NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With 5X DVD-RAM Write 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Beige IDE/ATAPI Model ND-4570A BG - OEM

Pros: Came home today, tray will not close, seems some kind of interlock and tray timing is off, worked great for a few weeks but now is a lemon.

Cons: I'd look elsewhere, this is the 2nd NEC cd drive I have had failed. The 1st lasted 2 years than the laser I believe went out, this one I figured was a good value but now that in 30 or so burns it's got a track mechanism failure I'd say spend elsewhere

Overall Review: My last NEC drive. Tech support is poor, they only allow certain brands for support, they leave it up to the aftermarket parties to provide support. Why not just provide no support, it's all you get anyhow

Pros: I own the ND-4571A version with LabelFlash. This burner works great. I use the RAM drive portion all the time and do not have a need for InCD or Drag and Drop from Roxio. As with any burner some media works better than others, but all in all it burns fast and accurate.

Cons: None Yet. Oh ya. We need LabelFlash drives here in the US. The quality is better than Lighscribe. Only NERO 7 Premium uses Labelflash right now. Nero 7 Ultra does not. NERO 7 Premium is the English European version.

Overall Review: Having owned past NEC drives, this one is pure pleasure. Looks like they might have put more thought into the burning engine firmware and hardware because this drive performs well. Hope I feel the same in 2 months.

Pros: Fast Reliable Inexpensive Super-Multi drive Quality

Cons: NEC still uses a green LED for both read and write

Overall Review: It's taken a long time (almost 9 months!) for NEC to finally make its SuperMulti drives available in the USA, and DVD-RAM media are still relatively expensive. Haven't tried the DVD-RAM capability yet, so I can't comment on it.

Pros: Can burn any type of media. More than enough for my needs.

Cons: Not at fast as one would expect. I can hardly get a x6 on a DVD and a x28 on a CD.

Overall Review: Works and thats good enough.

Pros: Plug n play. Works great!

Cons: None

Overall Review: Have burned several DVD & CD. No problems.

Pros: Fast and cheap.

Cons: None

Overall Review: I plugged it in and it worked. Have burned lots of CDs and DVDs with no problem.

Pros: Quiet and stable, nothing else. Burns good CDs. If only it worked properly, it would have been good.

Cons: Defective on arrival - unable to recognize any DVD-Rs for burning, even when it's listed on the supported media list.

Overall Review: This drive is effectively no better than just another DVD combo drive. After two consequetive bad experiences with NEC, it's lack of support, and it's product oddities, I've completely lost faith in this company.

Pros: It's fast. It's versatile.

Cons: Has trouble with the Verbatim DVD-Rs I've bought, can write them at 16x, but playback of video is often impossible. Also it can't recognize some of the medium grade DVDs my previous Pioneer DVR-108 made. Lastly this thing noisily spins up and down with some disks as well when they're just sitting in the drive.

Overall Review: I hoped this would be as good as the reviews for the last generation NEC-3550A, but obviously it needs a firmware upgrade at least.