Pacific Digital 8x Dual DVD+RW Writer

• Reviewed by: vau64

  Strengths: No bad burn so far even with value DVD+-R/RW.

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall: If you burn movies, then use good name brands of blank media. I burn my value DVDs for data/pics backup only.With the 16X DL burner going cheaper, better buy this one for less than $30, not more.

• Reviewed by: liuspring1

  Strengths: Good price.

  Weaknesses: None.

  Overall: It has none problems with all the media I have tested. I did not use the burning software came with it. Nero, which is my favorite, works great with it.

• Reviewed by: perljavageek

  Strengths: Low price (and I got what I paid for)

  Weaknesses: Uh...doesn't work.

  Overall: I believe I got this at OfficeMax with a rebate, so it ended up being very cheap for me, or even free (sorry, I forget now). I can't seem to get it to work consistently. It's burned some CDs for me, but often I'll finish burning and then look in the drive, and Windows will say it's empty. ??? I upgraded the firmware, but that didn't help. It may just be an incompatibility with my motherboard and chipset, I don't know. Others seem to be happy with the drive. I'll probably switch to something more established, like HP or Sony.

• Reviewed by: single_dad_raising_kids

  Strengths: Burns both formats

  Weaknesses: hard to install and get system to reccognize the unit.

  Overall: Bought this one to replace a CD-RW. I had a hard time determining the right setting and then the system wouldn't recognise the unit. It may work better as a replacement for a bad DVD burner but I don't reccammend it for replacing CDRW.

• Reviewed by: bobborobbo

  Strengths: Reads DVDs, writes 2X DVD-R, burns CDs fine.

  Weaknesses: Won't write to 4X DVD-R, doesn't work as advertised.

  Overall: Piece of crap. Writes on 2X-DVD media (barely available nowadays), won't write on 4X DVD-R media from several manufacturers. Thought it was software at first, but turns out to be the drive itself. It's advertised as being able to write to 8X + and - R media, but I doubt it will based on my experience. Back to the store with it to start again.