Epinions Recent Reviews for Smart and Friendly CD Recorders

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly and Fast and Cheap

Tue, 28 Nov 2000 22:52:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author SMBiker - I purchased the Smart and Friendly CD Rewriter about a year ago. I wanted a burner because I have so many MP3's and I wanted to make my own mixes. Well it was around Christmas and their was a great deal on a CD Burner, it was called Smart and Friendly...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Turbo Writer RW 24x6x4, Free Coasters, I have plenty !

Mon, 7 Aug 2000 06:25:26 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author dougmjones - I wish I'd bought an HP. Especially since I could have used all the money I have wasted on blank media that sits in the bottom of my trash can to purchase the nicest model on the market.

Smart and Friendly software bundle is slightly out of...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Model CDRW-4424A is GREAT

Sun, 18 Jun 2000 20:09:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author michaelw - Do you want a GREAT CD-RW (write/rewrite) burner, that is easy to set up, works terrific, has an EIDE interface and has a low price? Then the Smart and Friendly CDRW 4424A is the burner for you. It has a 4 speed write, 4 speed re-write, 24 speed read...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: My next burner will be a Smart and Friendly

Mon, 5 Jun 2000 17:52:03 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author luke8400 - I got my Smart and Friendly CD burner last Christmas. I didn't think I would need a CD-RW, just a CD-R, so when I saw the Smart and Friendly CD-R 8020 CD Rocket SE, it seemed like the best buy. It was an 8x20x internal CD-R burner (the fastest I had...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Support .....NOT

Wed, 24 May 2000 16:50:25 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author waynejeff - I own a Speedwriter Plus. The drive did a great job at first. It did not create one coaster out of numerous burns. However, the drive failed within 4 months. It was extremely difficult to get tech support for an RMA. After finally receiving a...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly out of business

Wed, 24 May 2000 14:49:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author c-post - I have owned a CD Rocket 8X for a little over a year and I have been VERY happy with it. I mean really delighted. BUT...and I do mean BUT, it has been having trouble writing CD's over the last couple of weeks and now I can't write anything on it. The...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Talk About Speed (12x4x32x)

Tue, 23 May 2000 16:56:30 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hd7crash - Hello, From the first day I bought this item I knew it was going to be great. I had an 8x cdrw by HP it was great but a little too slow. It took about 15 mins a CDR. With this great piece of machine, it takes about 3 mins. Now that is an gargantuous...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: It works for me

Tue, 16 May 2000 01:42:47 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author swmmusic - I started my CD-RW experience with a Smart and Friendly CD-RW 226 SCSI. SCSI was new to me as were CD-RW's. It took a bit of trouble shooting with the SCSI card (Adaptec 2910)to get my computer to recognize it. Once the SCSI card was installed...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly and quick and easy.

Mon, 15 May 2000 20:48:31 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pulsar1990 - I purchased a 6x4x24x last fall and found the installation and setup to be very easy. I did not have to change any jumpers and it was recognized right away by my PC. It has been very reliable for me. I have burned a few coasters but they were due to...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Want a headache? Buy Smart and Friendly.

Sun, 14 May 2000 20:03:16 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Emray - Ever since I bought the TurboWriter RW from Smart and Friendly, I have had nothing but problems. I am kicking myself for not paying a bit more for a drive that works. The first time that I installed the drive, it had a conflict with my network card, so I...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Noisy but recommend anyway

Tue, 9 May 2000 11:57:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bnobles - I have an external (SCSI) CD SpeedRacer 4x4x16 (CD-RW) which I bought at http://www.provantage.com (a great place to buy computer stuff!).

It came with an Adaptec SCSI card that I've installed in 2 computers without any problem. It works great for...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart, Friendly, and Easy to Use!

Tue, 2 May 2000 13:44:48 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author sparkchaser - I must admit, I was wary when I purchased my Smart and Friendly CD Speedwriter RW 4x 4x 24x. People that had reviewed it were more or less divided down the middle. I took the plunge and let me say: I am happy I did. Software installation was a breeze and...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: The name says it all.

Thu, 27 Apr 2000 01:27:24 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author dsmeyer - I received a Smart And Friendly CD SpeedWriter Plus as a birthday gift last year, and I am fairly happy with it. Originally purchased at $110, the price is right. Its plentiful 2-Megabyte buffer can prevent most cases of buffer problems. It comes...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly is Exactly That

Sat, 22 Apr 2000 14:30:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author pravinrao - My experiences with Smart and Friendly have been very good.

First, all of their products from CD recorders to blank CDR discs are among the least expensive that I have found. Though I bought these products with low expectations, I have...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: I'm happy with mine...now

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 23:34:57 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author CCM311 - This is NOT a bad drive, I'll admit it isn't the best drive around, but everything seems to work fine for me. Well, that is after I sent back my original and Smart and Friendly sent me a replacement. At first the drive installed in a jiffy, I barely...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Hefty price tag, but delivers the goods.

Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:13:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author ZZEEZ - This CD-RW is quite expensive (upwards of $300) but if you have the money it is definetly worth it. It is 6x4x24. The best part is the speed. You can burn an entire 650 megabytes in only a little over 10 minutes. The difference between a 6x and a 4x...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: A Pretty Good CD-RW (4x4x32)

Sun, 9 Apr 2000 00:33:27 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author epinions99 - I bought a smart and friendly CD-RW, which is SpeedWriter 32(4x4x32). I believe I got the one I want. The disks that I burned till now (about 2 months), no matter cd-r or cd-rw, are all very good. No single cd I burned was failed. The software that...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Oh so easy!

Tue, 4 Apr 2000 00:57:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mom2allgirls - We bought the Smart and Friendly CD-R 4012 in '99 right after they came out. The price at that time was $539 it has come down in price quite a bit but that doesn't take away from the product.

I love this! My husband has a nasty habit of...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Fast, cheap, perfect!

Sat, 11 Mar 2000 01:40:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mcoski - WOW! One of the most productive and best purchases I have made towards my computer. I opened the compusa ad and saw 199.99 for this product. I felt that it must have been a mistake, so I made a trip down to there to purchase one. I found out that the...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly CD Speedwriter RW--Low Price, Good Burns

Wed, 8 Mar 2000 04:01:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author larry53 - I bought a Smart and Friendly CD Speedwriter RW (Internal 4x 4x 24x CD-Recorder SAF756) last month and have had no real problems with it. The Adaptec Easy CD Creator software that is package with it allows you to copy music CD’s simply by dragging and...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Average Performance

Tue, 7 Mar 2000 05:15:33 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author catnipper - I brought the CD TurboWriter RW in December 1999. I did not used the software that came with it. Since, it was an outdated version of Adaptec's Easy CD Creator v3.5 with date June 1999 on it, but I updated it to the latest version on Adaptec web site, I...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Excellent and easy to install

Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:22:48 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author enigmabomb - These are high quality cd burners. THey run on a PCI SCSI card, and are very fast. I was able to talk someone throught the installation of one over the phone. The good thing about it running on SCSI is that it is completely bus mastered this will enable...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: CD Racer

Fri, 25 Feb 2000 02:34:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author SMZ - This is a great product! I purchased the CD Racer because i wanted to make my own music CD's, and make backup copies of my software. It does all the jobs i want it to, and more. No hassle, i even installed it myself. The Easy CD Creator software it uses...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: Smart and Friendly SpeedWriter Plus int.

Sat, 19 Feb 2000 07:22:51 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author caal76 - I wanted an inexpensive CDRW with great software. I decided to buy the Smart and Friendly Speedwriter Plus internal because of its great bundled software (includes adaptec easy cd creator, Sound Forge XP, as well as other titles) and low price (about...

Smart and Friendly CD Recorders: S&F CD TurboWriter RW

Sat, 12 Feb 2000 23:20:18 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author evand23 - This is the nicest cd burner I have ever had. I first bought a CD-r drive when they came out. It was a really slow single speed one. Later when the CD-RWs came out, I bought a 2x/2x/4x. Eventually, I found this Smart & Friendly CD Writer at...