Positive:

• Good retail and software package
• Supports Bitsetting for DVD+R/RW/DL media    
• Supports CD/RW writing at 48x/32x        
• Supports DVD±R/±R DL/RAM writing at 18x/8x/12x
• Reads DVD+R/+RW/+DL at 16x/12x/12x
• Reads DVD-ROM SL/DL at 16x/12x
• Supports DVD+RW/-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Can write DVD±R certified media at higher speed
• Quiet operation for an External Unit
• Very good/Excellent writing quality on the tested media
• Solid construction

        Negative:

• Reads DVD-Video (CSS) at only 8x
• Does not overspeed 8x media
• Does not support disc quality scanning
• Does not support Mt. Rainer

Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:

The main positive points: Following our tests we found that this drive is a very good Multi DVD burner. The Memorex MRX-525GE is called “Multi DVD Burner” since it supports recording on all available media formats including CD-R/RW, DVD±R/±RW, DVD±R Double/Dual Layer, and DVD-RAM.  It is packed with a comprehensive software suite from Nero Burning ROM 7 which is worth the extra retail price.

The 18x DVD+R and DVD-R writing on our media produced very good quality burns.  The drive writes CD-R media fast with very good quality and performed exceptionly at writing to CDR.  The MRX-525GE proved to produce very good quality burns with all the DVD+R/RW media in our testing.  DVD-RAM with read and writing support at 12x is a very nice feature. The Advanced Tests specify that the Memorex MRX-525GE drive can be categorized as a “Two Sheep” writer, which implies that it should be sufficient for backing up copy protected discs.

The main negative points: There are few issues that we would like to mention and see them improved. The Memorex MRX-525GE reads DVD-Video SL/DL at 8x speed while other competitors can read them at faster speeds.  Improvements are also needed in the area of CD-RW write quality. The writing quality is poor showing the presence of C2 errors for CD-RW.

So to sum it all up, this is what we would say: "The Memorex MRX-525GE burned all the supported media types very well, it’s fast and quiet operation will make it welcome in anyone’s system."

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we found the drive listed at $72.14 USD (February 2007).

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