Pioneer DVR-A05 2MB Buffer (4x DVD-R, 2x DVD-RW, 16x CD-R, 8x CDR-RW) (Pioneer-DVRA05)

• Reviewed by: paulewills

  Strengths: quiet, fast, &, dependable for dvds & cds

  Weaknesses: the supplied software could use an update

  Overall: I would have preferred Nero Burning software instead of the Roxio that came with the drive.For the price, it is fast & the other bundled software is a treat.

• Reviewed by: Pre10derS

  Strengths: burns good

  Weaknesses: take too long to read...Very slow

  Overall: i just got this burner a few days ago and i am not liking it too much. it says that it is a 12x read drive but it's taking me 48-53 min to rip a dvd. my brother has a TDK 440n and it is a 12x also but his rips in about 20 min a dvd. i'm gonna return this Pioneer and get the same one that my brother have.

• Reviewed by: vengeance

  Strengths: Very quiet, fast, and easy to work with. Sonic MyDVD

  Weaknesses: Price, as with all DVD-RWs

  Overall: So far, I have had nothing but a positive experience with this drive. It is quieter burning than my DVD ROM is when reading, and it created a perfect quality DVD Copy with DVDxCopy on the first try. I would highly recommend this drive.

• Reviewed by: Vagabond

  Strengths: FASTER THAN THE PLEXTOR 4XDVDRW QUIET COMPATIBLE

  Weaknesses: TRAY - I LOVED THE SLOTIN THAT THE READER HAD

  Overall: I USE IT WITH NERO AND ULEAD MOVIEFACTORY AND IT ROCKS I ALSO OWN THE PLEXTOR 4DVDRW AND ITS MUCH SLOWER THAN THE PIONEER AND MORE EXPENSIVE WHICH AINT JUSTIFIED I GIVE IT A 10 CAUSE ITS REALLY THE BEST DVDRW OUT THERE GO PIONEER !

• Reviewed by: vmm2001

  Strengths: Burn DVD fast and no problem what so ever.

  Weaknesses: Reading and writing CD are really slow and takes forever to regonize most CDs. Reading speed is terrible also.

  Overall: If you just using this for DVD buring only then it is a good unit but wouldn't recommend anyone if they burn a lot of CDs. So far I have had a lot of problem with CD reading and burning with this unit.