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LITE ON SOHW-1633S
Im after getting one of these.....
I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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For the money, you will be FAR better off with an NEC 3500 or Pioneer 108.
The LiteOn 1633 is mainly no more than a 8x burner, burning faster results in lots of coasters. "KLUNK" wrote in message . uk... Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:52:53 GMT, "KLUNK"
wrote: Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' The LiteOn CD burners are great, but while the LiteOn DVD burners are ok, they're not the best nor the best value anymore. That said, there's nothing really wrong with them. They report errors, so you can use scanning software to check disc quality. Other than that, there are better drives. Their firmwares seem to be their weak link at this point. Last I checked, these were bundled with Nero. A nice one is the Pioneer 108[there's usually a letter here], which is a 16x dual layer DVD-/+R burner. Last I checked, it comes with Nero. There's also a Pioneer 16x dual layer burner with identical specs with a different front faceplate. That's the retail version. Only the faceplate is different. Not sure if this one will work with the NEC3500AG firmwares. It uses the same controller chipset, but I don't know if the rest of the hardware is the same. The NEC 3500AG is pretty good too. It's also a 16x dual layer DVD-/+ burner. Pretty good burn quality out of the box. Be aware that in North America, this burner is sold OEM only, or sold as rebadged units (TDK, IOMagic both use this drive, and the 108 uses the same controller hardware). The actual NEC 3500AG drive does not come with any software either which can be a negative for some people. It's biggest advantage is a bit of a weakness. The main reason why people choose to go with the NEC drives is the wide range of modded unofficial firmwares that increase ripping speeds, and burn speeds. Getting hold of official firmware updates, however, is like pulling teeth and takes a lot of searching, hunting and threatening even when an official update HAS been released. This is the one I have right now. LG GSA-4160B is also pretty good. It's big deal feature (which really isn't that big a deal right now) is that you can read bare DVD-RAM discs with it. Pretty good burn quality across a wide variety of media, but on really cheap media that it doesn't recognize, it may limit burn speeds to 1x or 2x. Was bundled with Nero, but LG tends to change the bundled software from time to time, so if you need software, you should check (the disc is taped to the bottom on their OEM drives). BenQ DW1620A (Like all the others mentioned above, Dual layer, 16x -/+R) and whatever the Philips equivalent is. Like the LiteOn drives, it will report errors too, so you can use it to check burn quality. It's been getting some nice reviews, *but* I find myself having some difficulty recommending it. This is because of my frustrating experiences with their 8x DW822A drive. Tech support is confusing as nobody in that company seems to know who's responsible for what (at least at their Canadian branch). My own experience with the older 822A (an 8x DVD-/+R burner) is that it has a preference for +R media, and is extremely picky about which brands of -R media it will burn (don't rely on their "recommended" list). Where other drives display media preference by burning unfavored media at slower speeds, media this drive dislikes, it will just spit out with an error, sometimes before burning, sometimes during the lead-out. The media this drive likes, it burns very well, with an low error rate, but the media it hates, it hates with extreme prejudice. It also supports dual layer burning with a firmware update, but I've not tried it. --------------------------------------------- MCheu |
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Whilst acknowleding the comments of others in this thread, I recently
acquired the Lite-on drive updated to the latest firmware release. So far it has performed as reliably as the CD writer it complements. -- Graham Mayor KLUNK wrote: Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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thanks to all.
I hadnt even thought of the pioneer drive..... nw im unsure which to get......does the pioneer work ok with cheap blanks such as Bulkpack DVDs Thx - KLUNK "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Whilst acknowleding the comments of others in this thread, I recently acquired the Lite-on drive updated to the latest firmware release. So far it has performed as reliably as the CD writer it complements. -- Graham Mayor KLUNK wrote: Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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The Pioneer 108 is £59 ...the LiteOn ...£57 ....bugger........decisions
decisions...... any one else care to throw their verdict in..... KLUNK' "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Whilst acknowleding the comments of others in this thread, I recently acquired the Lite-on drive updated to the latest firmware release. So far it has performed as reliably as the CD writer it complements. -- Graham Mayor KLUNK wrote: Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Whilst acknowleding the comments of others in this thread, I recently acquired the Lite-on drive updated to the latest firmware release. So far it has performed as reliably as the CD writer it complements. -- Graham Mayor KLUNK wrote: Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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I just replaced my NEC 3500 with a Liteon 1633. The NEC could not burn CD's greater than 600mb without error, the liteon works fine. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:33:15 -0600, "Dan G" wrote: For the money, you will be FAR better off with an NEC 3500 or Pioneer 108. The LiteOn 1633 is mainly no more than a 8x burner, burning faster results in lots of coasters. "KLUNK" wrote in message .uk... Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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im veering towards the Pioneer 108........but i read that ripping speeds
were pretty iffy..... how long to rip a dvd folks? KLUNK' Thanx again everyone "dh" wrote in message ... I just replaced my NEC 3500 with a Liteon 1633. The NEC could not burn CD's greater than 600mb without error, the liteon works fine. On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:33:15 -0600, "Dan G" wrote: For the money, you will be FAR better off with an NEC 3500 or Pioneer 108. The LiteOn 1633 is mainly no more than a 8x burner, burning faster results in lots of coasters. "KLUNK" wrote in message .uk... Im after getting one of these..... I actually have a MSI dvd writer in my pc but to be honest , its the biggest piece of sh*t that i have had the misfortune to buy... I'm using Ritek and Ridisk blanks.........and the quality is sh*t. Blocky blocky and even more blocky...................... Does anyone have any views on the LiteOn SOHW-1633S ......it looks really good.......only £57 My existing cd writer is a Lite On and it has performed superbly over the years... All info greatly received KLUNK' |
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