Pacific Digital CDRW?

[Eli]

Does anyone have any experience with or opinions on the Pacific Digital 2x2x6 CDRW? It's available for a good price (around $230 Canadian after taxes and rebate) in Future Shop, and I'm wondering if it's a good buy.

[CMonster]

I am using a Pacific Digital CDR, actually it is a Mitsumi 4X8 IDE CDR, and I am quite happy with it.

But there was one problem early on, the unit & software would not do digital audio extraction from a music CD. And to further frustrate matters, I could not resolve this problem from the Pacific Digital website - I had to go to the Mitsumi website to find out about this bug; the problem was with the VIA Busmaster IDE drivers, I had to use either the Windows generic disk controlers or the VIA Highpoint drivers.

I bought mine for $239 US just 6 months ago but they have been on sale lately for $149.

Sorry, I do not know what manufacturer actually made the 2X2X6 CDRW so it is impossible for me to commnet on the specific model. I would recommend that you get at least a 4 speed write, that is 20 minutes for a full CD. I do not know if you will use the rewrite feature all that much. I get by with using multiple sessions, and CDR disks are fairly cheap now anyway.



[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 08-05-99).]

[smokin1]

sorry i can't comment on the actual
product but as a fellow Canuck...
please try to stay away from future shop..
in our area they have great deals
on stuff that thay is not intended for the
canadian market and therefore no support.
if you don't want support
drop over the line and buy it for less
just my 2c

[Eli]

I dunno, I think I'd use the CDRW part a lot... I don't like the idea of eventually having a bunch of useless disks lying around. And the speed wouldn't really bother me. cost is my main concern, support or no support. Thanks for the info guys.