JOBO CP 200 Apacer Disc Steno review:
1 stars (Don't purchase from mobileplanet!!!) - MobilePlanet, Inc. ,



My wife purchased the disc Steno CP200 (MP500251) as a Christmas gift for me from MobilePlanet, Inc. The remote control which came with the unit did not work. I have made several attempts to contact your office by phone. I was put on hold for hours on end even though the message on play on your technical support line keeps repearing that I am first on on line. I have written several emails to your office without getting a response.



I am disappointed with your service and will be posting a review of your store on Amazon. com where the equipment was purchased.
4 stars (Great Gizmo!) - September 2006: Worked flawlessly straight out of the box & without reading the manual. VERY FAST even in "secure" mode, which verifies the data. Good disc spanning technology when inserting cards that have more data than a CD can hold. It burned & verified a 1GB CF card (40x) to 2 CD's in about 10 minutes, and that's the slow mode. Be aware that my unit did not read either pictures or movies (MPEG-1) from my SanDisk memory stick pro, but it did read our Sony memory stick pro with the exact same file types as well as various PDA files no problem. It keeps on writing sessions until CD is full, so far no misburns or anything. The TV interface is a little dull and "clunky" and my 8Mpixel images take some time to load but that's not a big deal. Plays DVD's and music CD's although I haven't tried MP3 discs. The manual mentions a car (cigarette lighter) adapter that is not in the box, and it's too bad they didn't provide a carrying case. Still; this little machine seems extremely trustworthy and will help me out very effectively.



UPDATE July 2005:

After using this gadget I have to reinforce my earlier review. Not having a computer around on a recent trip abroad, I had to rely on downloading all my digital images each day to this machine and burning them to CD's before erasing my digital media from my camera. As I use multiple 1GB cards, each burn would span more than at least one (and sometimes three) CD's. At first I was hesitant to completely trust this device - even though I had tested it extensively before leaving. But, after seeing the first few discs at an internet cafe I started to relax. I still burned duplicate copies of every CD I made... Coming home with more than 60 CD's I found I needn't have worried. All burns were absolutely OK. Not one image or movie file was lost or corrupted. Each session was there; each CD filled to capacity. Amazing. My only complaint is that the battery never really worked that well - took long to charge up and I ended up using it on regular power all the time. I did try to get a replacement battery, but this proved difficult. So; still 4 stars only; although performance was solid!
5 stars (Best little unit.....ever!) - No problems, at all. Seems to work flawlessly, with a neat little lcd display screen that makes everything nice and easy.



I'd recommend this unit to any traveller.



BUY THIS PRODUCT!!! I was once a skeptic of the reliability of any portable burner...but no longer!

JOBO CP 200 Apacer Disc Steno is the Electronics version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  230.58USD.