Good Value for money! (Aopen CRW 5224)

Member Name: Lizzad

Product:	Aopen CRW 5224
Date:	01/09/03 (203 review reads)
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Advantages: Reliable!, Competitive Price!, Good Value for your £

Disadvantages: Ejects too quickly.

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 it's class. Bottom line is though, it gets the job done and AOpen seem to be an up & coming pc technology, coming out with some good value products! I don't think you will be able to find a cd writer as good as this one for the same price, the more well known brands are charging a good 20% more for simliar spec drives!


*Weight 1.420 Kg
*Writes CD-R at 52X & CD-RW at 24X speed
*CD reads at up to 52X speed
*Just Link Technology
*Just Speed Technology

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