Re: Lite On 40x Burner
* Edward Guldemond (thedebategod@yifan.net) wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 04:58:09PM -0500, Steven Isaacson wrote:
> >
> > The drive is $40 cheaper then the 40x Plextor. I really don't care to
> > waste my money.
> >
>
> Do you know if the LiteOn can do reliable Digital Audio Extraction? How
> about DAO mode? Raw writing mode? As someone who burns about 30 discs
> a day, I can tell you that these options are important. I'm not
> criticizing your choice of drive, I'm just saying that sometimes those
> additional $40 can make the difference between a drive that you can use
> to backup just about anything, and a drive that you can only record ISOs
> with.
I ended up going with the 40x plextor. Its only $101 at newegg.com. It's
about twice as fast as the LiteOn at DAE which I use extensively. Both
support raw write and DAO.
The plextor drive also has a black tray which is supposed to increase
the speed and reliablity of the drive. I also wasn't that confident in
how supported LiteOn's SmartBurn technology is. Plextor has a FAQ that
says that all their burners are supported with 3rd party tools in linux.
-steve
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