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Optorite CW5201

Wednesday September 08, 2004

Bluechip Infotech

$79

Price at time of review.

Much more efficient at reading CDs than writing them, Optorite took second place in our read tests, pipped by the Imation by a mere three seconds.

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Much more efficient at reading CDs than writing them, Optorite took second place in our read tests, pipped by the Imation by a mere three seconds. This is despite the manufacturer claim of 120ms to the other company’s lower 80 to 90ms times. A solid bundle of Nero 6, InCD and PowerDVD 5 rounds out this package nicely. While this is the most aesthetically pleasing optical drive we came across, it’s not the cheapest going, but a winner if you do more CD reading than burning.

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Tags: Optorite | CW5201

This article appeared in the October, 2004 issue of PC Authority.

Products also reviewed in the Group Test Labs roundup: Optical drives: Introduction:

Aopen CRW5232

Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Digital DVDXRW1248-069

Samsung Writemaster TS-H542

Samsung SW-252

Ricoh MP5316DA

Panasonic SW-9583-C

Optorite DD1203

Imation IMW523252IA

Iomega Super DVD Writer 12x

LG GSA-4120B

ASUS CRW5232AS

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