HP Surestore CD-Writer Plus 8210e

In a development environment such as the one I work in, Im constantly writing fixes and new releases for large applications. The fixes are normally bigger than the capacity of a Floppy disk (1.44 Meg) so I have to find alternative ways of getting my software from my development machine to the areas they are needed. So what a blessing in disquise a CD Writer is. It has the capacity of large files (Over 600mb) and allows easy ways to trasport for installation (CD Roms). Here at work, we needed a reliable brand that was not going to start costing us a fortune in Badly copied disks. So we opted for a CD Writer slower than the cutting ...  Read the complete review

Apart from being on the 3rd replacement of this drive I am quite pleased with the HP –CD-RW 8200 series that I have. I am on the 3rd replacement due to software problems as highlighted in my opinion in--soon ‘’’Home > Computers > Software > CD/DVD Recorder Software > Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.0’’’ The drive that I have is very good at doing what it is supposed to do---and if you ever have any problems with doing certain things with your CD’s it most probably the software your using not the hardware. The major minus point that I have found to be with HP CD-Drives is that they do not support 80min CD’s-by this ...  Read the complete review

The Hewlett Packard CD Writer Plus 8210e, to give it it's full name, may not be the first choice of every technical revhead. It is bigger and bulkier than the Iomega or Amacom external drive. Then again the HP drive is also sturdier. It only reads at 6x speed, but then again you aren't buying it to replace your internal CD Rom drive, are you? It writes and rewrites at 4x, but in order to successfully write at a faster speed than that on a faster drive, you may need to find some good discs. Anyway is writing a disc in 20 minutes (4x) really such a problem? Why not buy an internal CD RW drive? Well, do you really fancy taking the top off your computer and fiddling ...  Read the complete review

This piece of device is simply excellent. It enables you to transfer all your datas from the hard disk into CD-R or CD-RW for further use elsewhere. Apart from that, you could also store your favourite MP3 which you have downloaded from the internet into CDs. Another thing that you can do is to make your favourite audio CD. Then you can play it using your standard hi-fi at home or discman. I use this product to store my huge datas into CD for further use. This will then free up my harddisk for more data storage. Writing time is average, you have to wait like around 30 minutes for a CD to be written. But once it is written into CD, the quality is almost the same ...  Read the complete review

For a long time I was quite happy with this CD-writer. It did the job. OK you have to wait quite a while for it to do the job, but that didn't seem so important. It's not like I'm EMI or anything, and I can usually find something else to do if I'm writing a lengthy CD. And since digital information is either right or wrong, quality was not an issue as it is with tape recorders. I thought, so long as it eventually gets there then my CD is as good as one written on any other machine, so I might as well spare myself some cash. Which is all very well, and my CDs have been fine. But then I started having problems with it. It stopped seeing CDs at all. ...  Read the complete review