CenDyne Lightning V 52/24/52 CD-RW, good or not?

[geminiguy]

I've been wanting to purchase a new CDRW and the CenDyne Lightning V 52/24/52 CD-RW looks very promising. Does anyone actually own one though? If so, does it live upto it's expectations?



Trying to get there, but seems to be no shortcut!<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by geminiguy on 04/20/03 08:48 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[bum_jcrules]

I almost did. Let me explain...

Cendyne does not make the drives. They are made by at least 4 different companies and there could be as many as 8 companies.

Lite-On
Ben-Q
...
...
...

If you can check the back of the packaging you can see the model number. Each model number is the actual model number of the manufacture. So you can find a really good drive but you can also get a piece of junk. If you are looking to buy it online... Don't! because you cant check to see if you got a good drive.

OfficeMax normally has them on sale once in a while. I went to three stores looking for the Lite-On drive. No luck.

*shrug


There are a lot of forums on the net where you can learn more. Just do a search via www.dogpile.com or some other engine.


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[dinkster9]

I don't like cendyne, basically for the reason stated below, they don't make the drives, they just market them. So one out of the 8 people making the drives for them might be okay, the other 7 are total crap. Funny how office max carries that line of products because they must get alot of rma's on them. I haven't used one myself, so i won't be too harse on them. I will, however, mention that my friend bought a 48x16x48 cendyne or something close to that speed(can anyone really burn at 48x?...lol and it worked for about 30 minutes out of the box. might have been a driver problem, but the drive itself didn't do a good job burning cd's. BUT 1 bad experience doesn't make all their products crap. Just thought i would tell you my experience so you can weigh it against anyone else who bothers to repost here.



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[bum_jcrules]

I found you a link that goes over what I stated about Cendyne.

<A HREF="http://www.cdrlabs.com/reviews/index.php?reviewid=160&page=Features" target="_new">Clickity Click Click</A>




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[smitbret]

I've got a Cendyne Lightning 48x16x48 that I paid $19.99 for at Officemax. Great drive, but that's cuz I got the Lite-On. Check the numbers, if it's a Lite-On, then grab it. I love mine. Otherwise, like everyone else said, stay away.
-Brett