Hewlett Packard DVD300i 4x2.4x8 Internal IDE DVD+RW Drive

price: $349.99

SKU: DVD300I

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Product Specification

Feature:: Internal IDE DVD+RW/CD rewritable drive
Features 4x write, 2.4x rewrite, and 8x read speeds for DVD; 16x write, 10x rewrite, and 40x read speeds for CD
2 MB buffer
Includes Cyberlink PowerDVD, Veritas RecordNow, and more
Compatible with Windows 98 SE, 2000, NT 4.0, Me, and XP
Height:: 1.7 inches
Length:: 7.7 inches
Manufacturer:: Hewlett Packard
Model:: DVD300I
NumberOfItems:: 1
ProductGroup:: CE
Title:: Hewlett Packard DVD300i 4x2.4x8 Internal IDE DVD+RW Drive
UPC:: 808736487115
Weight:: 3.0 pounds
Width:: 5.8 inches

Customer Reviews

Full of Troubles

I wish I have some good things to say about my experience with this drive...I got this drive two months ago and am still having problems with it. First of all, the software "RecordNow" is a very limiting wizard-like, step-by-step process. Come on... At some point, your users will grow out of the "novice" stage, right? Why not give us a drag-and-drop GUI for users who know what they are doing? Like in Nero Ahead. This drive automatically "fixiate" my dvd-r disc when I was trying it out... How frustrating...

12/31/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

doesn't work with any other software

Nero, Gear, Deepburner or Roxio....none of them work with this drive. The included software is terrible. I get a "There is a firmware update on the net for this drive, connect now?" Message a few minutes after booting up the drive. There are no firmware updates for this drive. The great thing is when it checks the drive it blows up any burn you are in the middle of and kills a disk. Tech support never got back to me.I am never going to by an HP burner ever again, on the topic of HP drives, all of...

12/15/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Would rather have purchased something else

I've had nothing but problems with this drive. i've been unable to make back-up copies of DVDs & CDs because it will not let me through the copyright protection from the movies or music disc. Has anyone else had this problem & if so please tell me how you corrected it or if i'm stuck with it?...

11/20/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

The best +R/RW DVD burner

Buy this burner, it is the best +R/RW burner in my opinion, I researched for over 3 months before decided on this HP DVD300e (external, dvd300i is internal). I bought this from Dell.com 1 month ago with $90 discount coupons. Very happy with it since. So far I have not had a coaster. Successfully burned with Memorex, HP, Ritek, Meritline.com own brand, Supermediastore.com own brand +R or +RW discs. Don't pay more than $2 for +R disc. and $3 for +RW discs.I can make backup of my DVD movies &play on...

6/1/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

Very good DVD burner

The setup was easy &took me about 2 minutes. The software installation was easy too. Veritas's RecordNow, SimpleBackup, DLA &ArcSoft's ShowBiz DVD authoring softwares are included.I cannot install the DLA because I already has Roxio's Easy CD Creastor 5.3 installed. From reading others' reviews about HP DVD200 (predecessor of this DVD300), there seemed to be many problem about with DLA. I guess HP fixed that. The installation would not allow to install another one of DLA when it detected there was...

6/1/2003 12:00 AM | All Customer Reviews

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