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Ricoh MP5316DA

Wednesday September 08, 2004

Ricoh

$299

Price at time of review.

Second most expensive, Ricoh’s MP5316DA burner really has something to crow about, packing all the major DVD standards in DVD+/-RW support as well as dual layer functionality.

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Second most expensive, Ricoh’s MP5316DA burner really has something to crow about, packing all the major DVD standards in DVD+/-RW support as well as dual layer functionality. While dual layer hasn’t made its real impact yet, this drive’s 16x DVD writing is a good reason to future proof your investment. Our engineering sample was OEM, but software may ship with the retail product. A little more expensive, but worth the extra money, this is tomorrow’s burner today.

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Tags: Ricoh | MP5316DA

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

Panasonic SW-9583-C

Optorite DD1203

Imation IMW523252IA

Iomega Super DVD Writer 12x

LG GSA-4120B

Optorite CW5201

ASUS CRW5232AS

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