CD-RW Drive 4X/4X/6X USB Mobile CDRw with Ac/battery for Mac/pc

Average customer rating:

The last CD-R I ever hope to buy.

Wildly Inconsistent

Wildly Inconsistent

Follow-up

Better than I expected

CD-RW Drive 4X/4X/6X USB Mobile CDRw with Ac/battery for Mac/pc

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

4x write, 4x rewrite, and 6x read speeds

Plays music CDs and MP3 files as a stand-alone player, using the supplied remote-controlled headphones

Plug-and-play USB interface

Playback controller displays both CD Text and ID3 tag information

Windows and Macintosh compatible

ASIN: B00005B6YG

Product Description

The CRX10U-A2 is the first member of Sony's new Digital Relay family of computer peripheral products with integrated AV functionality. It is a stylish, portable, battery-operated CD-R/RW drive, incorporating a USB interface for plug-and-play connectivity. When attached to a computer, the CRX10U-A2 enables users to perform common CD-R/RW drive recording tasks as backing up their system, recording digital images and creating original music CDs. When detached from the computer, the drive functions as a CD player that can also playback CDs with MP3 files, allowing up to 11 hours of music to be stored on a single CD. Detached playback can be controlled by a wired remote that features standard playback and volume controls, a battery life indicator, and an LCD display for viewing MP3 music titles in ID3 tag format, or CD Text information if encoded on the disc.

Amazon.com Product Description

Experience the freedom of the new Sony Digital Relay drive. This is a portable battery operated CD-RW drive that connects to your PC or Mac computer through the convenient USB port. Everything needed to begin recording right out of the box is included. Back up your system, publish digital photos, or create your own custom music CDs when the drive is connected to your computer, or detach the Digital Relay drive and use it as a standard CD player. The drive features a unique playback controller that enables playback of CDs and CDs with MP3 files, and displays both CD Text and ID3 tag information. The rechargeable battery lasts up to 2 hours when recording and up to three hours when listening to music.

Included in the box are: a Digital Relay portable battery powered CD-RW drive/CD player, CD Extreme mastering software for Windows, abCD Packet writing software for Windows, Liquid Player for Windows, Retrospect express backup for Windows and Macintosh, Sony's Discribe mastering software for Macintosh, an InfoLithium rechargeable battery, one blank high-speed CD-RW disc, one blank CD-R disc, wired remote control with LCD, earphones, 6-foot USB data cable, an AC power adapter, a user's manual, and a Quick Start card.

The Sony Digital Relay CD-RW drive comes with a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Customer Reviews:

The last CD-R I ever hope to buy........2002-05-27

I can't comment on this product's use as a portable MP3 player, other than to say it has a lot of cool gadgets to facilitate that sort of thing. And you could put all the music you'd ever want on a few CDs in MP3 format, which struck me as impressive (as did the little readout attachment which actually gives you track info).

I got this for one purpose: To burn CD-Rs on any computer I happened to be at. USB connectivity makes this a pleasure. I just plug the player into a USB port and it appears as a drive. The burning software is adequate, if not spectacular. And the unit burns a full CD quickly and cleanly. (I've never "burned a coaster" with this.)

If someone needs an emergency backup, I can just connect this and save their data quickly. I only have to avoid cracking one computer case to make this worth my while. And if it's a little pricier than an internal model, just remember your next computer won't =need= to have a burner on it--you can just use this.

So, to sum up: It connects quickly and easily, is totally self-sufficient, and does the job nicely. Quite apart from whatever capacity it might serve as an MP3 jukebox.

Wildly Inconsistent.......2002-05-07

I think I would've been happier with an uglier, cheaper CD burner. I've coastered three disks for every one I've recorded. The software is useless -- it hangs precisely 47 seconds into testing. To get the included software to work properly, I've had to uninstall and reinstall each time. So now I'm using MusicMatch. Sony's support,while pleasant, was also useless. They repaired problems with a grinding noise and the eject button, but couldn't help me with the stalling problem. In fact, I had better luck when I did exactly opposite what they told me!

Wildly Inconsistent.......2002-05-07

Follow-up.......2002-03-20

A while back I wrote a review on this product, which you can read below. Having used the product for a few months now, I would like to add two slightly negative remarks and a positive one. First, the unit is really too big to be taken around. It's great if you share it among computers, or attach it to your home theater, but that's about it. If you are looking for a portable MP3 player, consider lighter options (Rio-like). Second: battery life is actually 2 hours, as mentioned by the user's manual. Again, this is OK for "emergency" operations, but limits the usability of the drive.

On the positive side, I have used the drive on several computers and for long periods of time. So far it has not faulted me once.

Better than I expected.......2001-11-21

I needed a CD burner for my laptops, and a USB compatible one was a necessary choice. After a lot of reading and researching, I opted for the Digital Relay: most professional reviews were positive (...), but I was held back by some feedbacks by (...) users. So there was some suspense in the air when I installed it.

The results so far are very positive: software installation (on a thinkpad with win2000) was flawless, and burning audio and data a piece of cake. There is also a backup software utility. Both applications do their job well, although very advanced users will want something better: free/cheap recording software abounds both for Mac and Windows, so this is besides the point of this review. The fact that the digital relay duplicates as a stand-alone mp3 player is extremely useful if you listen to a lot of music; using a tape adapter you can play mp3 in your car -- very cool.

The only drawback is that this unit won't record in packet writing mode on win2000-based systems; the customer service warned me about it before I bought the unit. To me it doesn't make any difference, since I use it for data backup and music recording, not as hard drive substitute.

Another very minor drawback is the remote: it's cute and useful when driving a car. But it looks very fragile, and designed for the hands of a toddler. Something bigger and sturdier would have made for better engineering design.

Average customer rating:
CDRW DRIVE 6X/4X/6X

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

USB Drives | CD-RW Drives | Drives & Storage | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
ASIN: B00006B8YW

Product Description

This is a Panasonic KXL-RW21A Portable CD Recorder Rewriter Reader for PC. The idea behind the Panasonic KXL-RW21A CD Recorder is simple - mobility. While the idea is simple there aren't many really portable CD Recorders around. That's where the KXl-RW21A has the advantage. As a mobile professional you know the importance of having small reliable peripherals for your notebook computer and this CD Writer has what it takes. If the recording speeds aren't as impressive as recorders for the desktop the KXL-RW21A is designed to draw minimal power so your battery power is used at peak efficiency.

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MAGNAVOX 107E56 17IN 16VIS .27MM-12X10 BLK COLMON

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

All Monitors | Monitors & Projectors | Computer Add-Ons | Computers & Add-Ons | Categories | Electronics
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Logitech Cordless MX Duo 967300-0403

ASIN: B00008YGIM

Product Description

Whether in homes, factories, offices, airports, or on the street, it's hard to imagine a place where Philips is absent. What Philips wants is to make your life and work easier - and more fun! And Philips continuously explores new ways to improve products and to offer innovative products to its consumers. Philips. "Let's Make Things Better".

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Medion Vortex AMD Athlon 64 Gamer PC (1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, Dual Layer DVD+/-R/+/-RW)

Manufacturer: Medion
ProductGroup: Personal Computer
Binding: Personal Computers

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Product Features:

Gamer's PC with 2.4 GHz AMD Athlon 64-bit 3800+ processor (512 K L2 cache)

250 GB hard drive, 1 GB RAM (4 GB maximum, dual-layer, multi-format DVD/CD burner, 16x DVD-ROM

Nvidia GeForce 6800 graphics card with 256 MB of video RAM; 7.1-channel audio with SPDIF input and output

Innovatively designed full-size, 100 percent aluminum tower chassis in black

Windows XP Professional edition

ASIN: B0009V9VWI

Amazon.com Product Description

Ramp up your gaming with the German-engineered Medion Vortex desktop PC, powerful enough for entry to mid-level gamers and scalable enough for the advanced gamer. It's housed in an innovatively designed full-size, 100 percent aluminum tower chassis in black, with four blue LEDs on the front. It features a guage cluster for ventilation, temperature control and sound volume monitoring. It's easy to upgrade, with tool-less entry (via thumbscrews), removable side panels, and the mother board mounted to a removable sliding tray. It'll stay clean, too, thanks to the air intake's dust filter to limit interior pollution. It offers lots of room for expansion with 3 available HDD bays (non RAID version) and 4 available PCI slots.

The Vortex is powered by an AMD 64-bit processor, and it comes with an extra-large 250 GB hard drive, 1 GB of installed RAM (with 4 GB maximum), a dual-layer, multi-format DVD burner, 10/100/1000 Ethernet port, 9-in-1 digital media reader, 7.1-channel audio with SPDIF input and output, and a wealth of pre-loaded software.

The Basics

Hard Drive: The massive 250 GB Serial ATA hard drive (7200 RPM) offers a wealth of storage space, perfect for storing a vast multimedia collection or for editing digital video.
Processor: AMD's Athlon 64 3800+ processor is built for tomorrow's 64-bit applications, which will require a processor with significant power. This 2.4 GHz processor offers a 512 KB L2 cache. (An L2, or secondary, cache temporarily stores data; and a larger L2 cache can help speed up your system's performance.) It includes such AMD features as HyperTransport Technology (which increases the communication between integrated circuits) and Cool'n'Quiet Technology that conserves power while also keeping the PC nicely quiet.
Memory: The 1 GB of installed RAM (PC3200) is a good start for this multimedia-centric desktop PC, so you'll want to take advantage of the ultra-roomy 4 GB of total RAM capacity (2 x 2 GB) for such multimedia needs as video editing and full-on immersive 3D gaming.
CD/DVD Drive: The double-layer DVD drive is compatible with a wide range of formats, including both DVD+RW and DVD-RW discs, CD-RW discs, and dual-layer DVD+R discs, which can hold up to 8.5 GB of data--great for backing up your MP3 collection. It features the following speeds: 2.4x DVD+R-DL, 8x/4x for both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW, and 24x/10x for CD-R/RW. It also comes with a 16x DVD-ROM drive as a secondary drive.
Keyboard & Mouse: This desktop comes with a USB-powered keyboard and mouse.

Graphics
Video is powered by the Nvidia GeForce 6800 graphics card, which features 256 MB of video RAM and offers a DVI output for connecting to a high-definition monitor. It offers the following Nvidia special features:

CineFX 3.0 Technology: Powers the next generation of cinematic realism. Full support for Microsoft DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother gameplay.
UltraShadow II Technology: Enhances the performance of bleeding-edge games, like id Software's Doom III, that feature complex scenes with multiple light sources and objects. Second-generation technology delivers more than 4 times the shadow processing power over the previous generation.
Superscalar 16-pipe GPU Architecture: Delivers 8 times the shading power of previous generation products for screaming gaming performance.
64-Bit Texture Filtering and Blending: Based on the OpenEXR technology from Industrial Light & Magic, NVIDIA's 64-bit texture implementation sets new standards for image clarity and quality through floating point capabilities in shading, filtering, texturing, and blending.

Preloaded System and Software
This system comes with the Windows XP Professional Edition (which adds Microsoft's IIS Web server, back-up and recovery utilities, Remote Desktop, and other enhanced business features) with Service Pack 2 featuring Advanced Security Technologies, which helps to reduce unwanted downloads and pop-ups while surfing the Web. It also comes preloaded with Microsoft Works 8.0, Cyberlink PowerProducer, Cyberlink PowerDVD, Ahead Nero Burning ROM with Nero Recode 2-SE, Musicmatch Jukebox, Norton AntiVirus (includes 90 days of complimentary live updates), and a trial edition of Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0.

What's in the Box
Medion Vortex desktop PC, USB keyboard and mouse, power cord, printed instructions .

Product Description

The MINUTEMAN PRO-E Series of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) delivers complete protection from electrical problems - spikes, surges, sags, brownouts, and blackouts. All PRO-E models are amazingly compact and take up little space on the desktop or under a console. Each PRO-E model has enhanced features from its predecessors like built-in Automatic Voltage Regulation (AVR) technology to provide a double-boost to incoming AC during low voltage situations in addition to "bucking" or trimming the AC during a high voltage situation, preserving vital battery backup power for blackouts, and extending the life of the batteries. Unlike some competitive models, the PRO-E model includes Independent Battery Bypass, which allows it to provide AVR and surge and spike protection with weak or even dead batteries without dropping the load from utility AC power. Other features include adjustable input and output voltage ranges for AC mode and on-battery voltage can also be set to a steady 120 or 127 volts via dip switches on the back of each PRO-E model. Each unit also includes protection for either a network or a phone line to keep damaging AC surges and spikes from entering through those pathways (network protection only on 230 volt models).

Product Description

With a Panasonic TV/DVD combo unit, you can enjoy all of your favorite DVD movies in one state-of-the-art, space saving unit. This TV also plays DVD-Rs, and audio formats such as CDs and most CD-R/RW MP3 recordings. FM Radio with Auto Scan makes it easy to search through all available FM stations and save 9 of your favorites in memory. The PanaBlack picture tube counteracts distracting ambient light, producing a picture with high contrast and accurate color reproduction. DVD resume play starts your movie from where you left off, even if you press stop. DVD Multi-Speed Scan/Slow scans forward or backward through any DVD at varying speeds, making it easy for you to search for specific scenes while you watch. Simulated Surround Sound simulates the surround sound movie theater experience using just two speakers, allowing you to enjoy multi-channel DVDs without an elaborate home theater system. With DVD picture zoom, you can magnify an image from a DVD for an extreme close-up.

Amazon.com Product Description

This 25-inch TV/DVD combo features Panasonic's PanaBlack high-contrast picture tube, a two-line digital comb filter, outputs for digital surround sound, and support for MP3 files and DVD-R discs. The PV-20D52's PanaBlack picture tube is darker than conventional tubes, the PanaBlack technology combats the picture-degrading effects of ambient light. The result is a picture with high contrast and accurate color reproduction. A two-line digital comb filter enhances resolution by removing blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl (tiny moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt).

The PV-20D52's DVD player does double-duty as an audio CD player. In addition to playing conventional CDs, the set can play MP3 files from CD-R and CD-RW for hours of audio enjoyment. This combo unit can also play home-recorded MPEG2 video that's been saved on a DVD-R using a Panasonic DVD-Video recorder. Additionally, the DVD player offers fast, smooth-motion scan (in five speeds up to 100x), picture zoom, and auto switching field/frame still. Depending on the content of the disc, you can select from up to eight language soundtracks, 32 subtitle languages, and multiple camera angles.

Home theater-ready, the PV-20D52 has an optical digital-audio output to help you enjoy surround-sound audio. When it's connected to a Dolby Digital or DTS-decoding audio/video receiver and a six-channel speaker system, you'll enjoy exhilarating digital surround sound. A front-panel audio/video input (with composite- and S-video) affords easy hookup of camcorders, gaming consoles, or other devices. The unit includes an earphone jack, a sleep timer, on timer, and wake-up alarm. Onscreen icons and front-panel cursor keys and menu control make setup and operation extremely simple. It also comes with a built-in FM radio and a multibrand tower remote.

Finally, Panasonic has set up the PV-20D52 with Ready-to-Play: as soon as you plug it in, the combo automatically sets its own clock and local TV channels.

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Matx 865G 800FSB 2DUAL DDR400

Manufacturer: AOpen
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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ASIN: B0007PHLUA

Product Description

AOpen is an established market leader, from motherboards to monitors, to multimedia add-on cards, and more. With AOpen products, you are guaranteed the latest in technology development at competitive prices. And because AOpen controls design and manufacturing, from the drawing board to the finished product, the quality of that product is ensured.PRODUCT FEATURES: Serial ATA is to replace parallel ATA with the compatibility with existing operating systems and drivers, adding performance headroom for years to come. It reduces voltage and pin count requirements and can be implemented with thin and easy to route cables. Moreover, Serial ATA provides you an even faster transfer rate of 150 Mbytes/second;Hyper-Threading technology is an innovative design from Intel that enables multi-threaded software applications to process threads in parallel within each processor resulting in increased utilization of processor execution resources. To make it short, it is to place two logical processors into a single CPU die.

Product Description

PRODUCT FEATURES: Progressive scan; Automatic screen protection; Automatically identify the disc; Parental lock to prevent children from watching improper discs; Slim plastic panel; Multi-language OSD menu; On screen menu display; LED display; Full function remote control; 32 language subtitles and 8 different sound languages; Memory stopping, Memory play function, A-B play function; Magnified and mobile picture, High clarity multi-level picture zoom; 8-grade fast or slow motions, Multi-angle play; Adjustable screen aspect ratio(4: 3 or 16: 9); FWD/FFD, skip, slow motion and single-step play; Resume/memory play function; Free style system setting.

Amazon.com Product Description

Incredibly affordable and uniquely designed to play your digital media, Malata's super-slim DVP-806 is also configured for ready viewing on your PC monitor. Connect an MP3 player, a card reader, and other external devices through its USB jack or simply spin your homemade digital music and digital photo CDs for listening through your stereo or surround system and viewing on your television. Want to sing along? The DVP-806 has a karaoke feature, too.

The player is also ready for your favorite movies, of course, in either standard NTSC or in the PAL format (region 1 or all-region discs only). Whether your living room is currently home to an HDTV or you're merely thinking of "someday," the DVP-806 can deliver the full potential of your DVDs through its advanced MDDI progressive scanning. Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional DVD picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.

Top-of-the-line component-video outputs (switchable between 480p and standard 480i) help minimize digital and line-scan artifacts on compatible advanced televisions, while composite- and S-video outputs bring compatibility with nearly any television. For your PC hookup, the player sports a 15-pin D-Sub VGA output.

A set of left/right analog-audio outputs channel audio to Dolby Pro Logic receivers and stereo televisions. Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signals can be routed through the player's digital-audio outputs (one each of RCA coaxial and Toslink optical) for direct connection to a full-featured audio/video receiver, or decoded and sent to "Dolby-ready" receivers via a set of 6 RCA analog outputs.

A parental lock keeps young eyes off mature content.

What's in the Box
DVD player, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, stereo analog audio interconnect/composite-video cable.

Customer Reviews:

a.......2007-04-07

i purchaced a malata dvd player/home theater back in 2004. we had to send it in for repair twice and returned several speakers that failed. the second time we sent in our unit for repair they did not send it back. it has been almost three years since we sent it in the second time. if you want a dvd player that will work and has a good company that will back it up do not buy a Malata unit.

Product Description

The ThinkPad X32 notebooks are ideal for small and medium businesses. The slim, feature-rich notebook packs outstanding battery life and performance in a small package. These models feature a TFT display and options that include additional memory, port replication, and docking. The titanium composite cover helps protect your investment.

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This Grape Medium Mousepad protects the mouse's sensitive roller ball from dirt, static and wear. Smooth, durable surface improves tracking and control.

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This Pro Line tripod from Mac Photo has been the favorite choice by Sony, Panasonic, and JVC. It provides such features as low angle function to shoot inversely, click stop for 3 angles of spread, and much more. MLT3770 has been packed with high end digital camcorder such as JVC GRDV3000U.

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