ok the guy i get all my s*** from says he has a liteon burner that is 48xread 48xburn 12xre-write

has any one had any experiences with this brand if so what did you recon would it be worth it or go some other brand

oh prices 195+GST
and a 48x40x12 is 145+GST

for all dumb s***s thats 10%

yes i have one...and its kick ass - i highly recommend them

i like my liteon, there at a fairly decent price and they work a charm, havnt had one f*** up.

it isn't for me really but if their good i will get one for my self.

it is for a friend right my parents bussines has a radio station on for people on hold and some f***** company that "protect" singers etc says you gotta pay to have a radio station that plays music. first of all it is a f***ing talk show

soa ny way it is paying him off for him making some music for her

is there much difference between the 24x and the 48x in burning time? cos i couldn't tell the difference between 24x and 32x.

Lite-On = win

sony =winniest

ALL CAPS IN SUBJECTS SUCK

i think they are doing the whole linear velocity thing with cdburners now.

basically it doesn't actually burn 48 times faster than a 1 times, only during the very first period of burning, or the very end. i can't remember which.

where as 24x is actually 24x faster than 1x.

while on the topic of burners, i soooo want a dvd burner, i saw one in action at my mates house, and i'm like w00t.

I would think that a 48x burner would be faster in theory, but good luck finding media that supports 48x, I have a 20x ricoh MP7200a, best thing I ever bought, It has never made a coaster, but... when I bought it, it was the first burner model over 20x in Australia... and media didn't become available mainstream for about 6 months... it was all 16x...

now there are 24x media available... but anything over 24x your going to be disapointed when you cant burn at top speed...

I am not saying that you should buy an out of date burner, and I have heard that Liteon are excellent. But I am saying from experience that it is disapointing when you have to burn below the max speed your burner can do.

What method does the Liteon use?
Z-CLV or P-CAV???

(i doubt that a 48x burner would burn at 48x for very long...)

there is about 2 - 4 seconds diffrence between 24x 32x atm, but say in about 6 months time when 32 are more common it should be about 10seconds faster, in reality it has gotten about as fast as you need it to be, till you can burn 700mb in a few seconds you wont need anything for a few years. but that doesnt mean you should buy the faster one.

mongie it think they use P-CAV someone correct me if i'm wrong.

they are supposed to be good from what ive read i was gonna buy a 48X40X12 for $169.

mongie I have a spindle of 50 Go Tech 1-32x CDRs sitting right here.

i want a liteon.

my ghey diamond data one just died

are they the cheapest?

computer alliance have them sweet ass lg's burners 24x10x40 for $129

ASUS is on way the best. Gamedude have 48x 48x 12x for $199

sony burners bite anus

You'll find most brand-name PCs have Lite-on drives in them, Especially IBM.

I've also heard (HEARD) that Lite-on make sony's Cd drives - The guy who told me is 99% full of s***, but can anyone confirm this?

i want a 48x liteon
if they existed!!!
the fastest on gamedudes site is 40x for liteon
correct me if im blind :)

Not blind, just stupid :P

Gamedude don't sell everything.

LITEON stuff rox... you cant go wrong with that

Not too shabby!

Liteon 24x10x40x for about $90 is what I paid for.

lite-on are quality burners, i've heard theres an official bios flash for them that increases their speed, but havent tried it...

When I got my 8X4X32X about nearly 4 years ago that was like the best anyone had it was so hard to find CD's that would burn faster than 8X that was $499 when I got it now burners are like hell cheap...

I dont know of any firmware upgrade that does that. Just about any Brisbane store can get the Liteon 48X drives at the moment. All you have to do is ask.

i have heard only good about liteons. there cheap and the best out

yea just get a Liteon, you'll be happy with it. Im very pleased with my 24x. I use to take walks when burning cds with my 4x, now i just watch a video clip fom a song & its done :)

-GuV

Why don't you just work in KB/s?
40x write is 6000KB/s.
http://www.pcabusers.com/reviews/liteon40x/40x.html

i've heard theres an official bios flash for them that increases their speed

Yes that is true.

yeah... lite-ons are pretty good, im stuck with my 6x4x32 ricoh at the moment :( (got it ages ago when burners where really expensive/new)
my friend just purchased one about 1 1/2 months ago, a 24x one and he cant stop going on about it.
I am probably going to get a 48x one soon theyre soooo bloody cheap now, i could pay just over a game price and pick one up (looks back at paying around $550 for the ricoh)
i also read a few reviews on them and all ive heard is good news so i dont see any reason not to go for one (/stab my friend and run off with his)

(Sorry just testing to see if sig is working prop)
YEAH!!, working, sweet :D (druels)

biggest. gayest sig. ever.

do you think he's compensating for something

General Dugalle i would resize that sig before an admin does it for you.

back on topic..

why are lite-ons soo cheap compared to other brands

and can anyone confirm liteon are just rebadged sonys?

i have lite on it rips the s***!

never burnt a coaster yet and no probs with it mechanically or anything

tis gooda would definately recommend it

and can anyone confirm liteon are just rebadged sonys?

they most definately aren't rebadged sony's, they have much more features than sony burners (overburn springs to mind).

I don't know why they are cheaper. But they have been in the industry for ages, as an OEM supplier. And many other companies distribute rebadged LITEON burners.

you wont notice a huge speed difference, just like when using a 32x speed cdrom drive and a 52x.

They do the speed rating from the outermost ring of the disc, not the inside ring where it is smallest. So you only really see such a high speed for the short amount of time that you actually burn to that part of the disc.

That said liteon burners rule:)

Denny: what u end up doing with that dud IBM hd?
how are gamedude for aftersales service?

Dugalle if there was an award for the gayest sig of all time, yours would win. You have just pushed me over the edge to disable sigs. You idiot.

Oh and I was originally going to say before my eyes were soiled by that sig was that yes Liteon burners are good - I have one. Cheap and reliable.

Postcount??

yes same with me,

does the media need to support 40x before u can burn that fast?

sig = signature and thnx for your response guyz (or mabye girlz) i will change it i only did it cuz i wanted a sig for when i first joined up ill make another one tommorow

you damn well better !


*gets crushed by enormous sig*

omg

haha Crunch, I just almost fell off my chair laughing at what u said

i have a liteOn CDRW 32 12 10

it wont burn GAT cdr

gat cdr are el cheapo mego
i havent found a burner that can burn on one yet ( and i have tested 6 burners)

i have a liteon 48x48x12 and i bought it f $149 and there was only a small prob with installing, nothing major just a cockaroach in the psu

asif my LG 32* at 40* duzzen own...hehe

CDR Info has a good article about PCAV -v- ZCLV that explains how it works and why some burners aren't really as fast as they're rated. Simply the disc burns at different speeds depending on what part of the disc is being written to - so it might write 25% of the CD at 16 speed, 25% at 24 speed 25% at 32 speed and 25% at 48 speed (or other variations). Unfortunately the article is a little out of date and only tests 20x and 24x burners but the explanations are sound.

You might also want to check out a couple other sites for articles and reviews on the burners and check out their dedicated CDR/RW forums.

CD-RW.ORG
CD FREAKS

Incidentally CD Freaks has a good review of the Liteon Burners. I linked straight to the results page cos it shows some tests with alternative firmware that are pretty impressive. And it also goes on the show write quality tests with different types of media - it's well worth checking out.

computer alliance have them sweet ass lg's burners 24x10x40 for $129

that's the 32x, and yes, it is the same burner as the 40x with a different bios.

sucks be to LG for making the LG 32x and the LG 40x the same drive with a different bios...

I have a LiteOn 48x and atm it is taking about 8mins per 700mb cd ????

I have a LiteOn 48x and atm it is taking about 8mins per 700mb cd ????

This is really pissing me off and any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

P41.8a, Asus P4S533, 512MB DDR333, Promise TX2, 2 x 80gb Seagate Barracuda's (Raid compatible, in Raid-0), 48x Liteon, 16x Pioneer Tray.

2 Hdd's are on raid controller, and burner and dvd are on the two motherboard controllers.

look at my thread budda, it might help you in a way.