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Advantages: Being a combo drive makes this drive very useable
Disadvantages: None asyet to mention

...software included is Nero 6 OEM + Power DVD Version 5 wich is upgradeable at a price although not a must for average user.The drive is very quiet in use and have had no problems as yet .I recommend the Liteon SOHC- 5236V as a worthwile purchase and no problems. ... Read review

Advantages: Fast, Cost Effective, Reliable
Disadvantages: None i can think of

This Lite On drive is very easy to install on your computer. All you need to do is to make sure your PC is switched off and that you have a spare drive slot on your base unit and then slot it in,put screws in to secure it. Once this has been done, connect up the data cable, power lead and you are almost there. The next step is so switch on your PC and Drive is automatically detected by your Windows operating system and will install the necessary ...
...done you then need to download software for example Nero to get it working properly. This drive allows you to write data onto CD's at a variety of speeds raning from 1x up to a wopping 52x. I burnt a variety of data but mostly photos and to backup some of my important files which i tend to do on the faster settings however if i'd recommend writing data at a slower speed as your cd will last longer. Overall,this drive has been very easy to set-up ... Read review

Advantages: Good value, space saving, can be made multi-region
Disadvantages: Not a DVD-burner, but very little else at this price

...where the £39 comes! LITEON SOH-5232K* *There is also a KX version, which is external, with its own case and connections. This is what is known as a DVD/CD-RW ‘Combo’ Drive, that is to say that it will perform as a DVD-ROM and well as being a ‘CD Burner’. Of course, unlike the outgoing duet of bits, it can’t do them both at the same time, but I really can’t remember when I needed to do that. Watching a movie, for instance, is so hungry for PC ...
...little utility purposely written for LiteOn machines called LTNRPC which comes in a zip file from www.rpc1.org. This not only allows you to reset the number of regional changes back to 5 every time it gets close to zero, (which in turn uses up one your precious ‘vendor resets’) but also allows you to regain the full number of vendor resets too! It does has a facility for making the DVD player ‘Region Free’, but this can create problems with certain ... Read review

Advantages: Price, Quality and Speed
Disadvantages: None

LiteOn is one of those companies that you don't hear much about. You don't see TV commercials or printed advertisement about their products, but if you own a Dell you probably had one and never knew about. They are pretty well known in the OEM market for their low price and quality. Let me start with the basics. This is a CD-RW drive. It is used to burn both CD-R media and CD-RW. The difference between CD-R and CD-RW is the later one is rewritable. ...
...behind its quality is what LiteOn calls SMART-BURN technology. SMART-BURN checks the media quality and it sets a limit to burning speed to ensure successful writing sessions & data retainability. This really works, and so far I haven't had any underrun errors. The LiteOn LTR 52327S is a workhorse. I would recommend this drive to anyone who is considering buying a burner. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap & effective
Disadvantages: Software is useless

Yet again an unheard-of make shows what a total rip-off most of the output from the major name electronics manufacturers is. A basic yet surprisingly effective, and most importantly, affordable alternative in this market. As with most PC components nowadays, the quality and effectiveness of Windows plug and play has made installation almost too easy, and the internal insrtallations is pretty simple too. I have used mine A LOT over the last 2 years ...
...back asking for more, so reliability and durability don't seem to be a problem. The actual operation can be a little noisier than I would like, but not much more than I've heard from supposedly better brands. The software supplied with it is fairly useless, and amazingly complicated to work, hardly worth the CD and little bag it comes in, in fact, then again Windows can handle most of the stuff for creating a data CD with simple drag and drop functions, ... Read review