Coby DVD-209 2 Channel DVD Player

Coby DVD-209 2 Channel DVD Player
Manufacturer: Coby
Product Type: CE

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Product Description
Top Loading / Plays DVD, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD, CD-R, CD-RW Discs / Compatible with NTSC & PAL System Zoom Operation Parental Lock Control Convenient On-screen Display 100-240 V Automatic Power Adjustable Input FCC Approved & UL Listed FDA Approved Unit Dimensions - Width 7.3 x Height 1.3 x Depth 6.5 inch

Average customer rating: 3.0

stay away... far away.
Use a USB port...
Better than nothing
Keep it moving, people: there's nothing to see here
Reliable

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Iomega ZIP 100MB Starter Kit (Parallel Port)

Manufacturer: Iomega
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00000J3T1

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Amazon.com Product Description

Enter the world of removable storage with security and confidence. The 100MB Zip Starter Kit makes it easy by giving you everything you need to get started. First, you get a 100MB External Parallel Port Zip drive. This removable storage drive connects easily through your PC's standard parallel port. You'll be able to back up all your files, save pictures and sounds, without ever worrying about running out of space. A Welcome Packet with an Owner's Manual walks you through the easy setup steps. You'll install your Iomega Tools software with ease from the included 100MB Zip disk. Six 100MB Zip disks round out the package (4 blank colored disks and 2 gray disks containing software). Leave the world of overcrowded hard drives and inadequate floppy disks behind with this simple, affordable storage solution.

Product Description

The Zip Starter Kit is a great way to save money while you expand your storage options. The kit includes an external Zip Drive with a parallel port connection and five removable 100MB Zip disks - all at a much lower price than you'd pay if you purchased them individually. The award-winning Zip drive from Iomega offers reliable, unlimited, removable storage for all your computer storage needs. The external Zip drive serves as additional hard drive space, portable tape backup, or a portable information server. It connects to the parallel port of your PC and offers the ability to share information from computer to computer. The Zip drive is perfect for storing special projects and presentations. It features 100MB capacity and a 29 millisecond average seek time. It has a 2945RPM rotational speed and 32K cache buffer. Additional features include parallel port pass-through support, power and drive-busy indicator lights, user-definable automatic sleep model, 1.4MB per second sustained transfer rate and up to 25MB per minute typical throughput. The lightweight Zip drive uses 100MB Zip disks and is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 3.x, DOS, and OS/2. With an estimated Zip disk shelf life of 10 years, you can be sure your special projects are protected.

Customer Reviews:

stay away... far away........2002-06-13

stay away. that simple. go burn a cd. i wish i did. frozen machine and lost data. thanks for nothing iomega.

Use a USB port..........2002-01-31

This is slow to install, dificult to take anywhere, and slow to transfer info. Buy a USB connected ZIP or better yet, for this kind of money you should be able to get a CD-RW.

Better than nothing.......2000-11-05

I haven't had any problems like were mentioned in the other review. I like my 100 MB Zip drive. I bought it to back up some of my files and that's what it did. I've never used my Zip drive while I was printing. It is a bit slow but so is that 3.5" floppy sometimes. It's a good thing to buy when backing up files when you're short on money. My major complaint is the cost of Zip disks.

Keep it moving, people: there's nothing to see here.......2000-09-10

Though this is the somewhat legendary device Iomega made its fortune on, Iomega has happily moved on to bigger and better things. This is quite clearly the most inferior product still on their product list. It should be avoided by most all users. Unless you ONLY have a parallel port to use, there is absolutely no reason to buy this product.

The transfer rate on this device is abysmal. I mean, p a i n f u l l y slow. It's not too much of an exaggeration to say that old floppy disk drives seem faster. It's marketed as portable, but it's not, really. Oh, sure, you can take it to another computer, unhook that computer's printer, plug it into your Zip, plug the Zip into the computer, then reboot. But that's not really an acceptable definition of "portable" any more. "Portable" means that you plug it in and GO. Plus, the standard of portability with Zip drives is now that you can share between Macintoshes and PCs. You can't with this device. It's also comparatively heavy, with bulky, cumbrous parallel cables, so that the actual carrying of the drive is made clumsy.

Worse, because it's parallel, you might have to share the device with a printer. That's an ugly affair. Sharing a parallel port means you can't really use the Zip and the printer simultaneously-unless you ENJOY watching your system freeze for minutes. It's bad enough to mistakenly access the Zip drive while you're printing (pointing Windows Explorer to your Zip drive mid-print will throw your system into chaos sometimes) but it's nothing like the misery of trying to print a file from the Zip drive. Oh, you can get around it by transferring the file to your hard drive and printing from there. But sometimes you just forget-and end up smack dab in the middle of the molasses. When you get to this point, you might as well just reboot the system and move on with your life.

Even people using the device for simple backup will find this printer sharing business unwieldy. If your programs are set to auto-backup and you try to print across the time of an auto-backup, you'll be stuck, at least for a bit.

Oddly, the addition of the USB 100 to their product line hasn't moved Iomega to lower the price on this clearly inferior item. So there's not even a price break which might make it mildly recommendable.

Just stay away from parallel Zip drives. Far, far away.

Reliable.......1999-12-02

The zip drive offers plenty of storage space for backing up nearly anything. I use mine for backing up all my device drivers for my computers in case I format a hard-drive or one crashes. It sure beats downloading the updated drivers all over again! My zip drive has been running for 2 years without a glitch and right now the price is very reasonable because of the 250 megabyte version which can also read the 100 meg disks. Highly recommended. Only wish the USB version was available when I bought mine:(

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