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HP DVD100i DVD+RW Burner Tested

Posted by timothy on from the hardware-lust-spirals-upward dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "I'm fairly sure this is the first review of a DVD+RW drive. Looks like it fared well in testing. The only downsides to the 100i are slow DAE with audio CD's, lousy manuals, and it can't read DVD-RW (note the dash instead of the plus) discs. Still a tad expensive at 599USD though. Are you reading, Santa?" I want this as a heavy-duty *external* drive :)

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  1. Santa is listening... by Xenopax · · Score: 5, Funny

    An anonymous reader writes: "... Are you reading, Santa?"

    Yes, but who do I deliver to?

    -Santa

  2. DVD Movie bit-by-bit copy? by xjerky · · Score: 2, Funny

    Can this drive make perfect copies of DVD movie disks? For backup purposes, of course.

    --
    A sentence you'll never see on an Internet discussion board: "You know what? You're right."
  3. how about 40 GB per disk for $100? by turbine216 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...It's called a hard drive. They're REALLY cheap these days, and they have INCREDIBLY FAST seek times. Oh, and they can be written to and read from without any additional software. Oh, and they're compatible with ANY operating system.

    Seriously, though...these things are still WAY too expensive to justify buying one, unless you're one of those guys making a six-figure salary who buys everything, no matter the cost. Then again, i guess they have to go through this phase before they're going to bring the price down anyway, so whatever. But for now, I'll take a bunch of hard drives over a DVD-RW or DVD+RW any day.