Epinions Recent Reviews for Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X)

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Good & Bad

Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:26:46 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author witchyangel - In March I recieved a 4X/2X/24X Sony CD-RW Drive to go into the new computer I was building for my birthday. Never got around to building that computer, so I decided to have it installed in my current desktop machine. I had a 333Mzh Emachine.

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Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Shame on Me

Sat, 17 Mar 2001 04:51:05 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author optionexplicit - Fool me once, the old saying goes, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Sony fooled me twice.

Back at the beginning of my long and illustrious career as an ePinions writer, I wrote a piece about the Sony SPressa USB external CD...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): If I wanted homemade coasters I would go to a craft store

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 00:30:49 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author CreamChief - Problematic from the beginning, I have sent it back to be fixed under warranty twice. The software is functional but not great, and the hardware is flaky. Oh, where do I begin?

The Sony saga

The saga began immediately. I...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): The Music Lover's Best Friend

Sun, 19 Nov 2000 14:16:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author kitchenwizard - I purchased this drive by accident. I was bidding on a similar Creative IDE CD RW drive on Ebay and when I won the auction, the seller, a computer store in North Carolina was out of stock. They substituted this drive, new and in factory sealed box...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): What a piece of junk

Fri, 27 Oct 2000 16:01:00 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author hpbob - I bought a external Spressa CD-RW with USB interface. I didn't know much about CD burners at the time but figured that Sony was a good brand name. I have put up with this piece of junk for over six months. In that time it has been able to burn CD's...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): What Would I Do Without The Sony Spressa?!?

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 19:16:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author X4FiT17 - I decided to purchase a CD-Burner about four weeks ago and I have had nothing but good things to say about my purchase: the Sony Spressa. I was looking for a way to easily make backup copies of my CD-Roms, and boy did I find a way (not to mention...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Sony has their head where the sun don't shine.

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 00:05:43 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author soveryfun - I bought one of these almost a year ago. At first I was a burning fool. Didn't have hardly an issue. The only complaint I had was the software was limiting. Easy fix for that is to buy better software. I really did like this unit when I started out with...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Next to Perfect

Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:51:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author hingeswift - Over three years ago, I bought a Memorex CR-622 2x burner - the first commercially available IDE burner under $300. It worked fine for a while, but then inexplicably starting "coastering" nearly every other disk. I finally had my fill about a...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Software in the Way

Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:39:49 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Kuni - Let's face it. In today's world, floppy discs are so 90's. I mean, who really has files under 2 megs nowadays? And if you do, why not use an online storage area? It's quick, easy, and more efficient than carrying that plastic square around town.
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Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Just So So

Sun, 9 Jul 2000 22:51:10 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author mikemvv - I had my Sony Cdrw now for almost 6 months and I know it in and out. I say I must of done by now 200 or so cds, not once was any a cdrw. The speed for data is not bad about 4 or so min to complete. But what gets you is when you try to record a music cd...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): The software makes this product go bad

Sun, 28 May 2000 11:22:07 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author adamadi - This Sony drive comes with the drive and cables, 1 cdr and 1 cdrw, a coupon for a CD Stomper and the manual.

Installation was fairly simple, even for people who don't know much about computers, the manual explains all that you need. The...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Sony USB Drives - Some Things To Know

Tue, 16 May 2000 04:16:43 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author pravinrao - I purchased my Sony CDRW Drive because it is an external drive, and because it uses the USB port. Both of these features made it portable, and ideal for use with my laptop. After owning it for about a year...its transportability has been a big plus for...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): 8x/4x/32x

Sun, 14 May 2000 22:06:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Joe_R - I purchased my SONY Spressa CD-RW drive about 6 weeks ago, and I've been very happy with it. The installation itself was relatively easy, just plug in power, and the IDE cable. The installation software on the other hand was not very user friendly. It...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Good hardware, bad software

Wed, 10 May 2000 12:38:34 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author mpender - The drive itself is nice and rugged; but the software shipped with it is lousy. My Spressa 100/EX2 came with different (wrong?) drivers (Spressa 120), and poor archiving software (Sony's ExtremeCD) that does not allow a user to make a full backup or to...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Nothing but trouble.

Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:29:06 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author Calodar - I bought one of these around Christmas time. I used it quite a bit, but it was hardly in use 24/7. After about two weeks of use, It started to over buffer and have errors at the last minute of a burn, therefore ruining a perfectly good CD-R. About two...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): I didn't buy it because of the software!

Thu, 27 Apr 2000 08:54:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mwhitlock - I didn't buy my Sony Spressa CRX100E/CH because of the CD Right! software that came with it. I've never used HotBurn which comes with many of the newer Sony CD-RW drives, but I know it can't be much better. The CD Right! software is unintuitive and...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): 8x4x32

Sun, 9 Apr 2000 16:06:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author book75 - I have recently bought and installed the Sony Spressa Professional 8x4x32 CDRW for a couple of friends of mine. The drive is very easy to install and writes a recordable CD as fast as it says it does, in about 8 minutes. The drive is very easy to install...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Good Drive, Terrible Software

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 23:32:12 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author strange218 - I recently purchased a Sony Spressa CDR-W. I really like the drive itself, but the software that came with it is terrible.

Sony's Hot Burn software is the worst piece of software that I have ever used. It runs hot and cold. Sometimes I...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Sony Spressa

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:16:40 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author EmilyMelvin - Being an average computer user, but a music buff, I needed a CD-RW drive that was easy to use and worked with my computer. While the Sony Spressa works wonders on my computer, it did take me some time to figure out the software.

Too often,...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Its a Quality Product...

Sun, 13 Feb 2000 16:55:14 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author falconman - I burn CDs rather regularly and I need reliability and quality for a good price. I got this because of the economic price and the brandname (you know Sony's good at everything electronic) and was not dissapointed. It works just fine, I have no...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Very very impressive

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:17:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author seagull5 - I recently ordered from Dell Computers Dellware dept. a cdrewriter.They sent the Sony Supressa Professional with an 8X cdr speed,a 4X cdrw speed

and a speed of 32X for cdroms.Install was a breeze.I have found that the way the drive proforms after...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): A nifty, reliable drive...

Tue, 25 Jan 2000 13:23:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Traveler400 - Sony makes a good CD-R drive. In trying to decide which CD-R drive to purchase, I struggled to find the drive that was right for me. I knew I needed a versatile drive, something that could do audio and data CD’s without a problem. Plus I had to...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): not a Problem

Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:39:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Joo - I would love to make my own music CDs, movies, copies, and backups. That day has reached this era! The Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X) is user friendly. With programs such as “Easy CD Creator 4.0” (adaptec.com) recording your own CDs is a...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): Maybe It was a Fluke, But This Drive Sucks

Tue, 21 Dec 1999 23:54:18 GMT

rating: 1/5 by: Epinions Author Jondoe1482 - Maybe I just got a bad drive or something but I put my SPRESSA in and it didn't work at all EVER! Everytime I tried to record something I got a buffer underrun and ruined the CD. I don't know what was wrong with it since everyone else seems to like it...

Sony Spressa CD-RW (4X/2X/24X): FAST!!! ZOOM!!!

Tue, 14 Dec 1999 23:24:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author rneuma1 - Thid CD-copier is fast and from my experiences it is reliable. Cd's copy fast it really does copy at 4x. Full CD's seem to be finished in about 15 minutes. This is really quick since most of my friends have a 2x cd recorder which take a little over...