Drives > Liteon Drives > DVD-ROM > IDE

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: 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

Advantages: Read/Write/Erase-CD-R/CD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW
Disadvantages: None

The LG GSA 4167B Super-Multi is very good because it can read,write and erase data on all media formats.I own one and I don't have problems with it.Mine is three years old and but still works very good.The first years after I bought it the CD's/DVD's inserted in the LG drive were written and read with no scratch on the CD's/DVD's.Now,when it's three years old it leaves a few scratches in comparison to other products.It's easy to install and the product ... Read review

Advantages: Great at its job, quick, easy to use, easy to install
Disadvantages: Not fully reliable, not easy to fix

Ahh, i have a very mixed opinion on this product. This drive came pre installed on my desktop and was very faithful to me! It always worked and got the job done very well when i needed it! It burnt DVD's with ease and CD's even quicker! However i had one fateful day when i had to recover my PC and completely reset it! I re-installed all the drivers for all of my hardware and everything worked except... Lite-On SOHW-832S DVD/RW Combo drive i tried ...
...but it wasn't!!! It didn't recognise when a DVD or a CD was inserted and it would no longer burn! I uninstalled it and re-installed it countless times but nope! Nothing worked, so now my main desktop computer is without a CD Writing drive! I do not wish to put others off buying it though as when it worked it was very good! I'm sure mine is just a one off! ... Read review

Advantages: Quick, Easy, Reliable, Small, Fits into any pocket or bag
Disadvantages: Faded out use lately

I originally bought this external floppy drive a few years ago after the standard for laptops was not to have an inbuilt floppy drive already in them however at the time floppy disks were still in use from time to time. It doesn't mean that this can't be used for desktop computers that don't have internal floppy drives. Power ********* Usually when having an external device like an external hard drive or optical drive you would usually need more ...
...the power into a power socket in the wall and a separate cable to send and receive data between the device and the computer however with this external floppy drive it has completely changed. Now all that is need with this floppy drive is simply just one USB cable with a mini USB connected to the drive making it quick and easy to use when your on the move as well as easy to fit and store on the move with no extra cabling which could possibly get tangled ... Read review