News of CD-R/CD-RW Drives

Hi all:
A friend asked me to recommend him an external CDRW but he's only got USB 1.1
Which would you think it'd be the best?

Thanks you all.

Sorry if this has been discussed before (tried searching some...).

for the first time, i'm considering buying a spindle of CDs (rather than 10-packs of jewel cases).

most of the spindles i can find here in stores are no-name brands, brands that aren't mentioned in these forums: GPT, SilverLine, Sky, Office Depot, and a few more i can't recall now. and many of the brands that are discussed aren't sold here in Israel.

i have ...

Hey guys
I am curious, how good are Maxell Color CD-Rs (Ritek) in quality compared to other CD-Rs company?

Also, can someone give me an explanation on this. When I burn a maxell color 40X CD-R, I get a lot lower C1 errors (around 40) compared to when I burn with TY (Memorix 40X) (around 100)? Any idea why this is?
The program to determine the C1 errors was CD Doctor

Thanks for the help ...

cyberdrive is giving me problems still. Buffer Recorder goes like crazy. Jumps from 97, 45, 24, and then it restarts.I have the new firmware for it. DEA is enabled. I have NO IDEA why it does this.

Msi KT4-Ultra
256mb ddr pc2100 crucial
20gb WD HD 5400 rpm
gf3 ti200 64mb video card
Acer 40x cdrom drive
Using Philips 48x blank cd's

I have tried with others cd's a few times like imation, it burns ...

Will a slow cpu limit my write speed significantly?
I have a PII 333 (celeron) with ample RAM (192M), a samsung SW-248F
(2M cache), and am writing at only about 14x (on 40x TY media).

how good are mitsubishi cdr's? they were in my kypermedia 100 pack and they have a light blue dye just like Taiyo yudens.

I am using
Sw-224B with R205 firmware.
Athlon 900 512 PC133 SDRam
120GB Seagate barracuda HDD
HDD on Primary Master
SW-224B on Secondary Master

all attemt to burn a cd-r with dye type 5 resulted in coasters at the very beginning.

Error message with Nero CD Speed Overburning test = Write Error at 00:08:33 -( code 030C00 ) - all the time

All Attemt to burn CD-r with Dye Type 6 resulted in coasters at ...

After rebates, of course.
Anyone know what this drive really is?
Any chance they might be liteons?

Ethan

I just got my lite-on 52/24/52 burner, and I would like to know what cd-r/rw discs that you guys are using. Does the brand matter, or is there anything that I have to know?

Man i fuckin love this cd burner for its price, i have the new cyberdrive cw099. But it fuckin sux for some reason. My computer settings are athlon xp 1700+ oc'd to 1900+, gf3ti200, WD20 GB HD, msi - kt4ultra board, 256 curial ddr memory. When ever i try to burn a cd, the recorder buffer thing goes crazy jumps from 97, to 42, to 25 and then it restarts my computer.. What do you ...