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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: 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: Cheap, Good quality, Can be made 'Region Free'
Disadvantages: No IDE cable supplied

Okay so you want to treat your system to a new DVD player for the first time or just as a replacement, well first you better make sure your PC is up to the job. ** Cost ** This particular drive cost £21 at a computer fair, but mail order prices are not far away, in any event it will not break the bank. ** Recommended system requirements ** To make use of this drive you will need to own an IBM PC compatible system with at least the following specifications... ...
...Pentium 166 MHz or higher OS: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT 4.0 Memory: 32mb Minimum Hard Drive: At least 30MB of free HD space Interface: Vacant IDE interface ** Front Panel ** On the front of the drive you will find the earphone jack, volume knob, door emergency eject, play/skip button and stop/eject button. ** Package Notes ** Although this package comes with: - Mounting screws - Audio cable It is however slightly disappointing to find that ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent, reliable, robust, good value for money
Disadvantages: None whatsoever

When I bought a LiteON drive three years ago I had never heard the name before except on some Internet stores. I was in London for some exams after which I went to Tottenham Court Road to look at a few CD-ReWriters (commonly known as CD-writers) before buying one. I had compiled some material in different formats for my exam and thought to bring it all together on a CD to help out colleagues in the future. Due to my exams I didn’t have much time ...
...bracket. Although I was shown LiteON drives in a few shops priced between 40 and 50 GBP I wasn’t much interested despite their assurances that this was a good CD-ReWriter. However, one salesman who looked quite knowledgeable told me that Compaq were using LiteON drives in their PCs for quite some time and somehow I believed him. So I came home with a 40 speed CD-ReWriter which had a CD-R (write once CD), a CD-RW (re-writeable CD) and a software CD ... Read review

Advantages: Decent equipment
Disadvantages: Decent equipment

...would dream of faster speeds!. Liteon equipment for me is quality and reliable quality at that. I have bought two liteon drives over two years and both are still working today. One drive is a 40/12/48 and i had that over 12 months. The second drive is a 52/32/52 and ive had that nearly 12 months and on both drives there has never been a problem! The Liteon dvd drives are built to the same high quality standard as their rewriter range. Many ...
...i loose my warranty, But liteon has gone from strenth to strenth and made massive profits and turnover of multi millions world wide. Not many companys can start small and turn into a massive corparation over the space of a few months ?. If you are looking for a new rewriter or a dvd drive ? then you cannot go wrong with liteon :-). If they where rubbish ? i wouldant have 3 of their drives in my pc would i ?. Buy liteon and buy quality not crap! ... Read review