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Imserba Webstore - Hewlett Packard CD-Writer C4504A 8220e 4x4x6 External USB Kit
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Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Hewlett-Packard
Compatibility: PC Serial
EAN: 0725184438202
Feature: Create, share, and store data, photos, music on CD
Label: Hewlett Packard
Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Model: 8220E
Platform: Windows 95
Publisher: Hewlett Packard
Studio: Hewlett Packard
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Features
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Create, share, and store data, photos, music on CD
Simple plug-and-play USB installation
Format a CD-RW disc for use like a floppy
Compatible with 80-minute CD media
External, so you can use it with multiple computers
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Editorial Reviews:
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It?s small, portable, and indispensable! Tuck this lightweight, durable CD rewritable drive into your briefcase, and take it with you! Easily share information from your laptop computer while on the road, in the office, or at home. No other removable storage technology offers as much versatility, compatibility, and portability!
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Slowest
Comment: This device is like a piece of junk considering the speed and accuracy of its work. It never finishes a task correctly and it take about 30 minutes to write a CD.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Doesn't work
Comment: This CD Burner just doesn't work. I imagine as I purchased it used that it was already in rough shape and after reading all the reviews here I realise that as this burner quickly kicks the bucket after just a few uses, I bought someone's dud. Sucks. Nevertheless, whether I bought it used or not, it sounds like I still would have had major issues.
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Summary: USB is great, but it isn't for CD burning
Comment: I purchased this unit about two years ago, and it's something I regret. After trying this unit on three different machines under four operating systems (Windows XP, ME, 98 and Linux [Fedora Core]), getting it to cooperate with each system was anything but your standard "plug and play" operation. What HP's customer support doesn't tell you is that for some versions of the popular Nero CD-authoring suite, you are required to download a separate file in order for the software to detect your burner. Based on my experiences with Windows 98, I simply could not get this burner to interact with any burning applications other than to use it as a floppy-like storage drive. Even after upgrading to the latest Windows 98 drivers, the burner failed to behave as it should. Windows XP is a mixed bag, sometimes this burner works, sometimes it doesn't. While Windows was able to detect the drive, and provided you had the proper drivers, the drive was able to burn audio CDs under Windows Media Player. To burn other formats, Nero was required (the bundled software is garbage, don't even touch it), and often this required the Nero fix mentioned earlier (required for the latest version of Nero). Surprisingly, with an older version of Nero (5.5), the burner worked right out of the box. I was burning audio and data CDs, as well as a VCD and SVCD discs. Furthermore, the burner performed flawlessly for me under Windows ME, regardless of which version of Nero I installed.Linux is just out of the question. While the drive was detected and installed automatically under Fedora Core 2, you simply cannot burn data to a USB-connected CDRW drive. From what I read on a Linux FAQ, USB cd-burning has yet to be implemented. So, for those of you looking for a cheap solution for CD authoring with Linux, this isn't it. When this unit works, it's great. When this unit fails to work, expect to lose some hair trying to fix everything. USB is great, but it isn't for CD burning. Stick with an internal drive.
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Summary: Super easy to use
Comment: This writer is so easy to use! Plug and burn on. I use MusicMatch Jukebox (instead of the supplied software) and have had a 99.5% success rate in the over three years I have had it. I have never had to call tech support and only wish I would have waited until the price came down.
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Summary: almost perfect
Comment: yes, as long as you have the rite software. used it for around 2 years, and still burns happily 99% of the time!! Forget the softwares supplied by HP.... the just havent worked for me.
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