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You chose a drive that did not have, nor did it claim to be, Burnproof. That's not Philips' fault...if you expected a Burnproof drive, it would have been a good idea to look for a drive with "Burnproof" clearly stated on the box, or in an ad. >>
Ahh yes, but like I said, "I can't believe they still MAKE drives that are not BURNproof".. This was my first CD writer drive. I didn't know a whole lot about them and only had a day or so to buy with the rebate. When my first CD was spat out of the machine and a window told me "The burn process was interrupted while write was in progress, disk is ruined" I laughed out loud!! I can't imagine that if anything slows down the drive from spinning, there is a DMA delay, etc... the "dumb" CD writer will just "give up" and ruin the disk! Can you imagine if your hard drive worked like this??! OOPS there was an error on that read, now the platter is destroyed.. HAH. I certainly *DO* fault Philips for making a slow, buggy, outdated, shoddy piece of hardware like this and then slapping a brand name on it. Just as I blame Magnavox (a Philips company) for making a TV that can't change channels without the remote! (Yes, our high school bought like 25 of them a few years back) Did they come with the guarantee that you could change channels on the box? That is not the point! The point is that is a ridiculous lack of a feature and so is BURNproof! And I will flame any company that passes off shoddy second hand labor as a quality brand name good. I guess I should have saved my money and bought a Mitsumi, those things are rock solid, cheap, and they don't even advertise the things. If I got this drive for $8 like I was supposed to, I wouldnt be complaining. But for $48, yes, I am complaining!