Iomega SUPER DVD WRITER 16X ( 33068 )

by Iomega

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00032Q20W
• Item model number: 33068
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 8, 2004

Product Description

Includes: USB cable, AC power supply, Iomega HotBurn Pro, Iomega Automatic Backup, DVD Wizard, Sonic MyDVD, Sonic CinePlayer, MUSICMATCH, Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition, & Charismac Discribe (Mac). Iomega Super DVD Writer - This external DVD writer allows you to create DVD movies, create audio CDs, backup large amounts of data, and much more. And by being external, you can take this capability with you while traveling, or share it among a multi-computer household. OS Compatibility - Microsoft Windows 98SE and above, or Mac OS 10.2.7 or higher Unit Dimensions - 9.7 (l) x 7.5 (w) x 2.0 (h) Unit Weight - 3.4 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reliable and Mac Friendly!, April 8, 2005

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Lisa Jasinski (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega SUPER DVD WRITER 16X ( 33068 ) (Personal Computers)

I recently purchased this Iomega burner to burn DVDs from my Mac ibook G4 (purchased in Jan 2004). Right out of the box, this drive was ready to go to work. Thus far, I am very pleased with my purchase.

Using third party sharware (available on www.mac.com) and Roxio Popcorn, I find it very easy to burn DVDs using my mac laptop. I did not install and presently do not use any of the programs provided by Iomega. Using other programs I have experienced very few errors, so I consider it reliable after using it to burn roughly 25 disks. I have not tried to burn data disks or record from a VCR.

With my processor speed, it takes about 20-30 minutes to burn and finalize a 4.7GB DVD-R. Having discussed this product with friends - processor speed will greatly impact the time it takes to burn a DVD. A friend with an older Mac Powerbook (at least 3yrs old) reports that it can take up to 2 hours to burn a disk, whereas another friend with a G4 ibook (only a few months old) says that he can burn a disk in 15 minutes or less. If you have an older computer, it may be worthwhile to upgrade the entire system before purchasing a drive like this one.

The drive weighs less than I expected - so it is compact and portable, if you wanted to take it somewhere or carry it in your backpack. By comparison, it weighs roughly half of the weight of my La Cie external harddrive.

When it's copying a disk, it does "hum," but the sound is by no means bothersome.

Additionally, there are some maufacturer's rebates floating around on the web (Spring 2005) and the price is steadily dropping on Amazon and elsewhere. I think this is a solid buy and Mac-users, don't fear, this drive will work.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Big problems with read errors, May 25, 2005

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Stuart D. Gathman "Custom Designed" (Fairfax, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Iomega SUPER DVD WRITER 16X ( 33068 ) (Personal Computers)

For perfect DVDs, this drive is fast and smooth. However, when it encounters a bad block on a DVD, it spends over a minute fiddling with itself trying to read that precious block. Meanwhile, the movie is frozen. This makes it almost unusable for DVD playback. I broke a brand new Incredibles DVD from its case, and that played perfectly. But any DVD that has the slightest imperfection is a problem.

I haven't tested the recording capability. I was hoping to buy only 1 drive for both playback and recording. This one doesn't fit the bill.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Buyer beware, November 29, 2005

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A Thor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega SUPER DVD WRITER 16X ( 33068 ) (Personal Computers)

This drive worked nice for a year. Then 16 days after the warrenty is up it died.
The laser no longer reads the dvd. Tried all types of dvd's and cords even different
computers and nothing. Electronics arn't built to last anymore there just built cheap!