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Product Reviews:
Sony Spressa 6x4x4 External USB Plus CDRW Drive |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Masochists need only apply
Comments: Do you enjoy throwing out 1/5 of your blank CDs? How about crashing after e other successfully burnt CD? Then this drive is for YOU!! |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Sony
Comments: I did not purchase this particular drive however a CRX85U from Sony with an external USB port. I purchased the drive to work with my laptop computer which I have 9 times out of 10 in a docking station. To my suprise, I discovered that Sony does not support the use of any (including this one)drive through a USB port on a docking station. Customer Service showed little concern and, to say the least, was not helpful. Sony may be a great product, however if something happens, you surely do not want to be owning a Sony. |
Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: do not purchase
Comments: I purchased this product and all it led to were problems. The software that sony supplies is problematic in particular when you try to install it through a DVD drive. To make things worse it is difficult to remove this software once it is installed. The standard uninstall was not sufficient for me and I was forced to reformat my hard drive twice. |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: A great reliability
Comments: I have this CDRW for since 4 months ago and its performance has been outstanding. It's USB Interface makes it easy to use. Just plug it in your computer (be sure to have USB ports in your machine) and that's all; you will see another CDRom on the explorer. You do not have to install any driver for this device to work. I have recorded both Music and Data discs and did not have any trouble with them. With music CD's (CDR), I have played them in normal stereos, car stereos and they played as the real CD. The data discs also have worked in e machine I have tested it (including old 486 with old CDROMs) The software (CD Extreme)isn't the best I have seem however it works. When I run it on Windows 98, it had problems detecting my CDROM (I put a disc there and it did not detect it). Also, the machine hangs during disc to disc copy operations. I downloaded a patch from Sony and this problems went away. Regardless this troubles, this is a easy to use device. It's external and portable for a reasonable price. do not purchase it if you are using NT (it doesn't support USB interfaces); however I tried it in Windows2K and worked fine. I give it 4 stars because the problems I had at the beginning with the software (do not forget to download the patches). If you are looking for a reliable and portable CDRW device, this is the1for you. |
