PHILIPS Black 8X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 4X DVD+R DL 8X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 8X DVD-ROM 24X CD-R 24X CD-RW 24X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE Slim DVD Burner - OEM

Pros: There is no Pros 99 percent of computers Dont Reconize this and wont install it.

Cons: Everything philips refuses to have software upgrades and solve the install Problems

Pros: None

Cons: This drive does not operate in 3 different laptops that I tried it in. Two of the computers I tried - wouldn't even recognize the drive in the CMOS. There is no available support for this drive - so don't even bother looking. You'll only read about the problems that the whole world is having with this drive.

Pros: Fast shipping?

Cons: Philips doesn't support this drive any more, so it's impossible to get a hold of the firmware. Wouldn't work in any operating system, no way, no how.

Pros: It looks good on paper: cheap and fast.

Cons: Philips brand, and everything that comes with it. It came DOA, after troubleshooting for 3 *entire* days. I tried to run firmware flash utilities, find drivers (which don't exist), and anything else that worked for people, but none of the above could detect the drive. BIOS did not recognize it, and Philips tech support failed to tell me until the third day that this signifies a hardware problem.

Overall Review: Philips has perpetually disappointed me, and I will never purchase another one of their products.

Pros: Very good value at current price, good burn speeds.

Cons: The drive comes configured as a "slave", must be changed in firmware to "master" to work with many laptops. The Inspiron I installed it in did not see the drive, so I had to put it in an old HP that recognized it long enough to change the master/slave setting with eeprom utility 3.7.2.

Overall Review: Free tool to fix the issue (eeprom utility 3.7.2) available at codeguys.rpc1.org/utilities

Pros: Perfect fit,looks like exactly like my regular cd drive.Worked right out of the box.Already Burned 4 dvds.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: This is a great burner for the price.

Pros: good drive easy install reads all formats writes really well good price.

Cons: Must change from default slave setting to master or you will not be able boot from the drive on some notebooks. Contact philips.support@pldsnet.com for the utility program to change settings

Overall Review: Philips supports this product

Pros: Great Price, works as promised.

Cons: Can be noisy at times, but only under heavy usage.

Overall Review: dont mind the cons, seriously.....I remember a few years ago, when all drives sounded like an airplane. :) This one isnt bad at all, and for around $20 and free shipping, "who cares" Enjoy, Thanks Newegg for the free shipping!