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HP DVD-Writer DVD100i review

7.0

Editors' Rating

Very Good

Typical price:£ 549

Verdict

The DVD100i is an excellent, speedy drive for backup or for authoring DVD movies that will work in newer players. However, it can't match a DVD-R drive for compatibility with older drives and players... Read Full Review.

Pros

  • Burns video or data on rewritable media
  • Faster than competing DVD-R drives
  • Also writes CD-RW and CD-R media.

Cons

  • DVD+RW media are not compatible with older drives and players
  • Doesn't support forthcoming DVD+R media.

Key Specs

CD read / write / rewrite speed: 32x / 12x / 10x
DVD read / write / rewrite speed: 8x / 2.4x / 2.4x

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