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Hot on the heels of Plextor's new 16/10/40A is Yamaha with its new CRW2100EZ. Offering 16X write, 10X rewrite and 40X read, the CRW2100EZ would seems to match the Plextor in speed but offers a much better bundle of goodies, among them the Neato CD Labeling kit and Adobe PhotoDeluxe. |
While the Plextor makes use of Sanyo's Burn Proof Technology, Yamaha uses their own "Waste-Proof Write Strategy". This exclusive write strategy maximizes stability of the recording environment by combining a large buffer memory (8 Megs in this case), CAV writing support for on-the-fly data backup, and specific fine-tunings to the recording software, resulting in elimination of buffer underruns and waste of media. That's the theory. In real life, Waste-Proof is no match for Burn Proof as the Yamaha drive produced its fair share of coasters.
Feature wise, the CRW2100EZ is as complete as it comes. Everything you need to create your own CDs is here, including a kit for making the CD label. Software wise, you get Adaptec Easy CD Creator, Adaptec Direct CD, Adaptec Toast for you Mac addicts, Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Adobe ActiveShare. It seems like nearly every CD writer comes with Easy CD Creator. Whiles it's a nice program I would like to see it ditched for a more trouble free and feature laden application, like Nero 5.
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The Goods
* Great software bundle
* Full feature
* Easy to install
The Bads
* Waste Proof no match for Burn Proof
* Sensitive to vibration
Guess that "Waste proof technology" isn't as waste proof as they claim it should be...better stick with Plextor
Source: Thetechzone
