Our friends from CDRLabs have posted a review on the AOpen COM5232/AAH 52/32/52/16 CD-RW/DVD-ROM. While AOpen has started to focus on the growing DVD writer market, they've continued to develop CD-RW and combo drives with new features and faster reading and writing speeds.
| Part of conclusion: Highs: - Features 52x CD-R and 32x CD-RW writing speeds
- Reads DVD-ROM's at 16x
- Supports DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW media
- Very good DAE speeds
- Good seek times
- Features buffer underrun protection
- Supports the Mt. Rainier format
- Good selection of writing and rewriting speeds
- Includes software from Ahead Software and CyberLink
- Supports 99 minute media
- Interchangeable bezels
- Affordably priced
Lows: - Had a hard time reaching its rated speeds when reading pressed and CD-R discs
- High media requirements
- Has a 2048KB buffer
- Does not include any blank media
- Documentation could be better
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Read the entire review over at CDRLabs and discuss the drive in our Recording Hardware Forum.
Source: CDRLabs.com
