Hi All!!! Long time to see Was wondering if in the computer/laptop/digital age if having this is useless. I was browsing a sales site & this came up in the mix & was just wanting to know if I should even try to purchase it. TIA

karaoke copy master plexwriter 48/1 it also has some numbers on the lower right corner but I cant make them out.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/KARAOKE-CD-G-CO ... SwepJXaKwC

This one?

If you want to back up your cd+g discs, freeware version of Alcohol 120% has the capabiity. As does CloneCD (free to try for 20 days), and Nero Burning Rom.

I personally use the free version Alcohol, but you'll have to watch out for the bloat ware that accomapnies the install, which is easily removable. It makes duplication a snap as you just select "karaoke CD" from a pull down menu.

Then again, you could spend the money of you want these drives as they are harder and harder to come by as they are true CD+G drives. I'm guessing they are Plextor drives.

Discs are dead. Don't waste your money. You can backup discs to a hard drive.

Most new computers do not even have the right connections for the older cd drives like that so I'd pass. Most new computer dvd drives have the ability with the right software to rip/burn cdg discs.

What software would you suggest?

MTU Microstudio is good with most dvd drives and can double as a basic home player as well.
Powerkaraoke CDG Burner would be the other option - both of these are the best and will work with most (not all) of todays dvd drives.

Obviously, playing from disc is antiquated. But for preservations sake, the Pextors are the best. You can save to IMG (disc image) and leave it on your hard drive. If you gto the money, why not

I'm dying to know if a true CD+G drive like those plextors minimize or even plays the songs and graphics perfectly 100% of the time.

I used to see these in kj's racks all the time in the later 90's early 2000's. Customer brings in a disc to play, KJ drops it in and has it copied in like 10 minutes or so.

the last new plextor i purchased wouldn't burn karaoke, it would only read. then i read on another website that plextor was dropping the karaoke burning from their features.

so be careful what you buy if you go with a plextor drive.

Agree with mightywiz. Plextor don’t make external drives anymore. Last year I was looking to replace my old portable Plextor Plexwriter S-88TU. Can’t find it new so I email their customer support. Their reply:

“I am sorry to inform you that Plextor has cut the focus from optical disk drives to solid state drives. We haven't made any new external drives in years. We have a new desktop drive but other than that we haven't made anything externals in years, So the short answer is No - I can't help you find an external CDG burn & rip drive as we don't make one. Sorry for the bad news”.

Just to be clear: I would like to paraphrase Bob Dylan’s song - “It Ain’t Me Babe”.

My 22 years of honorable military service rigorously taught us to conduct ourselves according to moral expectations or there would be hell to pay. I consider that practice to be unprofessional, illegal & unethical.

I have this unit for my own personal use. Shame on those kj’s.