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HP CD-Writer Plus 9300i Series
HP CD-Writer Plus 9300i Series

HP CD-Writer Plus 9300i Series

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

HP 9340i: fast and relatively inexpensive

by mcgina , Nov 13 '00
Pros: fast, inexpensive
Cons: may be a problem getting Win 2000 drivers
The model I bought was an HP 9340i which went for $259 + tax. This
particular model was one of the fastest writers out there: 10x write, 4x rewrite, 32x read.

I use it mostly to make backup copies of software or music albums. I can...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Its fast but lacks a few features

by 1GQ Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Jul 25 '00
Pros: Unbelievably fast!
Cons: lacks support for many features like CD-TEXT and 700MB discs
While my 4x CD-RW drive is no slouch, I was ready to retire it and jump into the fast lane. After reading a few glowing reviews I decided on the HP CD-Writer Plus 9310i. Capable of writing at 10x, re-writing at 4x, and reading at 32x, the 9310i promised...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Want to make your own music mixes?

by blink182crazy , Sep 17 '00
Pros: 10x write, 8x rewrite, 32x read, Audio CD's made within 8 minutes
Cons: none i can think of
Have you ever bought a CD for just one song? Don't you hate throwing away $12-$17 just for a CD with one song and all the others are not that great? Well if you have ever been in this situation, you will absolutely love the HP CD-Writer Plus 9310i...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Give me some space

by ladymillionair , Aug 30 '00
Pros: Easy to install. Fast & easy to use. It’s a HP.
Cons: none
Are you one of those people who has trouble throwing things away? I’m talking about image files, wave files, or themes that you spent hours downloading on your little 56k modem (or smaller modem). Since I’ve upgraded to DSL, I don’t have that big of a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

The Death of the Zip Drive?

by flashfriday Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Nov 10 '00
Pros: Fast, reliable, HP brand name, easy to install and great bundled software
Cons: Difficult to get a hold of customer service
Like most people reviewing this product, I needed file storage that was reliable, convenient and inexpensive. Zip drives were definitely reliable, but the disks were terribly expensive and held much less.

When I finally decided to upgrade to...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Stylish & Speedy @ 10x4x32

by NightShift8 , Jul 04 '00
Pros: Fast, 4MB Buffer, looks cool, many uses
Cons: (Adaptec) Software isn't that great
I was finally sucked into the craze of CD burners. I thought of all the benefits and different uses of them and I all of a sudden just wanted to get one so bad. So after hours of research on all the different models and brands, I was set on the HP brand....
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

The Mother of All CDRWs

by jhcashman , Jul 21 '00
Pros: Everything
Cons: Nothing in Paticular
Oh ye 10x baby! This CDRW totally blows the other CDRWs away. At 10x write, 4x re-write, and 32x multi-read it is THE fastest CDRW (non scsi) as of July 21, 2000. It has 4 mgs of buffer and it look stylish.

Why do you need a CDRW?

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Fast but lacking

by ldwalker59 , Dec 02 '00
Pros: Very fast
Cons: Can't backup games
Introduction

One day I was surfing around the web, and I decided that I wanted to get myself a CD-RW drive. I surfed to PC Magazine's site, and I looked at their "Top-10 CD-RW Drive" Chart it placed the HP 9300i drive way up...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Burn CDs Without Burning Yourself!

by thetool721 , Jan 07 '01
Pros: Quality, Speed, Ease of Use
Cons: none
HP CD-Burners have been my choice in burners for a long time. Sometimes they will cost a little more than their generic counterpart, but I think its worth it. In the computer industry, you get what you pay for (most of the time), and CD-Burners...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Mix tapes the Next Generation

by lovely_zelda , Oct 16 '00
Pros: Music
Cons: Back-up attempts
I am one of the chosen ones now. I am one of the ones who can take the 800+ MP3s happily sitting in my hard drive(they're all public domain, I swear! Or they're songs from my band. We remake a lot of great songs. We sound almost exactly like the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Joe's CD-RW...

by bzjoe , Apr 06 '01
Pros: $100, Fast, Reliable, Fast - Oh Yea, its fast too.
Cons: No 700mb capability
I work and buy expensive computers at my workplace but when it comes to home I look for the best bang for my buck. I bought a refurbished E-Machine Monster 500a, installed a Sound Blaster Live sound card, traded my old computer for a 20' Hitachi Monitor...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 2.0
 

Watch out Win2K users

by agelina , Nov 06 '00
Pros: Readily available in retail chains
Cons: Poor support NT and Win2K Server Editions
I bought this drive retail (CompUSA) because I was impatient and didn't want to wait for mail order. Variants (9350i, etc) are basically the same. My goal was to put it on my Win2K Advanced Server (Win2K A.S.) box. The drive claims to support Win2K....
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

The Faster The Better!

by skunkative , Jul 28 '00
Pros: fast burning speed, easy installation, good software
Cons: none
I purchased my CD-Writer 9300i for my new small business (eliteminds.com). The 10X4X32 capabilities of this drive are phenomenal! I use a Memorex 4X2X24 at home, and even though I love it, this one rips the lid off of it! This drive even has artistic...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Is this fast too fast?

by Draggar , Sep 14 '00
Pros: Ease of use, very user friendly, good tech support
Cons: Possibly too fast for today's PCs?
It was about time for me to replace my old HP7200 CD-RW (2X2X6) drive with somehting new. So, I bit the bullet and shelled out $300 for this new and faster CD-RW from our buddies at Hewlett-Packard.
This thing is FAST!

From opening the...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Is it worth the 10x price?

by jsz , Jul 10 '00
Pros: Quick audio extraction, helpful website
Cons: Price, write performance questionable
I, too, had to have this model after reading a review in PC World. I didn't consider any other model for long, especially considering it was a 4-day weekend and Costco had them in stock for $30 under list price. I knew I could save another $30 or so if I...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Great burner - Download the Upgrade!!

by allenn22 , Jan 19 '01
Pros: ease of install, burn rate,
Cons: SOFTWARE INSTALLED!!! BOOOO HP!!
This is the second CD-RW that this computer has seen and I have to say that this is better than the last. There are a few really great options that the new one has that the last didn’t. First it is an HP. I have never had a problem with a HP product...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

HP quality, what you expect in a burner

by ic-one , Apr 13 '01
Pros: Very fast, efficient
Cons: Some CD-R brands have trouble
It was only on realising that I needed a new computer that the idea of a CD burner came into mind. I realised the 6 odd GB of data on my old computer would have to be transferred to my new one. So, I researched the storage options.

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Write Better, Right Now

by infielderx , Jul 22 '00
Pros: Inexpensive, Fast, More Reliable
Cons: Issues w/ cd's over 78 minutes
Hewlett-Packard has probably the most visible line of products in computer stores today. In places like Best Buy, Future Shop, Office Depot, etc., it's very easy to find one of HP's scanners, printers and CD-R/RW Drives. That's not necessarily a good...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Don't be fooled by the nice box...

by AClockworkAlex , Jan 02 '01
Pros: Nice box and good job on translating in the manual. Oh and nice menus, too.
Cons: Absolutely NO specification of what it does and doesn't support.
Well, like most of Digital America, we need space and storage for our precious files and programs, whether it be important documents, games, .MP3's, etc. Well, I needed somewhere to put my stuff so I bought the 10x4x32 9350i CD Writer from HP, which was...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

9350i: Great little box

by ldu95240 , May 11 '01
Pros: Easy to install, excellent after-sales back-up
Cons: Bundled software tools are unreliable
Having been a fan of HP gear, I decided to equip my new Dell Dimension 8100 with a CD writer, and I had no hesitation in opting for a Hewlett-Packard box.

The 9350 is a 32x10x8 unit, and in true HP tradition, the level of help you get in...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 2.0
 

This thing can eat my shorts (9600 series)

by phungus Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 100, Dec 15 '00
Pros: Looks nice, burns very quickly and reliably
Cons: Included software/interface, price
I always thought HP made good stuff, but after seeing this new drive, I would never buy one. We got this for use at work, and it is a major pain in the rear to use. We got the HP Cd-Writer 9600 series SCSI CD-RW drive, external.

Even though...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Bad Adaptec! Down boy! DOWN!

by gifff , Jun 30 '00
Pros: 10x...drool.
Cons: Messy software
You do not buy this for the software. It's the hardware you want. Don't ever forget that, son.

Installation is not a big issue. Just plugged the device in, no problems there. Instead, the problem with this package is Adaptec's...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Music to go. And performance too.

by J_L_Haupt , Jan 09 '01
Pros: 10X/4X/32X, easy to use software
Cons: takes a while to search your disk for songs
I finally talked my brother into buying a CD-RW drive this year. He decided on the HP 9350i. I also talked him into letting me install in into my computer. Anyway... I've been using it mainly to make my music CDs. It'll burn a CD in around 7 minutes...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Burn baby burn...

by hufmagruf , Mar 03 '01
Pros: Good Price, Solid, Performs Well
Cons: None at the moment
I picked up my HP 9300i at my local Circuit City. It's very strange I continue to go back to Circuit City to buy components (It's 4 blocks away) yet I hate buying from them. I will explain in another review.

Until recently I never knew about...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Good hardware, bad software

by alon1 , Jun 08 '01
Pros: Fast and reliable, works out of the box.
Cons: Almost worthless software included
I have purchased my new HP CD-Writer 9350i after almost a year of very positive experience with my older 2x HP CD Writer. I wanted to switch to a new CD-Writer since I didn't want to wait 45 minutes per CD...

So, I phone-ordered a new HP...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 1.0
 

Bad service and support

by rhonedog , Sep 22 '00
Pros: Decent product... speedy
Cons: You are on your own
I am an 3d animator and FX guy up in Vancouver Canada. It has come to the point that we needed to have a cd writer to backup hard copies of our projects and scenes. Well, for the last 2 weeks, now, I have had NO luck with their tech support. I have had...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

backups and sharing now easy

by thebrit100 , Mar 17 '01
Pros: easy to install, easy to use, fast and cheap
Cons: none
i take a lot of photographs that i scan and store electronically, wanted to back them up and also wanted to share them with others, I did some research and decided on the 9350i a 10x4x32x CD Writer plus. Actually purchased it from the HPShopping web...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Excellent drive (9350i) with a few software quirks

by MrKaos12 , Feb 11 '01
Pros: Fast, 4MB buffer, Easy Installation
Cons: Software included crashed my computer
I bought this burner last week and I made about 30 cd's already! It's easy to install, easy to use and it's fast. I only have a Pentium 233 w/mmx and 96mb ram and i can still burn at 10x cd to cd 'on the fly'. Burning from my hard drive is still fast...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Fast, but kind of Buggy

by codyblake , Oct 24 '00
Pros: fast, works well often
Cons: buggy software
After reading all the great reviews, I decided this drive was worth the extra money. And it sure has been! I've only had one error while writing a disc, and I blame that on the overload of programs I was running on my computer. I do think with a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

My mixed review..

by acestep , Dec 01 '00
Pros: Reliable, good software, easy to use
Cons: dosn't record at full speed!
We got this writer 2 weeks ago. After easy installation it wouldn't make a c.d. at all. Being my stubborn self I wasted 3 cdr's until I called and asked for help. Unfortunately there was no 800 # so we will have a small charge on our phone bill this...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 1.0
 

why it sucks

by lysis00 , Oct 09 '00
Pros: works great, don't format the hard drive!!
Cons: it breaks after a format, and hewlett packard can't even give tech support on the matter
Recently, I purchased a Hewlett Packard CD-Writer Plus, and it worked just fine. It writes great, and hardly ever has an error. But then I decided it was time to format the hard drive (as you are recommended to at least once a year) and reinstall...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Says the Salesman.

by ShadeeJake , Dec 09 '00
Pros: easy everything
Cons: nothing to gripe about
Nothing but good, comes from Hewlett-Packard again. This internal CD-RW is greased lightning. I sell this item at work and we have had nothing but success with it. The 10x Write, 4x Re-Write, 32x ROM speed is second to none. The typical IDE interface...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

HP (Stands for Hot Potato?)

by CHIMI , Jul 26 '00
Pros: Blazing 10x WRITE speed, Direct CD software, EZ install
Cons: Dark gray...doesn't match the rest of my machine :(
Wow! What a great product! Until yesterday, I was using an older Philips 2x2x24 at work. I wanted a CDRW for home, so, looked around for the fastest I could find. READ speeds didn't mean all that much to me, as did RE-WRITE speeds. I wanted a fast...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 3.0
 

Does this cd writer justify the price one pays for the speed

by shantanu000 , Jul 17 '00
Pros: Easy to install
Cons: Is it worth the high speed
I needed a fast burner so I purchased the hp 9300i, I am not really pleased with the cd writer because i cannot burn audio cd faster than 4x with the adaptec software, and with the data cds if am lucky i can burn them successfully at at 10x. I have...
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