Average customer rating: 4.0
  • Great Product, Horrible Software
  • Good CD writer but not so good software with it
Sony 24x CRX175A1/C1 Int/ CD-RW

Manufacturer: Sony
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00005Y4RA

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Product Description

Sony advances the state of the art for CD burning with its new 24X CD-RW drive. The CRX175A1/C1 can create a full CD in less than 4 minutes, and features Sony's buffer underrun CD recording management system. This technology takes the worry out of CD burning by eliminating buffer underrun and optimizing the burn to the brand and type of CD-R/RW disc used. The CRX175A1/C1 comes complete with a generous suite of software tools to help you manage and edit digital pictures and video, listen to your favorite digital music, record your own original music, and even back up your PC. Works with Windows 98SE/2000, Windows Millennium Edition, and soon the Windows XP operating system.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great Product, Horrible Software.......2002-07-12

Sony does not dissapoint you with this cd-rw. The product itself is probably one of the best out there at this price. However the software that comes with it, B's Recorder Clip is horrible. I would suggest that you buy new software such as Nero, or Musicmatch. The program that comes with this cd-rw is not user friendly, and does not let the drive work as good or as fast as in can. All in all it is worth buying if you are willing to spend extra money on new software.

4 out of 5 stars Good CD writer but not so good software with it.......2002-03-05

The CD writer is pretty impressive for its price. And it works so well, that you have to say 'Its a Sony!'. And installation is a snap with the documentation that comes with it.
But for so good a writer the software that is bundled with it is B's recorder Gold. The faq for the software is poor and it recorded 2 bad CDs for me out of 5, before I switched to Nero Burning ROM. Since then my life has been much easier and all CDRs get burned nicely at top speed (24X) with no error whatsoever.
Go for this if you want a fast, error-free CDRW which is a Sony. And if you happen to already have a burning software, then things cannot get better than this CDRW.

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