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The Top Two Burners: The top two favorite CD-RW burners are the:
New - Plextor PlexWriter™ 40/12/40A IDE, price about $200 USD - with Burn-Proof.
New - TDK VeloCD CDRW 24/10/40 IDE, Price about $200. with Burn-Proof. About 4 minutes to burn a CDR.
Both TDK and Plextor hold the top spot for CDR Burners! Both are vary reliable and have a good CDR burning software package included. You should watch for sales to help you make your choice. Remember to come back to WebTechGeek.com for more How~2s.
Plextor PlexWriter 40/12/40A: PLEXTOR ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF PLEXWRITER 40/12/40A CD-RW OPTICAL DISK DRIVE: Plextor Corp., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance CD-related equipment and software, announced the immediate release of the PlexWriter 40/12/40A CD-RW optical disk drive. See review here!
New TDK VeloCD ReWriter 24X/10X/40X: Price about $290. With 40X ripping and 24X writing, the new veloCD burner is so fast it may be the only drive you need. For CD-to-CD-R recording, it's a one-drive alternative that's better sounding and takes less than half the time of most two-drive setups. TDK smashes the speed barrier with its new 24/10/40 veloCD ReWriter. The VeloCD ReWirter burn's a full CD in 4 minutes with 24X writing and rip a 3-minute audio track in 5 seconds with 40X digital audio extraction. More info below!
New DVD to VCD/SVCD, DVD copy software: DUP-DVD is a powerful tool to backup DVD movies to VCD/SVCD with just one click on your PC! - Copy DVD movies to CD-R discs, convert DVD to VCD/SVCD, with DUP-DVD it couldn't be easier! Download a trial copy of DUP-DVD now!
New! Double Density CD Format: Sony Establishes Double Density CD-ROM/-R/-RW Formats; Conventional CD technologies utilized to realize 1.3GB capacity. Sony Corporation announced plans to develop a "Double Density CD-ROM/-R/-RW (tentative name)" with 1.3GB data capacity. The Double Density CD formats are designed to provide a natural migration path for both consumers and manufacturers alike, as the new formats offer a low-cost solution to high capacity discs that inherit the basic specifications of the CD formats.
This allows manufacturers to utilize their current CD technologies and production facilities to manufacture Double Density CDs. Double Density CD formats' high capacity is realized by a few simple modifications to the CD formats. To increase data density, track-pitch and minimum pit length are miniaturized to increase the data capacity from 650MB to 1.3GB.
New Sanyo CRD-BP1500P 24X20X16 CDR-W: We all knew Sanyo as the leader in the CD recording area, since it shipped first, the fastest CDR-W drives in the planet. Back in 2000 that was about to change. Yamaha released the first 16x (even partial CAV) recorder and Sanyo's (real) 16x CLV recorder followed after several months. Burning 650mb at 3:51mins is something you have to see with your own eyes to believe. More information below.
New LightSpeed CRW2200 20X10X40X Rewritable CD Recorders, YAMAHA'S NEW LIGHTSPEED FAMILY OF CD-RWS RECORDERS DELIVERS 20X WRITE/10X REWRITE/40X READ/40X AUDIO RIPPING: More information below.
Ricoh MP9120A CD-R/RW and DVD-ROM drive(ATAPI Interface) : Ricoh has a new CD~RW DVD ROM Price $250. Four in one drive, MP9120A 12X/10X/32X/8X CD-RW/DVD-ROM. Pros: A good drive if you don't have room for a DVD ROM and a CD~RW ROM. Cons: No Burn-Proof! More info below!
Yamaha CRW2100EZ $ 270 IDE, internal, 16X/10X/40X, 8MB buffer, CD-mastering and packet-writing software. If you're looking for the fastest CD-R write, this drive is for you. But, if your looking for a good all around performer, look elsewhere. Cons: No Burn-Proof!
BURN-Proof, NO MORE CD COASTERS: It's the biggest breakthrough in CD burners ever. The New Plextor PlexWriter, and the TDK VeloCD CDRW Drive, lets you burn while running multiple applications. With BURN-Proof write assurance technology, buffer underrun errors are eliminated. You're free to burn CDs while you surf the web, download music, print a document. With BURN-Proof, you're assured of perfect CDs every time....no failed sessions....no CD coasters. By WebTechGeek.com! Related Old CDs and DVDs and more How~2s!