LiteOn DH-52C2P

Advantages: Fast speeds, value for money
Disadvantages: none

...Lite-on are a well respected company that have been around for a while. LITE-ON oringinated from a team of scientist and engineers from ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Insitute) in 1995. LITE-ON Information Technology corportation are constantly devoloping anit-vibration mechanical design, advanced circuit design and increased performance. LITE-ON Information Technology Corporation (LITE-ON I.T.) this was a big part of the LITE-ON group which concentrated on the optical storage devices which then led to the creation on these fine CDROM drives we have today. This LITE-ON CD-RW is a very good drive and after purchasing one for personnal use I have purchased many more for computers I have built for friends and family. Very easy installation, driver support is excelent. With dvd-rw's coming down alot in price recently I... Read review

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Advantages: Cheap, can be made multi-region. Works well. PC Pro Best Buy
Disadvantages: Doesn't alter the fact that dual layer media is not cheap! Possible dual-layer compatibility issues with home DVD players

...to the other for more normal use, like writing this opinion! CAVEATS With dual-layer blanks priced at around £2.99, it pays to make sure your DVD writing process isn't in the least bit flaky. I haven't wasted a 35 pence DVD-R blank for ages, but sure as eggs are eggs it'll start happening on the very first dual-layer disk I use. (Prophetically, that's exactly what's happened, although the disk isn't exactly spoiled. I seem to have created a dual layer recording of a DVD successfully, but it only seems playable in the machine it was burned on, i.e. the LiteOn. Neither of my domestic DVD players want to know it, so for the moment, and probably until the next time I buy a domestic DVD player, I'll not be bothering with the dual layer facility, since I don't watch DVDs on my PC) Make sure your writing software can recognise the new 'nearly... Read review

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Advantages: Fast burning, can copy nearly anything
Disadvantages: Er.. boring fascia??

...I was looking to upgrade my 16x burner to something with a little more punch. My friend's dad had bought a Lite-On 24x speed burner and it came highly recommended. After a little more research, the 40x Lite-On seemed the way to go, and for a reasonable price. Once it had arrived, I opened the bright red box and peered in. Contained within was the drive itself, 4 screws to install in it your system case, an audio cable, an 80-minute CD-R, an 80-minute CD-RW, a CD containing Nero Burning Rom and the instruction manual (useless till you install the drive of course!), and a slip of paper containing basic installation procedures. No IDE cable is included with this drive, so unlike some manufacturers, Lite-On expect you to be replacing another CD drive, or have a spare connector already available. Installing the drive is no hassle... Read review

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