Philips PCRW2010

The $120 Philips PCRW2010 displayed excellent CD-R and CD-RW write times for a drive of its speed class. It took 4 minutes, 31 seconds to write 650MB to CD-R on the fly, and 1 second less than that to write the same data from an image file. With a digital audio extraction time of 1 minute, 39 seconds for 320MB of audio tracks and a time of 3 minutes, 7 seconds to install the first disc of Microsoft Office 2000 Small Business Edition, this drive posted some of the best CD-ROM read performance results we've seen for a 20X drive.
The drive comes with great instructions, but the printed quick-start guide is fairly basic and you'll need to refer to the installation CD for more details.
Philips provides a one-year warranty for its drive, as well as toll-free technical support for 11 hours daily on weekdays and 8 hours daily on weekends. Seven-day support is uncommon among CD-RW drive vendors.
Delivering fast CD-R write speeds and application-installation times, this moderately priced drive is well suited to business use, and the maker's daily support hours make it attractive for weekend use at home.

Buying Information

Philips PCRW2010 20X/10X/40X, IDE, internal, 2MB buffer, buffer underrun protection, Ahead Nero Burning ROM 5.5 and InCD 2.22, one-year warranty, 11-hour weekday and 8-hour weekend toll-free support. $ 120 20X/10X/40X, IDE, internal, 2MB buffer, buffer underrun protection, Ahead Nero Burning ROM 5.5 and InCD 2.22, one-year warranty, 11-hour weekday and 8-hour weekend toll-free support. http://www.pcstuff.philips.com 888/541-5357