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*alexnoe* · 04-08-2002

> 1. It's noisy

At 48x, the CD spins at 11000/min. Most drives are noisy then...

> 3. Useless, poorly written manual that is not even a printed manual.

Use this forum as a manual....

> Only a 2MB buffer as opposed to 8MB in some other burners.

True. Yamaha 16x writer has 8 MB, LiteON 48x has 2 MB...

> 7. Doesn't work well with TDK and Verbatim discs.

Older TDK (12x and lower) and Verbatim (esp. 24x and higher, while 16x Metal Azos work) do not perform well in newer LiteOns.
New TDK 32x (manuf. by TDK, only available in Europe) work well at 48x.

The Yamaha would really be the better burner if it could write SD 2,51 without AWS and if you could select a speed between 16x and 44x with OWC enabled...but even then, only few people would pay twice as much money to get a Yamaha.

If you do not want to write SD 2.51 without AWS, and if the price of the Yamaha is OK for you, then get one...

04-08-2002	#2 (permalink)
alexnoe CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 4,613	> 1. It's noisy At 48x, the CD spins at 11000/min. Most drives are noisy then... > 3. Useless, poorly written manual that is not even a printed manual. Use this forum as a manual.... > Only a 2MB buffer as opposed to 8MB in some other burners. True. Yamaha 16x writer has 8 MB, LiteON 48x has 2 MB... > 7. Doesn't work well with TDK and Verbatim discs. Older TDK (12x and lower) and Verbatim (esp. 24x and higher, while 16x Metal Azos work) do not perform well in newer LiteOns. New TDK 32x (manuf. by TDK, only available in Europe) work well at 48x. The Yamaha would really be the better burner if it could write SD 2,51 without AWS and if you could select a speed between 16x and 44x with OWC enabled...but even then, only few people would pay twice as much money to get a Yamaha. If you do not want to write SD 2.51 without AWS, and if the price of the Yamaha is OK for you, then get one... __________________ Asus P4C800E-Deluxe, Win XP, P4/2800 HT, 2048 MB RAM, 600 GB HDD, Plextor PX712/716/755/Premium, LG 4120B, Pioneer A08, Pioneer A09, NEC ND-3540A/4550A ------------------------------------------------ If at first you don't succeed, redefine success! How a troll wants to force users of Linux to buy Windows just to make use of Plextor DVD writer unique functions ------------------------------------------------ PxScan/PxView (compatible to Premium, PX-712, PX-714, PX-716), now with built-in picture file output Bitsetting via Autostart My Blog about DADVSI (new french copyright)