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Ok I am looking for a great CD-ROM drive w/ a fantastic burner CD-R CD-RW and a DVD player and a DVD-R DVD-RW they are called like 6 in 1 drives or something does anyone know where you can get these cheap? Thanks!
 

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Pioneer makes the best - It is not cheap $600-700 usually, but sometimes less. This is the same drive called the "superdrive" in Macs.

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Yah, the <A HREF="http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/CDA/Industrial/IndustrialProductDetails/0,1444,21838,00.html" target="_new">pioneer dvr-a04</A>.

<i>Pioneer's DVR-A04 drive writes and reads DVD-RW, DVD-R, CD-R and CD-RW media, and also reads CD-ROM and DVD-ROM discs. The drive offers up to 4.7GB of storage capacity on a single sided DVD disc. Pioneer's DVR-A04 also provides wider compatibility, higher speeds, lower noise, UDMA33 support and buffer under-run protection for both CD and DVD recording.</i>

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Take a look at the <A HREF="http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#4.3.1" target="_new">dvd faq</A>.

<i>A big problem is that none of the writable formats are fully compatible with each other or even with existing drives and players. As time goes by they will become more compatible and more intermixed. For example, home video recorders from Pioneer combine DVD-RW and DVD-R, while DVD-R/RW drives from Pioneer can also write to CD-R and CD-RW discs. New DVD-RAM drives also write to DVD-R discs but not to CD-R/RW discs. Toshiba, Panasonic, and others released combination DVD-ROM/CD-RW drives near the end of 1999.</i>

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that compatibility [-peep-] is the only thing that's holding me back from getting the DVD-Burner

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Yah, I'll probably wait too, until they have one or two standards before deciding on what to get.

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