Cheap Lite-On Double-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (SOHW-1633S) (SOHW-1633S) (Electronics) Price

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Customer Reviews of Lite-On Double-Layer DVD+/-RW Drive (SOHW-1633S) (SOHW-1633S)

Is there a media this drive doesn't write on?
My favourite media is either HP or Verbatim. Those tend to have fewer error rates that other's I've tried. Although once I slowed the drive down to 4x. Every media I write to comes up with zero errors. (according to the nifty program DVD Info) Just beware of the media at Meritline. Very bad generic. Sure it'll write them just fine. But from time to time. ick. Usually it's the media's fault. <
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>The worst media I ever tried was Bulk Paq. Spin-X and Dynex isn't much better. I've owned this drive since Nov 2004. Never had a problem with it. Never needed a firmware upgrade either.

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Ew
After trying this because the price was so much cheaper then the Memorex 32023282 drive I decided to return it and continue using the Memorex. The SOHW-1633S was just terrible for me. I tried the official filmware, Internet hacks and this drive was still incompatible with practically every DVD+R/RW discs I've tried. It only wrote to a CD-RW! The Memorex wrote to the same discs with no problems and it hasn't even had a filmware upgrade. Even my old HP writer was able to write to one of the discs the Liteon failed to write. Perhaps I just got a bad writer, but I don't feel like having to ship stuff back and forth with the place I ordered from. So I'm just going to refund it all together and look elsewhere for a better drive. Perhaps another Memorex. <
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>My list of incompatible media <
>Verbatim DVD+RW 2.4x <
>LiquidVideo DVD+R 2.4x

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The usual from Lite-On: Superb price and great performance
I've been using Lite On optical drives in homebuilt PCs for several years. Each has worked flawlessly out the box, as did this one. They almost always cost significantly less than similarly performing drives by other manufactures. PLUS: This ships with Nero's burning bundle: in my opinion the best all around. Plus plus: it includes an actual printed user manual that includes well written instructions on the intracies of recording types and dual layer recording. Kudos for this. Lite On never disappoints the upgrader or do-it-yourselfer.