Cd Burner

[Kirkbug]

Im considering purchasing a burner, could you please give me some recommendations?? Models that are around $250 or so!
Thanks...

[daveleau]

The HP line is very good and comes w/ Adaptec software. I have an HP 8110, last yr's model. I have been very happy w/ it. The 8210 is 4,4,24x and is excellent. PCWorld or PCMag rated it as the top burner a little while ago. The Ricohs have gotten very good reviews. At work I use a SCSI Smart and Friendly and we have had a few problems with it. I haven't heard good things. Good luck-Dave

[JW310]

I have read good reviews on the Yamaha 4416s CD-RW drive. It is a SCSI drive, so you need a SCSI adaptor card if you don't already have one. If I were to buy a CD-R or CD-RW drive, I think this one would be the one! I've seen it as low as $190 from online vendors (I think at buy.com). Add another $50+ for a SCSI adaptor, if you don't have one already!

[Mntsnow]

Personally I would suggest saving a bit more money and then buy a Plextor SCSI 8x burner(I have this drive a love it!) as they are the best on the market at this time. But if you want to really stay around the 250 mark I would suggest the Yamaha drives as I have one in my machine at work and it runs great (4x burn. If you are not going to be doing a lot of burning then I would suggest one of the IDE burners as you can get a good deal on these all over the place. For IDE I would suggest the Ricoh's, Yamaha's or the new HP 8210 (its getting good reviews as of late)

Lots of models to choose from /forum/biggrin.gif

Good luck

Mntsnow

[800XL]

I have to put in a plug for the Plextor as well. The 8x CDR (no rewritable) has come down to at least the neighborhood of $250. With CDR blanks costing less than $1 these days, do you really need rewritable CDs? With this 8x burner, you can burn a full CD in around 10 minutes and I've never burned a bad disc with it even with the cheapest of media. As with the Yamaha drive that JW310 mentions, you do need a SCSI card.

[JW310]

Sysopt.com has a section for user reviews of CD-R and CD-RW drives. The address is: www.sysopt.com/userreviews/products.cgi?cdrecord (http://www.sysopt.com/userreviews/products.cgi?cdrecord) There is a selection of about 50 or so drives, as well as how the average rating each reviewer gave them. This might be worth looking at to help you make your decision!

[This message has been edited by JW310 (edited 10-06-99).]

[Roy]

CompUSA has the 8x20x Smart and Friendly CD Rocket SE on sale right now for $200 (Reg. $250). It's the full retail box with Adaptec software and SCSI 2 PCI card. I bought one yesterday. /forum/biggrin.gif

I think the drive is the same as the Panasonic 7503B ... the only other 8x20x I can find.