HotHardware articles on the topic of CD

by Jason Gibson - Fri, Jul 16, 2004

Good evening friends, welcome back to HH. In case you missed it, we just posted a review of MSI's latest drive, the XA52P CD-RW DVD-ROM Serial ATA Combo. Coming bundled with three interchangeable face-plates and a Serial ATA interface, this drive surely hosts some unique features. Click the link above to check it out... Ultra... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Fri, Jul 16, 2004

MSI XA52P CD-RW+DVD-ROM Serial ATA Combo Drive

A few years back, if you wanted the best of DVD playback and CD burning, you had to buy separate drives for each task. With the advent of combo drives hitting the mainstream market, however, users can now get top-notch CD and DVD performance from a single optical device. MSI's XA52P for example, reads DVD-ROM discs at 16x, writes... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Tue, Jul 06, 2004

Samsung Syncmaster LCD, Thermaltake Cooler, ATi AIW and More...

Good evening friends, welcome back! The news flow has slowed down for the evening, but we still have a few tasty articles for you to sink your teeth into. So, go grab yourself a cold drink, toss in some tunes and kick back with the HH Nightcap... Samsung Syncmaster 173P 17-inch LCD Display Review @... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Mon, May 31, 2004

Spire Cooler, Mousegrips, Samsung 192MP LCD and More

Good afternoon friends, how are you doing? Sorry about the delay in news today, I had to jet to my parents house yesterday to help resolve some computer issues. Nevertheless, I home safe a sound and have a pile of news for you to absorb... Spire Cooler SkiveStream 3 @ HardwareHounds.com "As processors get faster, they... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Sun, May 02, 2004

LCD Harness, nForce3, Moblie GPU's and other Various Case Goodies

Good afternoon everyone; Sorry about the lack of news yesterday, but my ISP was down *grumbles*. Subsequently, we have quite a bit of news for you today. So, in the interests of time, here is your weekend news... Steelpad Wire Holder Review @ CreativeMods.com "Today I... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Wed, Apr 28, 2004

Memory, PSU, Laptop, LCD Display and Other Various Goodies

Oh, look you are back :) I am in the middle of resolving some issues with an article I am writing, but I figured I would take a five minute breather to toss up some news for all of you. So, with out further delay, here is some more of the good stuff... PMI 1GIG DDR400 Platinum Turbo Dual Channel Memory Kit Review @ Tweaknews.net... Read more...

by Jeff Bouton - Fri, Apr 23, 2004

LCDs, Headphones, Cases and a Dash of Opinion.

Hey gang. It looks like this is a sleepy Friday with little happenings in the hardware world. We've got a few items for you and hopefully more will roll in later. This will be my last post for a few weeks. By this time next week I hope to be moving in to my new place in North Carolina. My focus will be to get... Read more...

by Jason Gibson - Wed, Apr 21, 2004

Intel SATA Press Release, Samsung LCD Display and HTPC Goodness....

Good morning friends, welcome back to HH. Today I took a sick-day in hopes of kicking this flu that has been hanging around for the past while. *shakes head* I don't understand my immune system; I will be fine all winter but as soon as summer comes, BAMN, I get sick. Maybe my body is so used to the... Read more...

by HH Editor - Thu, Aug 07, 2003

Teac CDW552E CDRW Drive

The Teac CD-W552E 52x24x52 CD-RW Drive Pushing the CD-R Limits By, Jeff Bouton August 7th, 2003 It's hard to believe how far technology has advanced over the last decade. I can remember getting my first CD-ROM drive that came with a Sound Blaster audio card. That was the ultimate addition to my Wang 386/16MHz computer system. ... Read more...

by HH Editor - Tue, Jul 15, 2003

Plextor Premium 52/32/52 Internal CDRW Drive

The Plextor Premium 52/32/52 Hi-Performance Internal CD-RW Drive Exceptionally Fast Performance For Professionals Jason R. Gibson July 14, 2003 With the recent introduction of recordable DVD drives, it seems like recordable CD drives may soon become a thing of the past. In hopes of maximizing their impact on this slowly declining... Read more...

by HH Editor - Tue, Jun 24, 2003

Artec 52X 24X 52X CDRW Series

The Artec 52X 24X 52X CD-RW Series The drive is on fire, we don't need no water, let that baby burn! By Tom Laverriere June 24, 2003 CD-RW drive technology has come a long way from its prehistoric introduction at 2X burn speeds. The first CD-RW drives in the mainstream took up to thirty minutes to burn a disc and it was pretty... Read more...

by HH Editor - Thu, Mar 13, 2003

MSI CR52A2 52X CDRW Drive

The MSI CR52-A2 - 52X CD-RW Drive Breaking the speed barrier at 52X By Tom Laverriere March 14, 2003 The first CD-RW drive I ever bought was an 8X4X32X unit for around $200 beans and I thought it was amazing how fast that thing could burn CD's. It took me only about 10 minutes to burn a full disc of songs. I was loving life. ... Read more...

by HH Editor - Sun, Dec 29, 2002

Plextor PlexWriter 48/24/48U External HiSpeed USB 2.0 CDRW

The Plextor PlexWriter 48/24/48U External Hi-Speed USB 2.0 CD-RW Drive Speedy Burning On The Go Jay Gibson December 29, 2002 Since their debut in 1990, Plextor has been striving to make a name for themselves as one of the top-producing optical storage device manufactures in the market. Their introductions of generations of award-winning... Read more...

by HH Editor - Fri, Dec 13, 2002

Asus CRW5224A 52X CDRW Drive!

The Asus CRW5224A - 52X CDRW Drive The fastest rated burn speed on the planet.. for now. By Dave Altavilla December 13, 2002 It seems as though CDRW Drive technology is evolving as fast, if not faster, than Hard Disk technology these days. It's amazing to think that CD Burning speeds are now on par with Read speeds. However,... Read more...

by HH Editor - Mon, Nov 11, 2002

Plextor 48x24x48 CDRW Drive

The Plextor 48x24x48 CD-RW Drive Burning CDs Faster Than Ever Before... By, Marco Chiappetta November 12, 2002 Plextor recently released their newest flagship CD-RW drive, the PlexWriter 48/24/48A. Obviously, just by looking at the name, it's clear that this drive should offer increased reading and writing speeds over Plextor's... Read more...

by HH Editor - Sat, Mar 09, 2002

Plextor PlexWriter 40/12/40A CDRW Drive

The Plextor PlexWriter 40/12/40A CD-RW Drive Cutting CDs as fast as you can play them 3/10/02 - By Dave Altavilla As of late, CD-R technology has been keeping pace with the type of blinding speed of technological development that exist in the PC Graphics market. One could easily draw a comparison between the product development... Read more...

by HH Editor - Fri, Mar 08, 2002

Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A CDRW Drive

The Plextor PlexWriter 16/10/40A CD-RW Drive Quick cuts and speedy reads... 4/4/01 - By Dave Altavilla You've got to love the PC and PC Peripherals Market. I don't know of any other industry that releases new products and technology with such a fevered pace, such that obsolescence is a way of life, with next generation product... Read more...