Summary
MSI, a company known for their motherboards and video cards has broadened their computer hardware product line to include several DVD writers.
The DR4-A DVD writer features a 4X DVD+R write speed and is considered a value at just $115 dollars. What separates this drive apart from other manufacturers is the beefed up specifications such as an 8MB buffer and a promising software bundle.
But specifications aren't everything in the hardware world. Read on to see if this 4X burner can perform up to its specifications.
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Other than the DVD finalizing problem we encountered, the DR4-A performed exceptionally well in all of our other tests.

by m.bressers on October 16, 2007:
“I have my dr4-a for some years no and did not experience any problems burning CD-Rom or CD+Rom, however burning DVD's is impossible because it does not finalise at all. Tried different types of burning software but all gave the same disappointing results.” More...