Anyone heard of a CD/RW from a brand "smart and friendly?"

[wtp]

my dad said he saw it in this market. IT SEEMS cheap, but anyone heard of that brand?

wtp

[Mntsnow]

They use to put out a pretty good burner but as of late I personally only hear of problems with their burners http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/frown.gif I personally would suggest an HP or Plextor. If you watch you can get them for not much more and you will be much more happy in the long run IMHO

[Roy]

I have the 8/20 burner and a friend has their RW. Mine is excellent(!) and he's had no problems. And they're supported by Adaptec software. Interesting note ~ the drawer is belt instead of gear driven. Very smooth and quiet. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[jadinolf]

Word to the wise.

S&F is bankrupt so if it breaks... well you know...

[Glynn R Harris]

I am sorry to hear they are bankrupt. I started out in CD-R with their 2006 Plus, later got a 226RW, and now have their External SCSI Turbowriter RW.
The drives were of other makes; they packaged them with good software and, in short, took on getting the bare drives to the plug-n-play stage. But now every manufacturer has more or less done this for themselves, I guess.
My 2006 by the way, was a Philips mechanism internally; the 226 was a Sony, and the Turbowriter is a Yamaha.

[jadinolf]

Here are the details;
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2597858,00.html

[wtp]

well uhm, they're selling a CD/RW for 35 bucks thats new. I think it's 2x2x? i forgot, but u think i should get it?? I know it's my decision, but I think i'll hear from the audience, LOL...j/k, i think i should hear from you sysopt family members, whether i should or not.

wtp http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

[jadinolf]

For thirty five bucks, I'd jump at it.

[Gomer]

Hell WTP, I have an old Acer 2x1x24 that I use. It is the only burner I have. It isn't the quickest but it gets the job done. $35 is chump change. Snatch it up if you have the yern to burn. BTW, Best Buy has a 50 spindle of 80 minute CDR's for 14.95 after rebate, 19.95 before rebate. That works out to a dollar a CD when buying the above mentioned burner. Not a bad deal at all. Make sure it comes with some software though.

[This message has been edited by Gomer (edited 07-06-2000).]

[Phantom]

WTP,

If you're into PSX backups...Smart & Friendly's arn't so smart & friendly!

(won't work)

Phantom

[wtp]

nah, i got another CD/RW that does that. Thanx for the info, now I won't be spending time wasting CDs!

wtp

[Spartan]

Where on earth did you find a CD-RW for 35 bucks?