Creative DVD+/-rw Dual 8X Dvdcreative Labs Dvd +/- Rw Burner

by Creative Labs

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00014M2U6
• Item model number: 7300000000145
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 3, 2004

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good value and good product, March 24, 2004

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Martin Anderson "Martin" (Santa Ana, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative DVD+/-rw Dual 8X Dvdcreative Labs Dvd +/- Rw Burner (Electronics)

This DVD drive for your PC will record and read in every DVD format available except for DVD-RAM, Panasonic's proprietary standard which is destined for the wastbasket anyway.

It reads and writes to DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, and the CD formats. For some reason, it writes at 8x for DVD+RW but only 4x for DVD-RW. With the 8x, you can burn an entire DVD in about 15 minutes. I like the + standard because most of the inexpensive DVD recorders for your video system also use the + standard.

I've used the recorder in my PC to make copies of DVDs that I recorded from my TV to my television DVD recorder, and it works great. Given the price and the fact that it works without a hitch, I highly recommend this product.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's good!, February 10, 2004

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A. Gilman "Adrian" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creative DVD+/-rw Dual 8X Dvdcreative Labs Dvd +/- Rw Burner (Electronics)

Got the DVD player installed in under 10 min. and burned 4 DVD movie BACK-UPS using Xcopy Xpress with no problem. This is my 1st DVD burner, so I am quite happy with the performance. I also like the fact that is comes bundled with full versions of the new Nero software. Good deal for an 8x burner. Don't forget to update the firmware at www.creativelabs.com

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative Labs DVD +/- RW 8x, March 30, 2004

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This review is from: Creative DVD+/-rw Dual 8X Dvdcreative Labs Dvd +/- Rw Burner (Electronics)

This is a terrific bundle! Solid product, even better software. If you are looking for a DVD burner and never used or want to upgrade your Nero, then get this product. Once you use Nero 6 you will never use anything else again.

I purchased this burner to go inside of an external firewire case in order to connect to my laptop. Works great, no problems what so ever. I should mention that when you need to upgrade the firmware that you will need to remove it from the external case and put it inside a tower and connect it via typical IDE master slave configuration. The firmware updates look for IDE channels and the like and don't know how to update over firewire (plug&play) connections. I do recommend performing the firmware update, it improved readability.