Philips PC 800 Series Internal CDRW

Pros: great system, good usage
Cons: none

I bought my Philips CDRW 800 to use when it was clear that I need to transfer my files onto CD's instead of clinging to diskettes as I had previously. I went into Best Buy and they had this one on sale for like $179 and had a rebate, so I just bought it...

Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: 74 minute or 80?

Finding a need to add another CD-R(W) to my home, I set out to purchase a brand name drive for under $100 for reasons I outline below.



This opinion pertains to the Philips CDRW 800 Series (804) using firmware v2.2, on a...

Pros: Easy to use, fun and enjoyable
Cons: Might be too slow for impatient people

I honestly don't know why I chose this product, but I'm glad I did. I wanted to buy a cd burner for a long time. My friend has had one for a long time and he really puts it use. I decided to get one after I realized how nice it would be, and how much...

Pros: Great price, easy to install
Cons: Could be faster, not SCSI

When I bought my Dell Dimension 8100 computer, I opted not to get a CD-RW drive with it. Why? I thought I could save $60 and scavenge an old drive from my brother. Then I ran across the Philips PCRW804 Internal IDE 8x/4x/32x CD-RW drive at a...

Pros: Well constructed, quiet
Cons: None

I received the Philips CD-RW drive for Christmas as a gift, and I couldn't be happier with it! The quality is excellent, the software installation was flawless and it works beautifully.

I've used a few different CD-RWs over the years and have...

Pros: low price, decent performer, flash bios, 2mb buffer, easy install, cheap media
Cons: fast, but faster is available, real basic software package

I wanted a rewritable cd drive to backup my hundreds of digital photos and also some important data that had been clogging up a large number of floppy disks. CD burners require a relatively fast computer with a large hard drive to store temporary files....

Pros: easy installation, drive physically looks good
Cons: bad customer service

I write this message as I hold on the telephone line waiting to speak with my fifth Philips customer service representative today. In short, I'm not happy with my Philips CDRW804.

I received this CDRW as a Christmas gift and as of yet, I've...

Pros: Low price, quality construction, quiet operation
Cons: Adaptec software

To relieve my hard drive of its numerous Napster files, I decided it was time to purchase a CD Burner. I compared brands, read epinions and was between the Philips 800 Series and entry-level Sony Spressa. I went to Best Buy and both drives were within...

Pros: price, looks
Cons: old model - slow and problematic, does strange things

1. What's inside
The Philips CDRW 800 series comes with Adaptec Direct CD and Easy CD Creator software, and there was also a bonus - Ejay software included in the pack. Ejay is a music-creating program - not the best one. Easy CD Creator is one of...

Pros: Comes with easy-to-use software bundle
Cons: Caused problems with my webcam (solved by moving capture card to another slot)

I have a 100 meg Zip Drive that came with my computer, but as far as using it for backups, it sucks - the money right of your pocket, that is! Those zip disks ain't cheap! I also have had 2 zip disks go south on me, and I lost all the data that was on...

Pros: Speed, Prince, Reliability
Cons: None as of yet

When I received the Phillips PC800, I was both excited and worried at the same time. Excited because I've wanted one for a long time, but worried that I wouldn't know how to install it. My worries were not needed.

Within an hour I installed it...

Pros: Inexpensive, Very accurate, Easy to install, overall great drive!
Cons: Junky Adaptec software with it.

This little cdrw rocks! Although the software that comes with this drive is horrible (adaptec cd creator 4 standard) the drive is great! I highly recommend using another CD burning program like NERO with this drive. It installed quickly, and has burned...

Pros: A great price, Good performance, Easy Installation.
Cons: Picky about CDR media.

I bought this CD-Writer for about $100.00 (after rebates) from BestBuy.
Its a great price for a 8X CD-Writer. Hardware installation was a breeze.
I installed it on a Windows 95 machine. This CD writer came with the
Adaptec CD recording...

Pros: Easy to install; comes with great software; burns quickly
Cons: None

I got the Philips 8x CDRW last Christmas and within fifteen minutes of opening it, I had it installed and running. Installation was a snap - most users should have little problem. The software installation was just as easy.

The software...

Pros: Easy install, solid speed and quality, inexpensive, cool color!
Cons: Takes 10 mins vs 4 mins on a 24x to burn. No biggie.

**Updated** **Jan 20, 2002**

Geez Quasar, why did I get a "helpful" rating only? *Sniff*

Anyway, I noticed that Philips has updated the firmware for this drive, up to version 2.5, and I've flashed the burner. Lo and behold,...