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| Date Reviewed: 04/20/2005 |
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Strengths: This drive works like a charm! I tested it with dvd-r maxell 8X media and, believe me, it does a very good job. This drive rips and writes like a champion and it is very silent.
Weaknesses: None so far.
Summary: Before I bought it, I read a review somewhere, in which somebody was complaining about the fact that the drive tends to take some time in order to recognize and read the media. I must acknowledge that this is the truth but it is not an eternity. Besides this "inconvenience", I could not identify or confirm any flaw in the performance or operation of this wonderful drive.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/27/2005 |
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 Heartache Strengths: Cheap. Lots of features I can't take advantage of because I can't get it to work right.
Weaknesses: No data cables. No instructions. I can't get it working right.
Summary: 2007-09-30 13:21:26 This drive came yesterday. It comes with a poor-man's version of Nero.
I've spent the last 24 hours trying to make it work reliably. It has produced a dazzling array of different failures. I spent 2½ hours this morning trying to contact Toshiba tech support. I followed a chain of 6 phone numbers (3 toll free, 3 not). Each tone maze ended up telling me to call different number which, in turn sent me to another number, and so on until I looped back going partway back around the circle to finally speak to their "one" tech support person for their DVD recorders (on a toll call) who couldn't conclude what was wrong, but sent me to Nero. He said I could send it in for an exchange and they'd send me another one in 30 days or so. I found no way to contact Nero by phone, so I sent a support request via their website and have heard nothing.
This may be the most trouble I have ever had with a single component. I've assembled entire computer systems that took this long because of trouble with more than one component, but I think this is my record for a single component.
Edited 7/28 to say:
I returned it as defective and ordered a NEC ND-3540A
Edited 12/2005 to say:
The NEC ND-3540A has performed flawlessly.
Edited 10/2007 to say:
And it still is.
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| Date Reviewed: 09/11/2005 |
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Lousy Drive
Strengths: None really!
Weaknesses: Problems recognizing Media Blanks. Burn Speed does not go over 4X. Slows to 1.2X for no reason. NOT A DEPENDABLE UNIT
Summary: It will not recognize many Blank DVD Media's. After many trial and error I found out I can only burn successfully without too many coasters using Maxell DVD media. Toshiba can not handle HP, Memorex, CMC brand (Staples, ...) forget about Fry's brands - it will not burn GQ's, on and on. It was a nightmare finding the right DVD Media for this darn unit.
I never got this unit to burn any faster than 4X. It drops to 2X or lower (1.2X) burn rate at it's own. It seems this unit it has mind of it's own.
Bottom line, If I had the money I would buy me another unit ... but this Toshiba unit it is a "Piece of JUNK".
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| Date Reviewed: 06/02/2005 |
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Strengths: Fast, quiet, reliable, good software
Weaknesses: None noticed
Summary: It came with Nero 6.3 and Power DVD 5 from A2Z Computers. The installation was easy and it works well with Pentium III @ 1.3 GHz and 256 MB of RAM. 5 DVDs got burnt fast at 8x speed without a glitch. This drive is quieter than one in a laptop.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/27/2005 |
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Worked great for the first month, then stopped rea ...
Strengths: Out of the box worked great, easy to install. But...
Weaknesses: Possible probability of failure within 1-3 months.
Summary: Worked great for the first month, then stopped reading or writing CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW disks. However, would still read DVDs, but not write them. Returned for replacement. The next one worked again for about 30 days, then same problem. Bought another brand, no problems to date. (It's been over 2 months.)
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| Date Reviewed: 12/28/2005 |
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wasting money and time
Strengths: haven't found any yet
Weaknesses: will only burn limited brands of media (if you can figure out which ones)
Summary: after rejecting at least 8 different brands, the drive finally recognized the Philips brand, burned 1 copy and failed the next, so I really don't know at this time which media brand the drive will take .After 21 days, I still not able to burn more than 1 copy .Call to tech support is like calling Santa Claus.
Don't waste your time and money figuring out, buy another brand.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/11/2005 |
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Strengths: Easy to install. Good quality.
Weaknesses: Doesn't come with a burning software like NERO.
Summary: This DVD writer is dual layer and cheap. The label on the hardware says Toshiba/Samsung. So I guess it is the same hardware Samsung uses. The Samsung price is higher than Toshiba, may be because they include NERO with there hardware. The quality of this product is good. It was very easy to install, the only thing you have to make sure that you select the right jumper settings to make it Master or Slave. I use good brand DVDs so don't know the performance in case of using some cheap brand. Overall I think for the price this is a good product. Save some money and buy this one you may need to buy a burning software.
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| Date Reviewed: 06/12/2005 |
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Strengths: This DVD Writer works very well with all types of DVD's. The product comes with software that has many good progams that work well with the burner.
Weaknesses: The product did not come with an owners manual.
Summary: This Toshiba DVD writer burns very fast. It comes with software that has many programs that helps you work with photo's, video and burning programs. The installation process was easy for advanced computer users. However, the product did not come with an installation manual.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/03/2006 |
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Strengths: tip top for the dollar. let's be honest people, nobody thinks they will be happy with a burner that (in my experience) can be purchased for roughly $40.
Weaknesses: not too quiet, but good software can remedy that. can be inconsistant with reading discs; you can tell it 'revs up', and quits for a second every once in a while, but no biggie.
Summary: this thing is a champion. i have this model, along with the newest memorex 16x dual 4x dual layer unit. obviously the more you spend the better a product is, i don't care what anybody says. but if you are sacrificing the quietness of an expensive drive for one that simply works, and works well then to me it's worth the money. i would recommend this drive to anyone. oh, and by the way, if somebody can't get it to work, they're a moron, this has worked since day 1 for me, with ZERO coasters!
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