[ALAN E NORTH]

The very first CD recorder I bought was an HP 7200. Great piece of equipment for recording data and music-but it is NOT compatible with CDG recording-period. Don't waste your time trying. Microstudio will NOT work with the 7200-nor will any other CDG recording software.

I later purchased an HP 8100 which definitely IS CDG compatible. I've been using it on and off now for several years. It's reliable but slow-maximum recording speed is 4X.

I use a Plextor 48 24 48U now for my CDG recording-but I've still got that old reliable HP 8100 and still use it once in a while-just for 'old times sake'.

There are still some web sites that sell the HP 8100. A friend of mine bought one a while back for $30.00-brand new in the box ! It would be a good 'starter' recorder until you're able to move up to a Plextor.

Happy recording !

Al North