Ricoh Internal CD-RW drive

Pros: Great speed, great price, extremely reliable, helpful (and prompt) tech support, stack of burning options, nice software bundle...
Cons: It can cause problems if you need to replace your motherboard, but the solution is simple enough (when you know how!)

A fully customised music cd in 13 minutes? You bet! This baby burns cd's quickly and reliably, and it'll also read cd's at a good pace too.

I recently gave in and purchased the Ricoh MP7063A from a computer fair that was held near me. The RRP...

Pros: Writes data well, uneventful installation.
Cons: Very slow reading. Appears to require more expensive discs to format properly

I've had the Mediamaster 7040A for about one year now. I've installed it onto two different computer systems without any problem whatsoever. Both were Dell systems, and on both it was set as the slave drive on the same IDE interface as the native DVD...

Pros: Writes in 12.5 minutes, as promised; full-screen DVD playback smooth; writes perfect discs reliably; CD-ROM/R/RW/DVD in only one bay; Tech support was knowledgeable
Cons: Long install time; Difficult to find updated drivers/firmware for the Ricoh drive

I bought the Ricoh MP9060A CD-R/RW/DVD about a month ago and, after finally getting it up and running, am very happy with it. I have been able to write a direct CD copy in about 12.5 minutes as promised, play DVD at full screen smoothly, as well as read...

Pros: knowledgeable phone support with extended hours
Cons: questionable reliability; repair shipment refused

I've worked with two Ricoh CD-RW drives, an MP6200A and an MP7040A. Maybe I just had bad luck, but both drives developed problems within six months of purchase. The 6200 became unable to write CD-Rs, while the 7040 developed intermittent problems...

Pros: makes cd's that work in all cd players
Cons: manual

I got the MP-7060 for christmas and I have made somewhere around 60 cd's I think. I mostly only listen to mixes I burn on cd. I have only made a few coasters and its always the computers fault not the cd writer. Our computer freezes on occasion when...

Pros: Stable, works every time. Complete kit available.
Cons: Now outdated and slow

I call my Ricoh MP6200S CD-RW drive a turtle because the poor thing is old and outdated and slow (2x write speed); but, like the turtle of the fabled race, it wins everytime. It might be slow, but it is steady as a rock and at this stage of the game, I...

Pros: Fairly fast
Cons: High unreliability, poor manufacturing

I must say, even now I'm still bitter about the effectiveness of my Ricoh CD/RW, or lack thereof. I got the drive in the winter of 1999, and after a very easy installation, I was, at the time very impressed with it. This particular drive was a 6x...

Pros: Affordable, reliable
Cons: Slow

This Ricoh drive was purchased quite awhile ago, and only carries a 2x speed for writing, which is considerably slow by current standards. Nevertheless, it has proven extremely reliable, as I have used it for music CD's, data CD's and video CD's with...

Pros: Cheap, works as promised ;-)
Cons: No burnproof, telephone support didn't help

Purchase

I bought this CD writer last november for a friend at Amazon. It was advertized as a Cendyne 32x6x4x (Read, write, rewrite) and came in full retail packaging with cables, screws and the excellent writing software Nero Burning Rom V.5....

Pros: Works every time, easy to use and install, well designed
Cons: absolutely, positively none.

Each time this drive spits out another perfect CD, I congratulate myself on the purchase. I've had the drive for a few months and never had a problem with it. Only two coasters (out of around 50 perfect recordings) were mistakes made by my binary...

Pros: Sturdy, reliable, and irreplaceable
Cons: Slow and outdated

I thought about possibly buying a new CD writer today and stopped myself before I even got the store. I realized that until the day the little green light fizzles and fades away off of my Ricoh drive, will I even consider replacing it.

It's...

Pros: Cheap,Cheap,Cheap and probably the second best IDE CD-RW drive
Cons: Ricoh not known for CD recorder drives

This Ricoh drive is cheap and effective. It comes in two flavours: MP7040A (the retail value) and the RW7040A (the cheaper OEM equivalent). The biggest problem is the manufacturer name. Ricoh simply doesn't have the prestige or popularity of Plextor...

Pros: Seems to be pretty flexible on media
Cons: Horrible software included (CeQuadrant)

I bought this CDRW drive a little while back. It has so far turned out to be an ok drive. I probably would not buy another one however. I'd probably buy an HP drive and pay the extra money.

First of my problems with this drive is the...

Pros: reliable, cheap, quick
Cons: not a huge brand

I bought this drive about 6 months ago, and it has been heaven. I installed it real easily, seriously with no major problems. Started up the computer and it was ready to go! At 4 speed it records a CD in a bit more then 15 minutes. It has really...

Pros: CAN UPGRADE TO 6x4x24!!! and it's cheap too!
Cons: nothing!!

There's one unique feature about this drive that not many people know about... It can be upgraded to 6x4x24!!! This means it is exactly like the MP-7060!!! Go out and buy this drive if they are still out there!! The way it works is that someone has...