Philips PC 800 Series Internal CDRW

Pros: great system, good usage
Cons: none

I bought my Philips CDRW 800 to use when it was clear that I need to transfer my files onto CD's instead of clinging to diskettes as I had previously. I went into Best Buy and they had this one on sale for like $179 and had a rebate, so I just bought it...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: 74 minute or 80?

Finding a need to add another CD-R(W) to my home, I set out to purchase a brand name drive for under $100 for reasons I outline below.



This opinion pertains to the Philips CDRW 800 Series (804) using firmware v2.2, on a...

Pros: Easy to use, fun and enjoyable
Cons: Might be too slow for impatient people

I honestly don't know why I chose this product, but I'm glad I did. I wanted to buy a cd burner for a long time. My friend has had one for a long time and he really puts it use. I decided to get one after I realized how nice it would be, and how much...

Pros: Great price, easy to install
Cons: Could be faster, not SCSI

When I bought my Dell Dimension 8100 computer, I opted not to get a CD-RW drive with it. Why? I thought I could save $60 and scavenge an old drive from my brother. Then I ran across the Philips PCRW804 Internal IDE 8x/4x/32x CD-RW drive at a...

Pros: Well constructed, quiet
Cons: None

I received the Philips CD-RW drive for Christmas as a gift, and I couldn't be happier with it! The quality is excellent, the software installation was flawless and it works beautifully.

I've used a few different CD-RWs over the years and have...

Pros: low price, decent performer, flash bios, 2mb buffer, easy install, cheap media
Cons: fast, but faster is available, real basic software package

I wanted a rewritable cd drive to backup my hundreds of digital photos and also some important data that had been clogging up a large number of floppy disks. CD burners require a relatively fast computer with a large hard drive to store temporary files....

Pros: easy installation, drive physically looks good
Cons: bad customer service

I write this message as I hold on the telephone line waiting to speak with my fifth Philips customer service representative today. In short, I'm not happy with my Philips CDRW804.

I received this CDRW as a Christmas gift and as of yet, I've...

Pros: Low price, quality construction, quiet operation
Cons: Adaptec software

To relieve my hard drive of its numerous Napster files, I decided it was time to purchase a CD Burner. I compared brands, read epinions and was between the Philips 800 Series and entry-level Sony Spressa. I went to Best Buy and both drives were within...

Pros: price, looks
Cons: old model - slow and problematic, does strange things

1. What's inside
The Philips CDRW 800 series comes with Adaptec Direct CD and Easy CD Creator software, and there was also a bonus - Ejay software included in the pack. Ejay is a music-creating program - not the best one. Easy CD Creator is one of...

Pros: Comes with easy-to-use software bundle
Cons: Caused problems with my webcam (solved by moving capture card to another slot)

I have a 100 meg Zip Drive that came with my computer, but as far as using it for backups, it sucks - the money right of your pocket, that is! Those zip disks ain't cheap! I also have had 2 zip disks go south on me, and I lost all the data that was on...

Pros: Speed, Prince, Reliability
Cons: None as of yet

When I received the Phillips PC800, I was both excited and worried at the same time. Excited because I've wanted one for a long time, but worried that I wouldn't know how to install it. My worries were not needed.

Within an hour I installed it...

Pros: Inexpensive, Very accurate, Easy to install, overall great drive!
Cons: Junky Adaptec software with it.

This little cdrw rocks! Although the software that comes with this drive is horrible (adaptec cd creator 4 standard) the drive is great! I highly recommend using another CD burning program like NERO with this drive. It installed quickly, and has burned...

Pros: A great price, Good performance, Easy Installation.
Cons: Picky about CDR media.

I bought this CD-Writer for about $100.00 (after rebates) from BestBuy.
Its a great price for a 8X CD-Writer. Hardware installation was a breeze.
I installed it on a Windows 95 machine. This CD writer came with the
Adaptec CD recording...

Pros: Easy to install; comes with great software; burns quickly
Cons: None

I got the Philips 8x CDRW last Christmas and within fifteen minutes of opening it, I had it installed and running. Installation was a snap - most users should have little problem. The software installation was just as easy.

The software...

Pros: Easy install, solid speed and quality, inexpensive, cool color!
Cons: Takes 10 mins vs 4 mins on a 24x to burn. No biggie.

**Updated** **Jan 20, 2002**

Geez Quasar, why did I get a "helpful" rating only? *Sniff*

Anyway, I noticed that Philips has updated the firmware for this drive, up to version 2.5, and I've flashed the burner. Lo and behold,...

Pros: Low cost and easy to follow instructions for installation of the unit and software.
Cons: Did not work. Would not fit properly in the drive bay. Poor Philips customer service.

Never Worked! I bought the Philips PCRW-804 CDRW 800 Series CD Rewriter at Best Buy on 12/31/00 for $129.99 - $30 rebate. I moved soon afterward and put the unopened unit in storage. The rebate arrived as promised, but I was not able to unpack and ...

Pros: Fast, Fun, Inexpensive
Cons: Stalled on me a couple times

I cannot tell anyone more than I already have how useful it is to have a CD burner around. Especially an internal one. The external drives are much to expensive to purchase. The CDRW800 was bought by me because I wanted to save money and still have a...

Pros: Fast, Good Audio Extraction, Cheap Price
Cons: Does not support audio cd-text.

This is one of the best CD-RW drives I’ve owned. The drive is fast. You can make you a cd in about 9 mins. This drive does a very good job on Audio Extraction from CD’s. This drive also supports background formatting. Which means it doesn’t...

Pros: FUN and WORTHWHILE
Cons: can be confusing

After reading a couple reviews that disliked this product because of customer service I felt depressed because I have this CDRW burner and I love it! While costumer is extremely important to the people of today I feel that in almost any big company such...

Pros: Good Music, good Data, fast
Cons: Could be faster

The Philips 800 Series Cd-RW Burner is a great burner to have. It works well when burning downloaded music from the internet and copying CD's. The Software the burner comes with makes it simple to create a mix Cd or copy data from your pc or other Cd...

Pros: Well built, cheap, and reliable!!!
Cons: A tad slower than the newest drives on the market.

I had been putting off the purchase of a CD-RW drive for some time now. Well, Best Buy had this little beauty for $149 with a $30 rebate. An 8x4x32 CD-RW for $119!!! The software installed with ease and without complication and I was up and burning...

Pros: Easy installation, good software, ease of use, Good price
Cons: Freezes periodically(not often)

When i finally convinced my mom to get me a burner i went into best buy expecting to spend at least $150. I was shocked when i found this one for $120 ($2o mail in rebate)so it came out to about $110. Once i got home installation was a snap. Just pop the...

Pros: Nice design, easy to fit and great support
Cons: missing documentation, bundled software incompatability

This is my second CDRW. I had to buy it in a hurry when my HP7200i gave up. When I opened the box there were no instructions but I just stuck it in the same hole as the HP one came out of and BINGO! Worked as a cd reader no problem.

Came...

Pros: Fast. Quality. Looks cool.
Cons: ??

This is a good CDRW. If you are wondering if you can install one of these, don't wonder. You can. All you have to do is open the computer. Slide the drive in. Hook up the IDE cable (included), then hook up the audio cable. After that you give it power...

Pros: Easy, easy, easy
Cons: None that I know

This is just a short little review, but here is what I would like to say.

The Philips 800 series burner that I bought was an incredibly good investment. I bought it at Best Buy on sale for 89.99 and it had a 30 dollar rebate, so for 60 bucks...

Pros: Easy install, works as expected
Cons: None so far...

I had been putting off buying a CD burner for a while, waiting to find one for the right price. Well, I happened to find this one at BestBuy as a $129 item w/ a $30 rebate, so after all is said and done, I'll have spent $100 for it, and so far, I'm very...

Pros: Great Price, Easy Use, It Works
Cons: None.

Nothing beats a CD writer that costs $40. Out of the 4 or 5 CD drives I have had in computers, this is the best one yet. Previous CD drives I had said they were a speed, but never performed at that speed. This drive does what it says. It reads CDs...

Pros: ease of installation, use, and trouble free operation
Cons: Online support non-existent (though never needed it !!)

Always wanted to buy a CDRW drive for sometime but did not want to spend more than $100 ... and thanks to some very good rebates ... I got this Philips PC 800 Internal CDRW for $99.99 from Best Buy !!!

Installation : Very Easy .. just follow...

Pros: PRICE, reliability
Cons: n/a

to anyone considering buying an HP or other top-of-the-line CDRW, i just have one question: WHY?? this philips CDRW is every bit as good and reliable as an HP, and costs considerably less. i should know, i have an HP at work. i can tell no difference...

Pros: Reliable!!!
Cons: poorly written installation instructions

Although the Philips installation instructions leave MUCH to be desired, I am highly pleased with its performance.
The only strange thing with this drive is that you have to install drivers before installing the unit (most CD drives don't need...

Pros: Easy to use,Comes with Adaptec software.Inexpensive.
Cons: Takes 9 minutes or longer to burn. Software does not convert mp3's to wav files.

I purchased this item as I needed to be ablee to have back up files saved. Regular floppys just didn't cut the mustard. I also download mp3's and needed a way to make them playable on my car cd player.

I saw an ad for this at Staples.com for...

Pros: Cheap and Easy to use!
Cons: None

This drive is awesome, it is all you need in a CD-RW drive not to slow or not to fast at 8X4X32. The main reason I purchased this drive was because of its cheap price at $179.99 and in the store I wondered why it was so cheap but looked like a good...