40x Lite-On Burner

[Keefe]

I just got my new 40x Lite-on burner yesterday in the mail.  Man, this burner is sweet!  It outperformed the plextor 40x burner that my friend has.  I am very impressed with this burner, especially since I upgraded from a 2x HP burner.

you mean like it burns at 40x ? sweeet if so
anywho, I've installed lite-on several times and can't say anything but good things about. It's not expensive and burns great with justlink. Good choice for medium budget

lite-on makes not bad monitors too

Good luck with new stuff
Chef

[Uranium-235]

I got a nice Phillips 24x12x40 cdrw for my birthday. After fixing the problem with Nero crashing my Entire I/O subsystem, it worked perfectly, cept when you try to burn +700M

40x isnt that big of a deal, they all still finalize at 24x i think, either way they finalize the cd's still slow.

The fastest CD's you can get right now is 32x but they are not based on 24x. I have lite-on 40x

[Omega]

The high-speed burners use a technology called Z-CLV, or Zone Contstant Linear Velocity. What this means, is that the speeds will ramp up and increments (or different zones). For example, a 40x burner will burn at 8x for 20 seconds, 16x for another 30 seconds, and 40x for the remainder of the disc (these aren't exact figures). They do have 40x media released, but they can't spin fast enough to burn at 40x in the center of the disc (the RPMs would be so high the disc would shatter).

[vee_ess]

what if they had multiple heads? then you wouldnt need it to spin faster. ;D

[Keefe]

I had a multiple laser Kenwood True 48x cd-rom.  It was a big peice of crap and I really did not see any performance increase from it.  I mulihead cd-burner would probally burn a little faster but I think you would end up with lots of coasters from errors.

I have a LiteOn 32x12x40
works great

a tip
if you use clonecd
search for clonyXXL

I've been in love with Plexwriters, but read two good reviews in magazines, and lots of testimonials about Lite-On, all very favorable.  I'm building a computer for a friend this weekend and I think we'll give the Lite-On a try.  First time I saw one, it was priced so cheap, I figured it must be a coaster-machine.  Now I see otherwise.  I'll still keep my sexy plexy, but Lite-On  bears a closer look for my next rig.