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Review Ratings	Citation	CS Credibility Rating	CD Burners Ratings Comments on Reviews
1. PC World >> Details/Subscribe	Top 10 CD-RW Drives Editors of PC World May 2003		PC World's evaluations of CD-RW drives are incredibly thorough. Drives are tested on speed by writing a 100 MB file to a CD-RW and ripping 320 MB of audio tracks. Software and support is also evaluated. Two LG Electronics drives on this chart earn a Best Buy rating. One is the LG GCC-4480B, which editors say "provides the best balance of price, performance and support policies." The other is the GCE-8520B, which is fast and well supported by the manufacturer. Like most reviewers, PC World has shifted coverage to DVD burners, and models have been discontinued.
2. PC Magazine >> Details/Subscribe	Four High-Speed CD-RW Drives Loyd Case July 3, 2003		Like most other publications, PC Magazine has turned to rating and reviewing DVD burners. This is the most recent roundup we found of 52X CD-RW drives. No overall winner is declared, but editors make a good case for the Samsung SM-352BRNS. There are no reviews of currently available CD burners.
3. Newegg.com	CD/DVD Burners & Media Contributors to Newegg.com As of Jan. 2008		Newegg.com is a retailer that lets owners review products. This site caters to computer builders and IT techs, so reviews here tend to be more knowledgeable than some. Several owners of OEM drives write that you don't get instructions or a manual -- an aspect misunderstood by some buyers. If you need instructions and software, go for a retail drive. This is one of the few places to find reviews of currently available CD burners.
4. Amazon.com	CD-RW Drives Contributors to Amazon.com As of Jan. 2008		Only a few drives receive reviews at Amazon.com. Newegg.com is a better source overall for reviews. Most of the drives at Amazon.com are DVD burners.
5. How Stuff Works.com	How CD Burners Work Tom Harris Not Dated		If you are interested in the technology behind CD burners, this seventeen-part article is for you. It discusses in detail how CDs work and how to burn CDs.
6. Epinions	CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drives Contributors to Epinions As of Jan. 2008		There are a handful of owner-written reviews here for CD-RW drives, but many discontinued models are also included in the list. The top choices are combo units, but most get only one review, so this site isn’t very helpful.
7. CDRLabs.com	Hardware Reviews Editors of CDRLabs.com As of Jan. 2008		This site started out by evaluating CD burners. Currently, they are an excellent source for reviews on DVD burners. No CD burners have been tested since 2003 and the older reviews of CD burners are no longer available.
8. CNet.com	Hard Drives and Burners Editors of CNet.com As of Jan. 2008		The most recently written reviews here on CD burners date from Feb. 2004. CNet.com has shifted to covering DVD burners.