Product Description

CenDyne is a marketer of computer peripheral products to the computer and consumer electronics market. CenDyne is rapidly becoming a reliable and recognized supplier all around the world.CenDyne is strategically planning the implementation and development of hardware solutions targeted directly at the personal computer/consumer industry. The personal computer industry has changed not only how the business world works, but also how home users obtain information, educate, as well as entertain them. CenDyne provides products, solutions, and strategies that fit these markets, with the goal of connecting the world by providing the highest quality information, documentation and products.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134906 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Cendyne
• Model: CDICD00134

Features

• High-speed external USB 2.0 CD rewritable drive
• Comes with 40x write, 12x rewrite, and 40x read speeds
• 2 MB buffer
• Includes CenDyne CD mastering software
• Compatible with Windows 2000, Me, and XP

Customer Reviews

support is not good.
Just ordered the Cendyne as referred by cnet.com. Speed seems good but customer support is bad. Product was missing software and for some strange reason it had a MS Small Business Edition cd already loaded in the drive? So either I was sent a return or this cd was in there from the manufacturer. Submitted a trouble ticket with their support inquiring about the missing software and the only reply i got so far was 'please register your product' which i did immediatley but so far 2 weeks have gone by without any reply.

Reliability problems
I bought this drive earlier this year. Setup was easy and it worked well and reasonably fast. Very noisy, however, such that it was like having a big fan next to me. I don't burn that many disks but after 10 months of light usage, it is currently having problems reading and writing. I've made 4 coasters lately and tried using different brands of CDs to no avail. This drive is being replaced with an Iomega Super DVD combo drive.

Never a problem
I use this unit with the software supplied (Nero) with Win2K, on a 3-year-old desktop. I NEVER have had a problem. On the other hand, I struggled for 2 years with a far more expensive unit and CD Creator 5 (and all its patches and updates), and got nothing but frustration.

Others have mentioned the speed issue: remember that the fastest advertised recording speed is only possible with USB 2.0, not 1.0, and when recording only some types of files.