Club CDFreaks - Knowledge is Power - View Single Post - need a 2nd burner NEC or Lite-ON????

PsychoCat · 30-01-2005

Maybe I could help a little here. First off, kprobe. Kprobe will run on any drive with the mediatek chipset. Supposedly for those who for some reason can't or won't use nero cd/dvd speed. As near as I can tell they do the same thing - Scan your disks. So as long as you can use cd/dvd speed I don't see much point in using kprobe. Second, all Lite-On drives use the mediatek chipset and are next to worthless with -R media. I'm sure you'll find a few detractors of that statement but I suspect they use players that could play a flapjack. As for +R media, they do fairly well there but tend to be very picky about which brands and due to quality control issues this can vary from drive to drive. Getting one of these drives is like getting cheap media. Some will burn ok and the next disk in the spindle will coaster. Just the luck of the draw. As for bitsetting, I've noticed that none of them support it out of the box. Now, now, don't get all bent. Check the firmware download page. At some point you'll see each drive has a firmware released that does support bitsetting, but unless you get a unit that's been out for a while you'll have to wait until they release one for yours. Never buy one of these if you want bitsetting until you've checked to make sure they've issued a firmware that supports it or you're going to wait until they do. Personally, unless Lite-On does some serious magic I wouldn't get another one of their dvd writers again seeing as there are so many other brands to choose from. In fact, avoid any brand that uses the mediatek chipset or you'll be trying various media until you find one it likes. However, as far as I know they still make a very good cd writer so it wouldn't bother me to get one of those. I'm using their 52X cd writer along with a BenQ 1620 right now. My old DVD writer is laying on the floor. It's just my opinion but I recommend you buy just about any brand that doesn't use a mediatek chipset and if scanning your disks is that big an issue then just use nero cd/dvd speed for it. BTW, I have no idea if you need nero for that or if that little program can be run as a standalone.

30-01-2005	#6 (permalink)
PsychoCat CD Freaks Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 58	Re: need a 2nd burner NEC or Lite-ON???? Maybe I could help a little here. First off, kprobe. Kprobe will run on any drive with the mediatek chipset. Supposedly for those who for some reason can't or won't use nero cd/dvd speed. As near as I can tell they do the same thing - Scan your disks. So as long as you can use cd/dvd speed I don't see much point in using kprobe. Second, all Lite-On drives use the mediatek chipset and are next to worthless with -R media. I'm sure you'll find a few detractors of that statement but I suspect they use players that could play a flapjack. As for +R media, they do fairly well there but tend to be very picky about which brands and due to quality control issues this can vary from drive to drive. Getting one of these drives is like getting cheap media. Some will burn ok and the next disk in the spindle will coaster. Just the luck of the draw. As for bitsetting, I've noticed that none of them support it out of the box. Now, now, don't get all bent. Check the firmware download page. At some point you'll see each drive has a firmware released that does support bitsetting, but unless you get a unit that's been out for a while you'll have to wait until they release one for yours. Never buy one of these if you want bitsetting until you've checked to make sure they've issued a firmware that supports it or you're going to wait until they do. Personally, unless Lite-On does some serious magic I wouldn't get another one of their dvd writers again seeing as there are so many other brands to choose from. In fact, avoid any brand that uses the mediatek chipset or you'll be trying various media until you find one it likes. However, as far as I know they still make a very good cd writer so it wouldn't bother me to get one of those. I'm using their 52X cd writer along with a BenQ 1620 right now. My old DVD writer is laying on the floor. It's just my opinion but I recommend you buy just about any brand that doesn't use a mediatek chipset and if scanning your disks is that big an issue then just use nero cd/dvd speed for it. BTW, I have no idea if you need nero for that or if that little program can be run as a standalone.