Aopen CRW 5224 Reviews

Aopen CRW 5224 CD Writer

Product Type: AOpen CD writers

Description:Model ID CRW5224 /

Newest Review: ... always drop back to 40x on next use. The ... more

 ... AOpen also has two features known as Justlink and Justspeed. 'Justlink' is their name for 'burn proof technology'. This prevents what is known as a 'buffer under-run', which is a potential source of extra beer mats for parties. Anyone with experience of the first generation of CD-RWs will be familiar with this concept, as older machines could not prevent the wastage of a blank disk, whenever the source of data, maybe, another CD-ROM failed to keep up with the write-speed of the CD-RW machine. Th...more

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Customer Aopen CRW 5224 Reviews (2)

Nibelung
Crowned ReviewAopen CRW 5224: AOpen - Silly Name, Great Piece Of Kit (1195 words)
by - written on 08/10/03, updated on  08/10/03 (Very useful, 257 readings)
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OH NO! MORE EXPENSE! BAH, HUMBUG!! Funny ol' world innit? Only a few days ago, I was wondering why my Yamaha 8424 IDE CD-RW wouldn't work, cursing at the fact that it was a 'good' one when I bought it, costing somewhere in the region £160 three years ago. When you start to add up everything technical that's gone wrong recently, like my £350 Sony DVD 525 player, which lasted just three years, you soon see where the money goes! Then I got to thinking - these two items alone have cost me £3 a week (of my net income) to own in theory. Fortunately, technology redeems itself by moving on, making things cheaper in the process. For example, ...  Read the complete review

Lizzad
Good Value for money! (227 words)
by - written on 01/09/03, updated on  07/09/03 (Useful, 207 readings)
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This is a reliable drive available at a very good price at the moment at (www.dabs.com). I purchased one just a couple of months ago, have used it to burn many cds since then and i have no problems. Easy to install & easy to use. I've burned probably 60-70 cd's on it so far and had no problems with the drive itself, only with pc memory and system resources etc. The main negative observation i have is that it does eject cds rather quickly, this could lead to a wearing down of the open and closing mechanism over time. I think its better to have a slower, smoother motion. Overall, it's a decent drive, however, there are better models in ...  Read the complete review

Technical Details for Aopen CRW 5224

Product DescriptionAOpen CRW 5224 - CD-RW drive - IDE
Device TypeCD-RW drive
Enclosure TypeInternal
InterfaceIDE
Dimensions (WxDxH)14.9 cm x 18.8 cm x 4.2 cm
Weight1 kg
Optical StorageCD-RW - 5.25" x 1/2H
Read Speed52x
Write Speed52x
CD / DVD Rewrite Speed24x
Buffer Underrun ProtectionJustLink
OS RequiredMicrosoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000