#Pinnacle CD
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Does anyone here have any knowledge about the Pinnacle RCD-1000 ? It
is the "three drives in one"…1)A recordable CD system, 2)A double
speed CD-ROM player and 3)Tape backup Replacement. {as they
claim} Any help would be appreciated….thanks.
I don't have any additional information than what is advertised. I am
also interested in the unit as the list price just dropped from $1995
to $1695.
No. Don't get the drive if you are serious about CD. Plenty of problems
reported by very angry users.
I cancelled mine just in time 🙂
ana /krazy images
Do you have any suggestions on a quality cost-effective Recordable CD
unit? So far the most recommended (to me anyway) unit is Kodak's
teamed with Corel's CD writing software. This solution is over
double the Pinnacle-Micro's cost, ouch!
If you want to get top advice from someone who has researched this
field deep and hard, then I am sure that your future investment will
be safe if you talk with Paul Lind. He is the authority here about CD
authoring. Dr. Paul, are you there? <g>
Bob:
I noticed Saturday that the current news-stand issue of PUBLISH magazine has a
review of CD-R drives — you might want to pick up a copy.
Dave
Thanks for the tip on Publish, Barnes and Noble is right across the
street.
Also, Bob, the latest issue of Digital Video magazine (that just came) has a
review of 7 CD-R Pre-Mastering packages, with a list of all the drives they
support. The list of supported drives is as follows:
Yamaha CDR100
Phillips CDD521 & Kodak PCD200
Phillips CDD522 & Kodak PCD225
Sony CDW900E
Sony CDU9205 (a new low-cost double speed recorder only supported by one
package currently, but most will no doubt add it)
Plasmon RF4100
Kodak PCD600
JVC XRW100
JVC XRW200
Ricoh R56200
I'll be interested in any conclusions you come to, as I'm figuring on getting
us one within a 6-12 month time frame, for use mainly as an archiving method.
Dave
David:
Just got the DV mag with the review of the CD-R packages. I really just need
an archive solution which has a reasonable chance of being compatible with most
PC's. A lot of the hardware/software solutions have capabilities which exceed
my needs, not that this is a bad thing but I'm fearful of spending twice as
much money as I really need to. One thing that I'll look for in the reviews is
how forgiving a machine might be with regards to destroying those $20+ blank
disks. Getting a CD-R machine working properly can mean blowing through a pile
of those suckers. If I find out anything worthwhile I'll zing it past you.
Bob
What type of problems are people reporting??? More info!!!