HP DVD-Writer DVD200i drive
Editors' rating
Excellent
8.0
out of 10
- The good: Fast DVD+RW rewritable and DVD+R recordable performance; also writes to CD-R and CD-RW; reads all current DVD media types.
- The bad: Emergency-eject hole accepts only small-diameter paper clips.
- The bottom line: Though the compatibility of DVD+Rs with other hardware is still unproven, the DVD200i is a fast all-in-one optical drive and excellent for both backing up your system and for mastering DVDs.
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- Review date: 5/22/02
- Update date: 5/22/02
Performance chart of HP DVD-Writer DVD200i drive
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Data-write tests Time, in minutes, to perform tasks (shorter bars indicate better performance)
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Movie-write tests Movie files vary in size due to different compression rates, so write speed is measured in MB per second (longer bars indicate better performance)  |
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Read tests Time, in minutes, to perform tasks (shorter bars indicate better performance)
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While the DVD200i runs neck and neck or slightly behind the Sony DRU120A DVD+RW on many tests, it's a virtuoso at movie mastering, and it outperforms the Pioneer DVD-RW drive at every turn.
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