Memorex CD-RW drives

Pros: Stability , limited ammount of coasters
Cons: NTI CD-Maker Software

Well everything seems to be categorized by brand name only, so within these walls I will place my review of the soon to be replaced in my machine Memorex 4224. The drive itself supports 4X write , 2X re- write and 24X read speeds, Thus 4224. The...

Pros: reliable
Cons: error-prone, shoddy customer service

I bought the CRW-1622 about a year ago from Staples for $210 minus a $60 rebate from Memorex. This drive is your basic 6x read 2x write and requires at least a 486/33 with 8MB of RAM to function properly according to the package. However, a friend...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: Slower than some newer drives?

This was one of the easiest things to install on a computer I've bought, and I've put these in a few other computers as well as my own.

It's pretty much a no-frills drive, but it's been reliable for me. Out of maybe... hmm...200+ CD's I've...

Pros: cheap, works well
Cons: NTI software needs an update (available on the NTI website)

Read my tips for avoiding making coasters

When CDR-W drives started to get cheap (under $200) last year, I decided it was time to buy one. I do a lot of home recording in my basement studio, and I was tired of mixing down tracks to...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: multiple problems burning CDs

I purchased a Memorex CDRW-1622 in December of 1999 and have had nothing but problems since. This model is a 6x read 2x write 2x rewrite and comes with NTI CD Maker Pro Software and one blank CDRW. Also included is a 16 page manual (4 of the pages are...

Pros: Inexpensive, Powerful Software Bundle
Cons: Reliability, Poor Audio Burns, Life Expectancy

Being a huge fan of the Memorex CD-ROM drive, I didn't think twice when purchasing a CD burner from this company. The model I chose (Sept/1999) was the Memorex CD-RW 4224 (4x's CDR, 2x's CDRW, 24x's Read). After a very easy installation, I gathered my...

Pros: Functional (once apon a time)
Cons: Poor software, short lifespan

I bought my Memorex 4224 CDRW last July. I figured that the time has come when a CDRW is not an option anymore. The 1.44 floppy drive does not cut it anymore. Zip drives and the like where an option, but most people cannot read a zip disk unless you...

Pros: you own a big name
Cons: it wont work

In June of 1998 I spent $300 on a Memorex 1622 CD-RW which is a 2X2X6 writer. I was using this on a Packard Bell P133 with 56M ram, a 1.7G HDD and an extra 2.0G HDD dedicated to the CD-RW. It worked for a short period, perhaps a few months, but then it...

Pros: Reliable, cheap
Cons: Slow, doesn't recognize my CDROM drive

If you have three or four hundred to spend on a CDRW drive, buy a Sony. If not, then take what you can get. If you think about how cheap this drive is, then you really can't complain about it.

The NTI software does not recognize my original...

Pros: Reliable most of the time
Cons: Unreliable some of the time

Well everything seems to be categorized by brand name only, so within these walls I will place my review of the soon to be replaced in my machine Memorex 4224. The drive itself supports 4X write , 2X re- write and 24X read speeds, Thus 4224. The Software...

Pros: Easy installation, good data cd writer
Cons: can't backup playstation games, trouble with copying audio cds.

I purchased this cd writer a few months ago and I have regreted it ever since. I have had troubles with a ticking noise in all of my cds and I haven't made a successful playstation game yet. I wouldn't suggest this unless you own the original copy of...

Pros: Easy to use and definately worth the money
Cons: Color, doesn't go well with my case.

A little while ago, while shopping through my local computer nerd store, I spotted a CD-RW drive. Over the past few years, CD-RW has become more popular for a number of reasons, you can build your own mixes, backup files so you don't have to buy that...

Pros: Easy to Use, Cheap, Works Better Then Most Big Brands
Cons: May be a little difficult to install, must know the jumpers in your computer

A little while ago, while shopping through my local computer nerd store, I spotted a CD-RW drive. Over the past few years, CD-RW has become more popular for a number of reasons, you can build your own mixes, backup files so you don't have to buy that...

Pros: Cheap, writes Playstation games and scratch-free audio CDs well.
Cons: Unreliable, fickle, and comes with poorly designed software.

My first CDRW drive was the Memorex 1622, which came with NTI-CD maker software. Some people may complain about its snail paced 2X write speed, but I feel that the manufacturer could address far more compelling problems than that.

For...

Pros: Easy to install and operate. It is recognizable by most third party software.
Cons: Quite slow by current standards.

Most of us have relied upon Memorex storage products such as, floppies, tapes and CD’S for quite some time, so we are quite comfortable with their inherent reliability and quality. This must be a popular opinion, since Memorex enjoys a leading market...

Pros: functions as audio cd player, cd-rom drive, cd-writer, and cd rewriter, Creates cds in many formats, Easy to install and use, Great for data back-up, Media Doctor useful to recover cd's when writing process is interrupted, Very reliable and covered by 1 ye
Cons: only writes at 2X or 1X speed as opposed to higher speeds on more expensive drives

I purchased this product for $99.98 on sale and it has been well worth the price. It comes bundled with CD creation software which makes creating Data, Audio, Video, whatever CD's a breeze!

The Re-Writable capabilities work great for data...

Pros: Software, 1x burns are good, installation
Cons: errors left and right

Being a huge fan of the Memorex CD-ROM drive, I didn't think twice when purchasing a CD burner from this company. The model I chose (Sept/1999) was the Memorex CD-RW 4224 (4x's CDR, 2x's CDRW, 24x's Read). After a very easy installation, I gathered my...

Pros: Fast, Easy, and Dependable
Cons: None.

During the summer last year I mowed many a yard to get this sucker, and I have used it like crazy since then. You can do about anything with it, it seems! One thing, probably my favorite, is to make Audio CD's. All you have to do is go to www.mp3.com...

Pros: Low price, reliable
Cons: bad packet writing capabilities

My memorex CDRW is very reliable. My friend and I have swapped it back and forth between our computers (Its an internal model, but we're computer geeks and don't mind messing with the cables) for two years or so and still haven't had a problem with it....

Pros: Supports all data formats including packet writing, Memorex support was good
Cons: Buffer underruns often with less than 64 megs of ram or less than 200mhz CPU, bundled software weak

A few years ago I finally scraped together the money top buy a CDRW drive. I purchased the cheapest one I could find, and found it to be a pretty good decision.

At first I attempted to use it on a 166mhz computer with only 24...

Pros: Good quality
Cons: a few technical problems here and there

I received my first CD burner, the Memorex CRW-1622 last year for my birthday. I had been bugging my Mom to buy me one ever since I first heard of CD burners and when I finally got one, I was more than happy.

I had a problem with it at first...

Pros: price, reliability
Cons: speed writing

my family got a Memorex CRW-1622 about 10 months ago and have been very pleased with it. For the price we paid and the speed that it is, we don't have many complaints.

Software

The software to make your own CDs is very...

Pros: It is better than most CD-RW
Cons: You can get better for the amount of money you pay

I purchased the Memorex 4x2x6 nearly a year ago and it has caused many headaches. This product just does not compare to most of its competitors. The first problem my friends and I found with the Memorex is it has trouble writing multiple directories....

Pros: Reads many drive formats
Cons: Only rewrites at 2x

Memorex is known more for storage media, rather than storage devices. But it is moving into the CD-rewriteable (CD-RW) market with several new products, including its 4224 CD-RW 4X2X24 drive.

The unit we reviewed supports the Windows 95, 98,...

Pros: none, it never work right from the beginning
Cons: the support staff needs a lesson in people skills

I bought a Memorex CDRW-1622 last January, I was using windows 95 then, each time I record an audio cd i use to get a ticking sound when playing back the cd. I clean the cd head with a cd leaner, still I get the same thing. Then I up graded to windows...

Pros: Awesome burner
Cons: some CDs dont play

I got my CDR last Christmas and haven't bought a CD since!. I have increased my personal CD collection by about 75 CDs and burned plenty others for friends. I must say I am very pleased. For the most part my 4x Cd writer is pretty fast, burning a CD...

Pros: Great price, easy to install
Cons: Included software not that great

I got my Memorex CD-RW drive in Christmas of 1998. It cost about $150 and was well worth the price. It reads at 16x, and writes and re-writes at up to 4x. I've seen from other epinions that people have had problems with it. Most people who have...

Pros: Gets the job done
Cons: very very slow

This cd rewriter is not the greatest. Cd writers are very good, and they are only getting better. I would not rush out to get this one in paticular. Memorex makes a good writer but you have to use it with a memorex disc drive. That is how they get...

Pros: Reliable and cheap price now built real well
Cons: Slow by todays standards

I have had a 1622 Drive for about 2 years now.
The drive has made very few coasters. The ones it has have been mainly due to my errors.
The drive is very reliable.
It works with the supplied software as well as the newest NTI software and...

Pros: Cheap
Cons: High failure rate, Poor Service

After purchasing several of these drives for my company, I have had about a 50% success rate. When the drive works, it works great and even some of the drives work great all of the time. The down side is that about 50% of these drives fail to work...

Pros: Practical, Fun, Inexpensive, Unlimited potential for storage and archiving.
Cons: Ties up the computer, Wasted CDR media, Takes some getting used to.

A short while after I purchased my first advanced PC, I knew I was going to need something more to store all of my large graphics files, and classic photographic archives.

My first adventure into the realm of removable storage was the Iomega...

Pros: none
Cons: many

Originally purchased 2 months ago (model CRW2642), this drive has not made one usable CD yet. Have tried 3 brands of software, all the recommendations on Memorex's website, different hardware configurations, etc. Memorex has not answered an e-mail to...

Pros: Data records well
Cons: Audio recording is unreliable

I have owned this drive for two months and as of yet have been fully successful in recording data. However when attempting to record audio I get tons of Buffer Overrun errors and memorex customer service leaves something to be desired. I bought this...

Pros: Box looks nice
Cons: Ruins CDs, not worth amount paid.

I got the Memorex 4224 CD-RW for my birthday last September from my Parents. I had only had the product for one week when it would leave "chunks" out of the cds that I was recording to. Now all the CDs are good for are drink coasters. So I...

Pros: Dependable...if you let it be
Cons: Slow as an old lady crossing the street

I obtained a Memorex CDRW 1622 drive a while back in an effort to cheaply backup the huge catalog of pornography I had amassed on my hard drive. It worked, and I haven't had any problems, but the thing is very, very slow.

I have burned several...

Pros: Good Quality for the Price
Cons: Re-write speed not quite up to today's standards

The Memorex CD-RW drive (4 x 2 x 24) works well all around. It creates quality CDs without much hassle and seldomly makes a mistake. The Memorex comes with software that is easy to use and very hassle-free. For a reasonable price, the Memorex CD-RW...

Pros: Very easy to use
Cons: Not a cheap investment

I recently purchased a memorex cd-r cd-rw drive for my computer. I shopped around and for the price this is the best product out there. Memorex has developed the best cd writer available. It burns CD's up to 4 times faster than any other burner. It...

Pros: Low cost, decent bundled software from adaptec.
Cons: Relatively slow writes.

Because the crw-1622 is a bit long in the tooth (6x2x2), you can get great deals on them. I got mine off a yahoo commerce site for $99 + shipping (about $120 total) and had it two days later.

Although I am a hardware moron the unit slipped...

Pros: very dependable
Cons: slow speeds

I agree with just about everyone's thought on this writer. Although it isn't incredibly fast, it has served me well. I have burned numerous CDs and CD-RWs with this drive with little or no defects. I also love the fact that this drive pretty much...

Pros: fast, cheap and reliable
Cons: the instruction manual was not very clear

I bought this thing and it blew me out of the water. It has never miss burned or even skipped a beat. After almost 25 burns with this cd-wr it has been awsome. For the cheap price you can't beat it. It is almost better to buy this than a removable...

Pros: cost-effective for data storage
Cons: doesn't always work

All things considered, this product was a good investment. At 2x2x6, it's not the best on the market, but my brother was looking to store information and make compilation CDs and it served him well. I have done the same, since a permanent CD can...

Pros: Pretty reliable
Cons: Can't copy directly from cd drive

I haven't had too many problems with this model. The software is Ok and it's a slow 2X compared to what's on the market now. I couldn't get it to copy directly from another cd drive, i had to copy it to the hard drive (15 minutes) first. Once i did that...

Pros: software, speed, size, reliability
Cons: costs

I have tried almost all of the cd writters on the market and from my experience I must declare that Memorex makes the best product available. If you don't know much about computer cd writters then let me tell you that pretty much all of the different...

Pros: Cheap, Good Software, Easy Installation
Cons: Lack Of Features, Slow Speed, Lack Of Software Support

I purchased the Memorex CRW-1622, last year. I needed something that i could have stored my data on, record music, and game cds. So i set out and searched for the cheapest CD-RW Drive i could find. Looking in the local newspaper, i saw the memorex...

Pros: Reliable, dependable, recognized brand name, inexpensive
Cons: slow, media fussy, and average software performance

I purchased the memorex 1622-CRW about ten months ago.

I chose the memorex writer primarily due to brand name recognition and price. I was both familiar with the brand name and satisfied with the price (given alternative brands and prices at...

Pros: Inexpensive/Reliable
Cons: Slowwwww

I bought my Memorex CRW-1622 2x1x6 for $159 at Staples Office Supply when the next best thing was $239 (4x2x8). It installed easily on my Dell PII 233 system with 64 mb ram.

I have burned audio and data CDs with few coasters to...

Pros: Easy to Use, Efficient, Inexpensive
Cons: Failed within 6 months w/easy use

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(I resell computer parts and routinely try several brands of just
about every computer hardware device).<p>

It is SO EASY to...

Pros: Great quality, good software, affordable
Cons: Slow

I bought this drive because I had decided it was time for a CD Burner, and at the time it was $80 after coupons. After nearly a month of waiting, because it was on order, it finally arrived. Although the instructions didn't really help much, I didn't...

Pros: The Lowest Disk Errors When Writing To Cd-R
Cons: none

Yep, The best CD-RW! I bought this CD-RW Because my other one broke that I bought over 2 years ago. It was free for my birthday so what the hell, Ill take it. =) I never had 1 little problem with it. Exept my computer crashing all the time, but thats...

Pros: none
Cons: unusable

I've experienced multiple and many cryptic/incomprehensible errors while recording data files. Downloaded latest version of software. Spent days.. played with every setting, trying to get something to write. Occasionally will copy files to CD-RW. The...

Pros: It writes CDs
Cons: Everything else it does is Poor

I recently purchased a Memorex CD ReWritable drive to make music CD's and I have disappointed ever since. I purchased the 4 x 2 x 24 thinking that I wouldn't need to rewrite CD's. It was true, I really don't rewrite at all. I'll get to the point...

Pros: fairly cheap
Cons: buffer cant keep up, bad company, sotware is bad

i bought a Memorex 4x2x24x cd-rw drive for $169 back in June, when i bought it I was so Happy i got home i had no trouble installing it. The software for it is probably the worst Burning software ever. I made a backup cd-r of starcraft and it worked...

Pros: VERY VERY reliable
Cons: doesn't work with win98

I bought this drive over a year ago, and had nothing but success with it. I burned hundreds of cds with very very few coasters. I loved this drive and when my friends drive's didn't work right i was happy that mine always was working correctly. Then...

Pros: None. I would recommend any other brand over Memorex
Cons: expensive, button does not work, poor software, unable to write new 80-min cds

I purchased my Memorex Cd-RW drive back when they first came out, and I spent a great deal of money for it. I have been severely disappointed in what I received. My main complaint is with the open/close button on the drive. A few months after the...

Pros: It is best for storage, dont get a zipdisk, they go bad in a couple of months of usage!!!
Cons: It doesnt work with every kind of CD though.

I bought my CD-RW from egghead.com, I got it at a good price, I use it all the time. For backing important files, I scan files from my Canoscan FB 620P and burn them to cd, so I don't lose quality. I bought mainly for string my hacking files, zips, and...

Pros: good price, nice program ,good quality
Cons: could be faster

I bought a memorex 4-2-24 to make copies of audio cd's but since have used it for lots more. This product comes with a nice program if you ask me. It fairly easy to understand, but you won't find one that you can use without reading in you ask me. I...

Pros: it hasnt given me any problems
Cons: the cost

Memorex is is one of the best brand of cdrw i ever owned. I got mine for under 180 a couple months ago and i was pleased ever since. It is easy to install this piece of hardware in your computer and its easy to install the software. In order to make this...

Pros: Price
Cons: Picky about recording media

Memorex has made a cheap solution for your CD recording needs but the drive is picky about media. I have burned approximately 100 CDs with the 4224 and 10 of them came out unreadable, 8 with Maxell media 2 more with CompUSA generic brand. The price is...

Pros: they are very good to store things like songs and games
Cons: they are very slow

if you go on the internet to get music you should get a some cd-rws to listen to the music they are very good i have one myself and i have burned many cds in the short 2 months that ive had it and it is very good and if you need cd-rws then there are...

Pros: reasonably easy to install, but who wants to install something that breaks?
Cons: was not durable

I have been quite unhappy with the Memorex 2x2x24 that I bought a year and a half ago. It worked fine at first, and then slowly and steadily degraded, first occasionally burning a bad CD, then creating mostly coasters, then having trouble reading...