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CDRW Drives Hit 52X Speeds

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the fastest-coasters-yet dept.

Sr.Mixalot writes "Just when you think you couldn't burn those shared MP3s any faster, Asus comes out with a 52X Burner. This review at Hot Hardware shows just how fast this drive is versus a Plextor 48X unit. Amazingly, this new breed of CDRW Drives can burn a complete 700MB CD in about 2.5 minutes!"

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  1. Re:LED magic by stratjakt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Or get another multi-colored LED, with one of the colors blue.

    LED replacement is pretty much a gomer mod. It's like a guy who changed a lightbulb calling himself a skilled home contractor.

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  2. If you buy a fast CR-W, you SUPPORT the RIAA! by teamhasnoi · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    My sources inform me that speeds of CDR drives will continue to mount, while the abillity of some of them to write a disk correctly will decline. The increase in burning speed is supported by the RIAA. They make $3.00 out of a pack of 50 CD media, on average.

    It is for this reason that the RIAA *wants* you to burn as many CDs as possible. The more media you use, the more money they make. The 'coasters' you produce at these very higher speeds only puts more money in their pockets, since you will need to replace that coaster with another RIAA-supported CD-R.

    This plan is insidious, and affects all those who burn CDs.

    You can help by burning less CDs, by burning them only at 1x or 2x, taking care not to scratch them, using jewel cases, and only burning a CD when you have enough to fill one.

    Together, we can stop supporting the terrorism of the RIAA!

    Good Luck!