I/O Magic- decent, but sometimes there are installation problems and possible incompatibilities. (I own their 16x12x32 burner)
Just remember that when you get a new burner, DO NOT have more than one burning program installed at once! My computer was out of commission for weeks (couldn't even load windows) because of complications of this. So anyway, even if this burner works fine, you're much better off getting a faster, more reputable burner for the same price.

Well, I must say that I love this writer! I bought this for Christmas and boy what a Christmas present it has been! The gift that keeps giving! It had a piece of paper in it congratulating me for being lucky and getting a 8X8 as a promotional thing, so it isn't slow like I thought I was going to get. The software, Nero, is one of the easiest I've worked with, copying on the fly or checking and copying. The only bad thing I have to say about this is that I never did get the 30.00 rebate, which I'm checking into, but, all in all, I think it works great!

My friend and I both bought this CD-rw in the middle of December last year. So far none of us received the $30 rebate ,even our rebate status shown "rebate approved" 3 months ago on the rebate website. But I would say the drive itself is a good product. I made more than 150 cd copies from it without any problem,even though I constantly doing other works on the PC when It was burning.

For the price, this drive would be a good deal for any old system. The only problem being that it doesn't perform. It was easy to put in, but once it was, it just sat there. a good 4x drive should take around 15 min. to burn a cd, but this was more like an hour. If you plan on using the drive once a month or two, it would be fine. But any more than that and you might as well spend the extra money. This one would frustrate most users.

Don't waist your time trying to install or your money buying.