Are Ricoh CD-R's any good ?

[Richard_Cranium72]

I see some deals on these, are they another "Memorex" of burners, a good name gone bad ??

http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=CDW

[DanU]

My Ricoh 9060A DVD+CDRW "combo" drive has been working well for me for the past several months.

[sns]

My Ricoh MP7060A works well. Its getting a bit old compared to the latest CDRWs but the only time its made a coaster is when I reinstalled Windows and the dma default was off.
It came with a 2 Ricoh cds so I have always tried to use those cds although lately I've just grabbed any cd and it still works fine.
I found a firmware flash(?) site for my model soon after I bought it so maybe the 3 flashes its had has helped - maybe not.

[crazyray]

Doc! I share your fondness for HP burners. I bought a Ricoh MP7040A a couple of years ago and it was a POS. I got mebbe 3 months of use out of it in the year I owned it. Shipped it back 3 times. LOUSY!!!

That was the second burner I'd ever owned. The first was an HP7200e. Connects via the parallel port, burns at 2x, still works great.

Just say NO to RICOH.

[Jonty]

I've had a Ricoh MP7080A for over a year now and it's fine, I've never made any coasters with it either, and I always burn on-the-fly with it too.