Coby DVD224 Progressive Scan DVD Player

Coby DVD224 Progressive Scan DVD Player
Manufacturer: Coby
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Coby DVD-224 Progressive Scan DVD Player with MP3 Digital Audio Playback and Universal Remote Control

Average customer rating: 2.5

Misrepresented piece of junk!
Great, solid performing burner...
BIG PROBLEMS
Depends on your OS
Can anyone please help me?

Hewlett Packard C4505A 8230e External 4x4x6 USB CD-Writer

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000050AOO

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Product Description

The HP CD-Writer 8230e drive is an external CD-Rewriteable drive with 4x4x 6x performance. Use the drive to create, share, and store data, photos, music, and more on high capacity CDs. Record up to 650 megabytes (MB) of data with CD-writeable (530 MB formatted) and 650 MB (up to 618 MB formatted) with CD-readable. Use the drive to backup and secure your system to keep files safe, accessible, and transferable. Use the drive with the HP Simple Backup Software to quickly and easily restore an entire computer system.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hewlett Packard CD-Writer 8230e is a powerful external CD-rewritable drive for writing and rewriting CDs that can be shared universally among CD, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM players. With simple plug-and-play USB installation, the 4x4x6 CD-rewritable drive lets you create, share, and store data on high-capacity CDs. Record up to 700 MB of data or up to 80 minutes of audio to CD. You can format a CD-RW disc quickly for use like a floppy with HP Fast Format, then just drag and drop files from Windows Explorer or save files directly to CD. The 8230e supports track-at-once, disc-at-once, packet, and multisession writing methods, and because the drive is external, you can use it with multiple computers.

The Hewlett Packard 8230e CD-Writer comes with a one-year warranty.

Customer Reviews:

Misrepresented piece of junk!.......2005-07-22

Shipped me an old 8200f burner with 8220e/8230e software. Will burn files and folders...However, just opening up a CD containing a Windows Folder (Not even trying to open the folder!)in DLA causes total computer Memory Dump and requires System Restore. Spent six hours and $20 worth of blank CD's doing all upgrades, patches, workarounds, etc. Is not a USB problem, as a CD ceated in DLA by this burner does the same thing when opened on my internal NEC burner. Worthless and I can't trust it with my data, so I'll have to go buy another one.
Already spent too much time to want to go through the hassle of returning it. I've spent thousands of dollars with Amazon.com, but I'm now reexamining...Will prbably go to Best Buy in the future!

Great, solid performing burner..........2003-02-10

I have never had a problem with this burner and I would recommend it for a first time burner. It also has very easy to use software!!!

BIG PROBLEMS.......2002-12-31

Like many other reviewers, I've had many problems and made lots of coasters. First time was making data CDs, but new version of Record Now seems to work OK there. Now I'm stuggling to make audio CDs (0 for 3 to date). That's with nothing but Explorer and Record Now running, and making the CD from MP3 files on the hard drive. Burning never completes and drive is "hung" (can't eject the CD). TAKE HEED and buy something else if you want to be productive and save a lot of time. (And tech support is as "iffy" as everyone says!!)

Depends on your OS.......2002-08-18

I have no complaints about this cd-writer when I used it on my laptop with Win2000. However, I installed it on my desktop with Win1998 yesterday and it's been endless frustration. First, the writing operation aborts prematurely for no reason. I went to the HP website, downloaded the RecordNow 3.5, and made all the changes suggested (don't run background apps, etc.). After all this, the writing operation worked. I was copying a few small mpegs (about 4-10 megs each) to the CD.

Then disaster struck. I found out that even though the writing was successful and now I have a CD with the mpegs listed in the directory, when I tried to play them in Media Player, they won't play! (Error is file format not supported.) It won't play from either the PC's CD_ROM or from the CD-writer itself.

There is a report on the HP support site that talks about this problem. The remedy suggested was install the latest RecordNow software. But I already did that. So now I'm completely stumped.

Think about this: HP shipped a cd-writer which creates CDs that cannot be read by other CD-ROMs. (To give them credit, the same drive worked with my Win2000 laptop.)

The irony is that the reason I need to create these CDs is that I have a Compaq laptop that died last week (second time the motherboard completely died in two years). So I say: hail the new HP!

Can anyone please help me?.......2002-07-02

I bought this cd-burner about a month ago. I havent got it to work yet. I have been getting the same high speed message. I dont know what to do. I have re-installed it over and over...this thing is driving me crazy. I dont know what to do...

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