PowerSpec (Samsung) 160GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive

Average customer rating: 3.0

get a plextor
get a plextor
Superb!! Typical TDK Product
TDK Supports Their Products
Good at what it does - so far

TDK AID+440 4X Multiformat Internal DVD/RW Drive

Manufacturer: TDK Media
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00007DT9I

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Up to $200

Product Description

Capture, Create, Premiere. Featuring DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/-RW and CD-R/RW recording capability plus a full-featured Roxio software bundle, the 4x Multiformat Indi DVD burner delivers unprecedented flexibility and power. Create DVD videos and photo slideshows that play in your home DVD player, rip and burn music and back up your hard drive with total control. Kick back, pop in a DVD in and watch it on your PC. With Indi DVD, it's all simple and fun. Indi DVD delivers industry-leading performance, recording discs with absolute accuracy. Record DVD media at blazing 4x speed, CD-R media at 16x and CD-RW discs at 10x. Rip audio from CD to your hard drive at 32x - no clicks, no pops. Complete with TDK's proven buffer underrun technology, Indi DVD is the most advanced DVD burner ever created. Acclaimed support materials include a jargon-free User's Guide, simple installation video and Quick Start poster. Beginner or expert, Indi DVD is ideal for you. Whatever your application, Indi DVD offers the ideal recording option: utilize 4.7 GB DVD media in any of the common formats or choose 700 MB CD-R/RW discs for smaller projects. With so much flexibility, you'll always be able to create discs that can easily be shared with family and friends - no matter what kind of DVD hardware they have at home. Indi DVD's included software is the most robust, flexible bundle ever included with a drive.

Customer Reviews:

get a plextor.......2004-12-20

Plextors px-712a and Nec's 3500a are much much faster, support more formats(no the tdk is not universal),and cost less. My plexy has never produced a single coaster and can write a 700mb cdr in just under 2 min. Either one can be had for under $100. Check around there are way better drives produced by "generic" companies than anything tdk or hp has ever released.

get a plextor.......2004-12-20

Only 4x? One of the slowest I've used even at 4x speed. Pextor's PX-712a or Nec's latest 3500a write much faster and consistent(12x for the plexy, 16 x for nec). They both support more formats(Nec=all known formats, Plextor=all except dual layer write).Plus cdr/cdrw is much much faster at 48x, about 2 min tops for any cdr. I don't know how they justify the price of this drive as you can get more than double the performance for less. Nec's can be had for under $100, do a search.

Superb!! Typical TDK Product.......2004-11-27

After having used a cheap DVD Writer (I/O Magic), and returning it in 5 days, I got this today for ONLY $79.99 at Circuit City on account of Thanksgiving Sale. It was almost too good to believe since it retails at almost $170 on average.
I can clearly see the difference between JUNK like I/O Magic and
TDK. It has worked like a CHARM!!
For those who are complaining need to get a reality Check.
I have not even touched the included Software, for none other than DVD-X-COPY can copy the DVDs. Rest software on market can only copy Home Made movies and fail to copy CSS protected DVDs.

I have used Memorex DVD-R and 4 in a row.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! You may not get a deal like I got :)

TDK Supports Their Products.......2004-04-28

I bought the TDK DVD drive and it was not able to recognize DVD+RW media after writing to the media one time. (DVD+R media worked fine.) This problem had existed since I purchased the drive. I "chatted" with tech support and they agreed that it was a hardware problem with the drive. When I called tech support for an RMA number, they informed me that I was past the warranty period (by a couple of months). I requested they cover the repair anyway as a gesture of goodwill, since the drive had never worked properly. THEY AGREED TO REPAIR THE DRIVE! Now that is what I call great support. Had the drive failed after the warranty period expired, it would not be right for anyone to expect TDK to repair the product. As it is, I feel that TDK has shown incredible integrity and gone above and beyond the call of duty. Hat's off to TDK!

The drive is a solid drive and installs easily. I suggest using Nero software with this drive, instead of the bundled software.

Good at what it does - so far.......2004-04-17

I received this item as a gift, so I can't really complain. At the moment I am still running Windows 98SE on an HP Pavilion that meets the minimum system requirements for this drive - at least according to what's printed on the side of the box. On the + side, this drive is *so* fast at burning CD's I'm still getting used to it! On the minus... well, there must be some incompatibility either with Win98SE or with my Pavilion (Athlon III?) because no matter what I try the 'DVD Builder' program simply will not respond. Not much help on the TDK site either. So, if I'd paid money for this and was stuck with my computer I would be angry. But as I said it was a gift and I am buying a brand new Dell (never again HP!!) with a builtin DVD+RW drive so I don't care.

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