CenDyne CDICD00118 48x12x48 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive

by Cendyne

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006AVBZ
• Item model number: CDICD00118
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 11, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Lightning IV 48x12x48 CD-RW drive reaches higher write speeds faster than other CD-RW drives, providing lightning-fast burn speeds for data, music, and video. The drive has a higher average writing speed, which means burning a full 650 MB disc takes about 2.5 minutes.

Along with the CD-RW drive, you'll get CenDyne CD Mastering Software, one blank CD-R disc, an internal IDE data cable, a user's guide, a black-to-black analog audio cable, mounting screws, and documentation.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and Easy!, September 17, 2002

By 

Matthew T. Wykstra (Galesburg, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CenDyne CDICD00118 48x12x48 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

This was my first experience installing a drive of any kind. The manual gives complete instructions how to replace an existing CD ROM or install this into an empty bay. It took me about 15 minutes to figure it out and do it. The drive burns fast (I've only done writing so far, no re-writing) - I made an audio CD last night and it burned a full 80 min in 5:41 which includes about 3 minutes that my computer spent calculating track volume for each track and only burning at 32x since that's all the discs will handle that I bought. It also comes with an IDE cable and an audio cable if you need them. I didn't since I was replacing an existing drive. Also, the included Nero burning software helps make it easy to burn any format you need. I'm real happy with it so far.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Cendyne CDRW are like a box of chocolate, December 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: CenDyne CDICD00118 48x12x48 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

Cendyne CDRW are like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're going to get. These are repackaged drives from various manufacturers from Liteon to Panasonic to MSI. If you're lucky you're get a liteon drive which are pretty decent. If you're not lucky you'll end up with a MSI drive that will be really noisy beyond belief (feel like your pc tower is about to blast off into outerspace). That will explain why some people might absolutely love their cendyne and some will absolutely hate theirs. Good luck!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Think twice before buy this drive or any CenDyne product!, January 21, 2003

By 

calvinyw (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CenDyne CDICD00118 48x12x48 Internal IDE CD-RW Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought a Verbatim drive (48x12x48) which according to Verbatim's tech support is a re-badged CenDyne. I also picked a CenDyne DVD-ROM. What a mistake!

The CD-RW drive with Nero Burn works on CD-R, but not any CD-RW. I tried different brand CD-RW such as HP, TDK, even Verbatim, but I always got the "Medium Speed Error". The same disc will work in my old TEAC CD-RW drive, which by the way is always quiet and reliable.

The DVD drive is noisy and the disc will have rattling noises at high speed even though the same disc won't make a sound in my TEAC CD-RW drive or NEC CD-ROM drive.

Anyway, for my next drive, I am definitely going back to some decent brand such as NEC or TEAC.