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Last Rated:	1. Plextor PX-708A: 8x/4x/12x DVD+RW, 4x/2x/12x DVD-RW, 40x/24x/40x CD-RW Burner with Roxio Software (Plextor-PX708ASW) 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-R, 2X DVD-RW write speeds, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.1 (with Drag-to-Disc and DVD Builder) software Bottom Line: The speediest drive on the chart overall by a small margin; can also write at 8X with some brands of 4X DVD+R media. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	2. TDK DED+840 DVD?RW Writer (TDK-DED+840) 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 4X DVD-R, 2X DVD-RW write speeds, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, External USB 2.0 and FireWire drive, Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.1 (with Drag-to-Disc and DVD Builder) software Bottom Line: Attractive, dual-interface external drive nearly matches Plextor in speed and features. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	3. Kano Technologies K8Xtreme 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 32X CD-R, 16X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.1 (with Drag-to-Disc and DVD Builder) software Bottom Line: Ties the TDK 880N as the fastest drive on the chart at burning to rewritable media; also writes to some brands of 4X-rated DVD-R media at 8X speed. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated:	4. Lite-On SOHW-812S Dual DVD?RW Writer 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Sonic RecordNow DX 4.6, Sonic MyDVD 4.5, Sonic DLA 3.6 software Bottom Line: Reasonably priced drive is a strong performer; software bundle is a couple of versions behind (upgrades are free downloads from the Lite-On site). Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	5. Memorex True 8X 8X8X Dual Format DVD Recorder 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Ahead Nero Express Memorex Special Suite 6.3 (with Nero Vision 2.1, Nero Express 6.3, InCD 4.1, Media Player, BackItUp, and ReCode2) software Bottom Line: Supports 8X burning on both +R and -R, but its rewrite performance was one-third slower than our leader's. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices
Last Rated:	6. TDK IndiDVD 8X DVD?RW 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Roxio Easy CD & DVD Creator 6.1 (with Drag-to-Disc and DVD Builder) software Bottom Line: This model was nearly 1.5 minutes slower at writing to DVD+R than the second-ranked TDK 840G, but it also does 8X writes to DVD-R. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	7. Pioneer DVR-A07 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 24X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Ulead MovieFactory 3 SE, Ulead Burn.Now 1, UDF software Bottom Line: A versatile software bundle rounds out this drive's comparable DVD-R and DVD+R performance; but its CD-R speed lagged. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	8. AOpen AOpen 8x DVD Dual DRW8800 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 32X CD-R, 16X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Ahead Nero Burning ROM 5.5, Ahead InCD 4.1, MedioStream NeoDVD 4.5 software Bottom Line: Has an array of software for editing and authoring DVDs; but its rewrite performance was one-third slower than the TDK 840G's. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	9. Benq BENQ DVD+RW 8X4X12 24X10X40 INTERNAL RETAIL PK (BenQ-DW800A0C2) 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW write speeds, 24X CD-R, 10X CD-RW write speeds , 8MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, InterVideo WinDVD Creator Plus 2, Sonic RecordNow 6.5 software Bottom Line: One of the least-expensive drives on the chart, it worked quickly when burning DVDs, but to one format only; CD performance was a bit slow. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices
Last Rated:	10. Sony 8X4X12 DVDRW (Sony-DRU530A) 8X DVD+R, 4X DVD+RW, 8X DVD-R, 4X DVD-RW write speeds, 40X CD-R, 24X CD-RW write speeds, 2MB buffer, Internal IDE drive, Sonic RecordNow 6.7, Sonic MyDVD 5.0, Sonic DLA 4.5 software Bottom Line: A free firmware upgrade added 8X/4X DVD-R/RW burning and improved this model's DVD+R performance by 22 percent. Retested this month. Full Review • Test Report • Check latest prices	Check Latest Prices

We test rewritable DVD drives under Windows XP Home on PCs with 1.67-GHz Athlon XP 2000+ processors and 512MB of DDR SDRAM. To test each drive, we use the DVD video authoring, mastering, and packet-writing software supplied by the vendor. We use media supplied by the vendor or media supplied by Verbatim.