BE ALERT FOR OUT-OF-BOX FAILURE-TEST BEFORE INSTALL, I PURCHASED THIS PRODUCT AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT AND UPON COMPLETION OF A VERY EASY & PROPER INSTALLATION TODAY (12-27-01) THE UNIT FRIED THE COMPUTER POWER SUPPLY AND HARD DRIVES. COMPUTER NOW IN SHOP FOR EVALUATION. THIS PRODUCT WAS IN A FACTORY SEALED BOX. THE COMPUTER REPAIR SHOP ALSO TESTED THIS UNIT AND FRIED ANOTHER POWER SUPPLY IN THE PROCESS. EVIDENT OF A INTERNAL "DEAD" ELECTRICAL SHORT. I AM AT THIS VERY MOMENT IN THE PROCESS OF CONTACTING A HUMAN AT SONY CORPORATION TO SEE HOW WELL THEY HANDLE THIS AND TO WHAT EXTENT THEY WILL MAKE GOOD. IT IS A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.
Great Drive, Fast Burn, Sleek Software, Nice Price,
A Kid's Review This drive is great! It worked perfect for me! It comes bundled with some great software that's easy to use. It says that it takes 30 minutes to install the drive and everything, but I had it up and and burning in 15! CD Extreme works great and lets you burn CD to CD, data CDs, Audio CDs, etc.
You get what you pay for, I bought this burner at Fry's for ... and am very pleased with it - very fast [takes less than 10 mins to burn ANY full CD] + it DOES support the 80 min CDs. The software's ... though - I recomend getting a Mp3 CD Burner and a Nero from Cnet. Overally, a ... fast, and reliable burner.
CD-Extreme freezes system, By
A Customer Drive installed easy, but running the provided CD-Extreme CD writer software freezes the system. I get several messages, then a 'Scanning buses' message followed by a freeze. Only power down gets you out of this problem. I removed by USB card, my sound card, 2nd SCSI card and old Memorex 2X CD-RW drive. Still had the same problem, even when this Sony drive was only IDE device on system. I uninstalled all the Sony provided software. I downloaded and installed a 10 day trial version of NTI CD-Maker 2000. That software ran fine and created CDs with no problem. But, I am not going to spend more money on software to get Sony hardware to work.
Sony CRX160E/A1, (What's this?) Though documentation makes no mention of Macintosh compatibility, this unit readily and flawlessly replaced the incredibly noisy CD-R in my B&W 350. I am pleased to have been able to make this useful upgrade to my machine with so little cost and effort.
GOOD DRIVE FOR THE MONEY AFTER REBATES, This is my second SONY CD-RW,the 1st was a CRX100,4x2x24.A good drive but slow.This drive is fast,I'm using Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.02,had to update to 4.03 before it would reconize the drive(Thanks to a earlier reveiw)the update is free at Roxio under software updates,one note is to be sure to set the plug in back for master or slave,I didn't,had to take it back out.The drive is quiet.So far so good,would buy it again.
Garbage, I won't boar you with the details of the week I spent in Sony Customer Service hell. Suffice it to say the drive was defective right out of the box, the documentation says it is Windows 2000 compliant (it isn't) and Sony offers no software update which is W2K compatible, only that they apologize for the mis-representation. Add to this their only remedy for the defective drive is to repair it in 20 to 30 days. So, I end up with a rebuilt drive (they specificaly said NO NEW replacements) after paying for a new one that does not meet the requirements of my operating system. Good Luck.
Really great CD-RW, this ATAPI/EIDE CD-RW writer is a little miracle in a mechanical box. This CD writer was factory installed in my pc when I bought it about three months ago.
It's a completely relable CD-RW. If I wanted to write a disc at the spur of the moment the writer was always willing and able. However there were a couple of times where I ended making coasters, but those were my stupid mistakes.
But for the CD writer novices out there. feel confident about this CD-RW, It will win your acclaim.
Dissapointed in Sony!, I am dissapointed in Sony! Usually you can't go wrong. However,the drive just doesn't do what it claims. It will not write fasterthan 8x when burning files and 4x when going from CD toCD. Bufferunderruns are the norm and not the exception. When it didrun it was real noisy. I tried callingSony.................................................I waited longerthan this, and they hung up on me after 35 minutes waiting to talkwith them. This happened three times. That was enough. You have tostand behind your product...
Great Drive; Half-Great Software, The drive looks great, was easy to install, and its fast.The non-required burning software isn't bad, but I've seen better. It is very easy to use but dosen't allow you to burn a CD to CD copy at full speed with out making a temporary disk image. A great feature of the software allows you to go from MP3 tracks to an audio CD, some other software only allows you to go from WAV to an audio cd. The data cd feature is great.
Internal IDE/ATAPI CD-RW drive for PCs 150-millisecond access time Writing methods: disc at once, track at once, multisession, and packet writing Large 4 MB buffer Capable of formatting CDs for drag-and-drop file handling
Internal IDE/ATAPI CD-RW drive for PCs.150-millisecond access time.Writing methods: disc at once, track at once, multisession, and packet writing.Large 4 MB buffer.Capable of formatting CDs for drag-and-drop file handling. The drive uses an enhanced IDE (ATAPI) interface and is compatible only with PCs. It comes with Sony's CD Extreme software for recording audio CDs, data CD-ROMs, and CD-to-CD copies. Also included is Sony's abCD software for formatting a CD-RW disc for use like a floppy, letting you "drag and drop" files and folders from the drive letter icon to the CD for storage. To erase files and folders, just drag their icons from the CD-RW to the Recycle Bin. Sony's Spressa CRX160E/A2 32x12x8 internal IDE CD-RW drive stores up to 650 MB of critical data quickly and safely on CD-R and CD-RW media. Working at speeds up to 32x read, 12x write, and 8x rewrite, the drive has quick disc-access times of 150 milliseconds and data transfer rates up to 4,800 Kbps. Utilizing a 4 MB buffer, the drive is capable of disc-at-once, track-at-once, multisession, and packet writing methods. The Sony CRX160E/A1 32x12x8 internal drive comes with a one-year warranty.