jan70 used our news submit to tell us about this 8x dual format review he spotted over at CDRlabs. Although, we know that faster drives are on the horizon, according to this report, you can find this DVD burner for around 90 bucks, amazing.
|  Best Buy Award Highs:
- Writes to DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x
- Writes to DVD-RW and DVD+RW media at 4x
- Reads single layer DVD-ROM"s at 12x
- Reads DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW media at 8x
- Good transfer speeds with pressed and CD-R media
- Features JustLink buffer underrun protection
- Good selection of writing and rewriting speeds
- Includes software from Ahead Software, Ulead, MedioStream and CyberLink
- Good CD and DVD writing quality
- Writes to select 4x DVD-R and DVD+R media at 8x
- Affordably priced
 Lows:
- Reads DVD videos at only 5x
- Rips audio CD"s at only 32x
- Rewrites at only 16x
- Problems recognizing discs larger than 90 minutes
- Doesn"t support the Mt. Rainier format
- Problems reading scratched CD"s
- Only a 2MB buffer
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Be sure of course to check out the entire in-depth review over at CDRLabs to learn more about this AOpen DRW8800/AAN 8x DVD±RW drive. But then, you may want to pay a visit to our Recording Hardware Forums and take a peek at some thoughts on a lot of different drives out there.
Source: CDRLabs
