Polaroid DVD writer PDRW-4D-IN ... is itany good

[coutch]

Saw it at Fry's for $149 ... dual format +/-
http://www.outpost.com/product/3795236

a bit of searching seems to indicate it's a BurnMax drive (BTC?), but no specs to be found anywhere online ... but it's supported by NTI ...

http://www.ntius.com/default.asp?p=support/supdrives

Has anyone tried one of those ?

[Gees]

It's not listed on this site's collection of Writer info, so not many members, if any, have it, I guess.

Know where I'd go to get the real dirt on "any model anything" I'd consider buying? The manufacturer's support pages. See how thorough support section is - to start. Read the FAQs. Might tip you off to problems/complaints.

And if they have a forum you can read all the rants from any unhappy customers - before you become one.

[coutch]

Already checked that .... neither polaroid.com nor polaroidelectronics.com has any info for this product.

[Gees]

Then simply going by that I'd stay away. If you can't find info now, what would you do if you had a simple question? Or worse, a major problem?

my 2 cents

[almostaborted]

do you live near this fry's or do you plan to order online?

if you actually have gone to fry's you know they have a no questions asked policy on returning any item...if i were you i'd try it out and if you don't like it, return it

[minhin]

My brother in law purchased this dvd for $130 at Fry's. It's pretty good actually. However, be prepared to buy Nero 6.0 because the Roxio that bundled with it aren't designed for DVD movie.

I think if the price of this drives dropped below $100 and you've owned Nero 6.0, I think it's a good buy for dual format DVD +/- R.

[GKar]

You may want to give a look at the AOPEN DVD+RW DRW4410 which is based on the Ricoh MP5240A which lets you do bitsetting. From Newegg.com for $100 delivered it has a 3 year warranty (according to the PCWorld review link from Newegg.com), retail packaged, bitsetting, 4x RW writing, good software. I just ordered one as my Nec 1100a died (fortunately under warranty). Check out the review links in the newegg ad for this drive.

[69Dartman]

Can't resist, Zim and Gir ROCK I've been wondering about that Polaroid too. For a regular walk in and buy type place that's about the best price I've seen as long as the drive supports most media at full speed with decent quality.