Lite-On LTR-48246S 48x24x48 CD-RW
 

Faster writing was the focus of the major CD-RW companies in a viscious and fast race to the bottom (or to the top) of the burning industry. The 24x was the top of the line just last year. Since then, we have seen drive speeds skyrocket from 24x to 32x to 40x and now up to 48x. At some point, however, a thirty second time difference is not enough of an impetus to get those with 40x writers to upgrade, especially considering that most users only use their CD writers occaisionally after the thrill of fast burning wears off. There is one facet of the CD-RW industry, though, that is not yet tapped: rewriting. Lite-On has come out with a new CD-RW that is finally increasing the speed of what should come to be the new, larger, and faster floppy. Come read more about Lite-On's new LTR-48246S 48x24x48 CD-RW drive here!.

:wavey: Hello everybody.

Great review, Keefe! Just days too late for me tho. I just bought a new Lite-On burner, but could have waited for the actual purchase. Oh well, c'est la vie.

But then upgrading is always like that, isnt it? If you wait just one more week, the extra-special super deluxe model will be out. Hmmm.

double emails in my mailbox on this...

one is called "New content @ Techware Labs"

another is called "Lite-On 48/24/48 Review @ Techware Labs"

so seems like you have 2 mailing systems working at the same time double emailing...

You got two because there are two mailing lists.

One is for news site and one is for the newsletter. Staff members happen to be on both lists.

The review is by Andrew, by the way.

ohhh

im staff member?

nope. not yet at least. I've been asking keefe about making you a possible moderator. in the mean time I've give you your own little title :)

umm ok

thanx

i was thinking what happened to my sig??
lol

im thinking of Uber Techie

btw what does Resident Superbrain mean?

Resident = Local (these forums)
Superbrain = uber smart person

Ok. done! Uber techie

UBER! :lol:

:sunglasses:

but actualy ive found it uneccessary now for me to be a mod

i like to be an old timer, mod sometimes makes me a target for forum flamings for no reasons

not here. at least not yet

If nobody minds getting back to the review :/ I've got some questions/ comments, which I guess should be directed to Akimoto? (andrew?)
When you say the drive is loud, how loud is it?
Do you think it was caused by unbalanced media? or is it always a screamer? and is it "fingernails on the blackboard" sort of sound? or loud but not too annoying?

I'm close to getting a new burner, and 24 RW w/ Mt. Rainer is near the top of my wishlist, but I am
VERYhttp://sound sensitive, so I'm h...st not shrill.

Andrew is fine, I don't really care to hide behind my handle. When I say the drive is loud, I don't mean that it's a screamer like some drives can be, it gets loud but it is by no means annoying. If you have a fan that runs 4.5k rpms and up you probably won't even know the drive is there. I don't think that it was caused by unbalanced media, every single test that I used it for let it get decently loud. I have a pretty sensetive ears and it didn't bother me considerably. I was also looking for at least one problem with the drive, and that was pretty much the only one that I could come up with.

-Andrew

in another word, its like whispering in my case loaded with the Delta "airline" jet engine... 59 dba