HP 22X DVD Writer 1140i

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Lowest Price: $26.99

Record to all major formats on one drive
Get excellent playback compatibility on DVD drives and players * Record video on DVD with your PC, then play it back in your living room
Record and back up critical files on DVD-RAM discs * Record DVDs fast, at up to 22x * Record to single- or double-layer DVDs, as well as DVD-RAMs
Burn your own designer labels on discs with our latest LightScribe technology, version 1.2 * Edit video, create slide shows, and more with the included software
Surprise your family and friends with gifts of slide shows and home movies preserved on discs * Warranty and support: one-year limited; get help toll-free, 24 x 7, or via e-mail in as little time as an hour

About This Product

Internal 22X IDE DVDRW

Dissapointed in HP
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Review: Just a brief a comment or two. The drive itself is fine. Does what it is supposed to do. However, the software that accompanies the drive is a 30 day trial and is frankly... abysmal. Installation is tedious, badly impacted the performance of a good machine, and the audio didn't work. Uninstalling the SW was equally painful... install/uninstall took almost 40 minutes.

Be forewarned... If you don't have a DVD codec on your machine, you will need to purchase one. HP provides no drivers, has no drivers available for download, and provides very little help on their website for this product.

Decent drive for the price
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Review: Did a build for someone and used this drive. No complaints and does the job well.

good burner
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Review: I have now purchased two of these burners and have had no problems with either. They both do what they are supposed to do. The only thing I can't comment on is the Lightscribe because I haven't used it. Everything else works like a charm.

More money than worth
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Review: I bought this drive back in December. I was looking for a decent DVD-RW, Lightscribe was just a bonus. Barely did any burning at all, mostly wanted a DVD-Rom to replace my crappy Phillips one.

Well about 2 weeks ago I noticed the icon on my quickstart for the CD/DC-Rom was showing no cd available which is false considering there is always a disc in there. Turns out it comes online when I start the PC, shows in the BIOS as being there. Windows recognizes it is there. Sadly the drive just stopped spinning up. Even tried to install it in a spare comp to see if it was my PC.

So in short grab this if you want a cheap temp solution, but that is all it is. Also I am very disgruntled with HP. Their idea of support was to tell me to update windows, the only drivers are the windows default drivers, and of course my drive was out of warranty. Oh and they told me to install it in another PC AFTER telling them everything I did above.