Anyone have any experience with Lite-On CD-RW or CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives? I want to get something faster than 12x in my Mac, and I've seen some of these around.
I was thinking of this one but haven't seen much feedback around. Looks like it has a 2 MB buffer - is that enough for 52x burning? I want to say the Samsung I have in my PC has an 8 MB buffer.
Lite-On drives?
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Lite-On drives?
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Re: Lite-On drives?
lukpac wrote:Anyone have any experience with Lite-On CD-RW or CD-RW/DVD-ROM drives?
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Maybe I'll go for it then. The CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo is about $40 online. Although this DVD-/+RW is only a couple of dollars more. Hmm.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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That's odd. Although I'll be using it in my Mac anyway. Toast better work.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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Picked up this one last night. I believe it's the newest/best. So far so good - MacOS 9 could see both CDs and DVDs, and Toast was able to burn a CD. DVD video playback had some issues, although I'm not really too worried about that.
I should slap it in my PC sometime and see if it works with EAC.
I should slap it in my PC sometime and see if it works with EAC.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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lukpac wrote:DVD video playback had some issues, although I'm not really too worried about that.
Works great in OS X. No idea what's up in OS 9.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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lukpac wrote:Picked up this one last night. I believe it's the newest/best. So far so good - MacOS 9 could see both CDs and DVDs, and Toast was able to burn a CD. DVD video playback had some issues, although I'm not really too worried about that.
I should slap it in my PC sometime and see if it works with EAC.
The DVD video playback problem had to do with my sound card - the driver under OS 9 is kind of buggy. And it works fine with EAC.
The reason I revived this, though, is because I came across this. Nearly every flavor of CD and DVD burning, plus Lightscribe, for $36. It doesn't seem that long ago that 4x CD-R drives were 10x that much.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
Have you read cdfreaks recently, Luke? Hardware advice re. DVD burning has sort of settled into sh.tv-land now that things are more-or-less egalitarian (And now that even CMC media is regarded as pretty decent). Lots of crowing about variations in miniscule error levels, rare breeds of burners and media, and cold shivers for all things Taiyo Yuden.
...but yeah, that is cheap and I do remember. That said, I mean...I've still never encountered a DVD-R DL, and I'm usually not willing to pay for Lightscribe discs. I think my media evolution is pausing while Blu-Ray/HD-DVD linger on the horizon.
...but yeah, that is cheap and I do remember. That said, I mean...I've still never encountered a DVD-R DL, and I'm usually not willing to pay for Lightscribe discs. I think my media evolution is pausing while Blu-Ray/HD-DVD linger on the horizon.
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I honestly can't remember the last time I had a bad burn. I keep buying these Verbatim discs because they are nice-ish looking and I've never had a problem, but my guess is just about anything would do.
That said, I *do* think some drives do better DAE than others. One or both of the drives in one of my machines here kind of choked on some really bad discs - even EAC couldn't get a decent rip out of them. Yet when I swapped in my LITE-ON it blew through them like they were brand new. Admittedly those drives are a few years old, but...
That said, I *do* think some drives do better DAE than others. One or both of the drives in one of my machines here kind of choked on some really bad discs - even EAC couldn't get a decent rip out of them. Yet when I swapped in my LITE-ON it blew through them like they were brand new. Admittedly those drives are a few years old, but...
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
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Besides some CD burners, I have both a Lite-On and an LG DVD burner in my setup. The LG will intermittently swap channels during DAE. Unfortunately, the "swap channel" option in EAC does me no good because, as noted, it is indeed random. I still use the drive for DVD work though.
No issues with the Lite-On at all.
No issues with the Lite-On at all.