Ricoh Internal CD-RW drive

Pros: a little cheaper than others, comes with Nero
Cons: email support, destroys 2 out of 3 cds

I purchased a 7163 CD writer just over a year ago and have had continual trouble with it.
I twice sent it back for repair and once got it back without a cover sheet and the second time got a reconditioned unit even though the one I sent was new!...

Pros: Price, Availability, Brand name
Cons: Workmanship, Warranty work

Options \ Features
Ricoh Cd-RW

Application
Home Computer Use

Opinion and Experiences
I purchased this to use for home use to make copies of cd’s and storage on the Cd-RW discs. The drive...

Pros: Cheap, works as promised ;-)
Cons: No burnproof, telephone support didn't help

Purchase

I bought this CD writer last november for a friend at Amazon. It was advertized as a Cendyne 32x6x4x (Read, write, rewrite) and came in full retail packaging with cables, screws and the excellent writing software Nero Burning Rom V.5....

Pros: Fairly fast
Cons: High unreliability, poor manufacturing

I must say, even now I'm still bitter about the effectiveness of my Ricoh CD/RW, or lack thereof. I got the drive in the winter of 1999, and after a very easy installation, I was, at the time very impressed with it. This particular drive was a 6x...

Pros: Sturdy, reliable, and irreplaceable
Cons: Slow and outdated

I thought about possibly buying a new CD writer today and stopped myself before I even got the store. I realized that until the day the little green light fizzles and fades away off of my Ricoh drive, will I even consider replacing it.

It's...

Pros: Great speed, great price, extremely reliable, helpful (and prompt) tech support, stack of burning options, nice software bundle...
Cons: It can cause problems if you need to replace your motherboard, but the solution is simple enough (when you know how!)

A fully customised music cd in 13 minutes? You bet! This baby burns cd's quickly and reliably, and it'll also read cd's at a good pace too.

I recently gave in and purchased the Ricoh MP7063A from a computer fair that was held near me. The RRP...

Pros: Writes in 12.5 minutes, as promised; full-screen DVD playback smooth; writes perfect discs reliably; CD-ROM/R/RW/DVD in only one bay; Tech support was knowledgeable
Cons: Long install time; Difficult to find updated drivers/firmware for the Ricoh drive

I bought the Ricoh MP9060A CD-R/RW/DVD about a month ago and, after finally getting it up and running, am very happy with it. I have been able to write a direct CD copy in about 12.5 minutes as promised, play DVD at full screen smoothly, as well as read...

Pros: Stable, works every time. Complete kit available.
Cons: Now outdated and slow

I call my Ricoh MP6200S CD-RW drive a turtle because the poor thing is old and outdated and slow (2x write speed); but, like the turtle of the fabled race, it wins everytime. It might be slow, but it is steady as a rock and at this stage of the game, I...

Pros: Affordable, reliable
Cons: Slow

This Ricoh drive was purchased quite awhile ago, and only carries a 2x speed for writing, which is considerably slow by current standards. Nevertheless, it has proven extremely reliable, as I have used it for music CD's, data CD's and video CD's with...

Pros: Seems to be pretty flexible on media
Cons: Horrible software included (CeQuadrant)

I bought this CDRW drive a little while back. It has so far turned out to be an ok drive. I probably would not buy another one however. I'd probably buy an HP drive and pay the extra money.

First of my problems with this drive is the...

Pros: quality, price, capabilities
Cons: speed, appearence

I bought this because I wanted to have cd's, games, and other software without the price so I bought this. It works great to make copies of game and software but it takes about a 20 minutes per copy which is ok for some people but if you want the job...

Pros: Fast, Fast, Cheap, Did I say Fast?
Cons: Flap came off.. no biggie

My Ricoh CD-RW was a great purchase. I've had the drive for over 3 months now, and it has run perfectly. I purchased the 6x/4x/24x model, which is awesome. The 6x write speed allows me to burn full, 650 MB cds in about 12 min, and the 4x RW feature is...

Pros: Writes data well, uneventful installation.
Cons: Very slow reading. Appears to require more expensive discs to format properly

I've had the Mediamaster 7040A for about one year now. I've installed it onto two different computer systems without any problem whatsoever. Both were Dell systems, and on both it was set as the slave drive on the same IDE interface as the native DVD...

Pros: makes cd's that work in all cd players
Cons: manual

I got the MP-7060 for christmas and I have made somewhere around 60 cd's I think. I mostly only listen to mixes I burn on cd. I have only made a few coasters and its always the computers fault not the cd writer. Our computer freezes on occasion when...

Pros: reliable, cheap, quick
Cons: not a huge brand

I bought this drive about 6 months ago, and it has been heaven. I installed it real easily, seriously with no major problems. Started up the computer and it was ready to go! At 4 speed it records a CD in a bit more then 15 minutes. It has really...