News of CD-R/CD-RW Drives

OK, I don't need people to tell me to "buy a LiteOn" instead or whatever, as I already have one (and a few other brands lol).

I just would like to know if the Plex is still far enough ahead of the cheaper competition to warrant paying 50% more for it than a different drive. They are solid, yes. They have all kinds of fancy features and the write quality appears very solid.

But is ...

CDRLabs has taken a look at TDK's newest CD-RW, the veloCD 52/24/48. And no, that's not a typo. The drive actually writes faster than it reads. TDK's new veloCD writes at 52x, rewrites at 24x and reads at 48x. The drive also has many of the features we've come to expect from TDK like SMART-Burn buffer underrun protection, SMART-X extraction monitoring technology and support for the Mt. Rainier format. Does TDK have another winner here? ...

hello therer please help me out please please
sony or samsung

I already have a LTR/48125W. I want to replace my ageing Acer 50x cd rom drive. I am planning to go for a second cd writer(LG 48x). Should I instead go for a dvd rom drive like LTR 166s ?

Thanks.....

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/tol-27.01.03-002/

Use babelfish, this article says that Yamaha will halt CD-RW production. :(:(:(

I was just browsing through TDK's website and happened to come across a new firmware for the TDK VeloCD 48x24x48 Internal CD-RW Drive. The previous firmware was S7S5, while the newest version is S7S8. TDK claims this firmware upgrade will offer improved compatibility with a variety of recordable media.

You can look at it here
http://www.tdk.com/support/cdburners/velocd48xsup.html

Download here
ftp://www.tdk.com/software/S7S8.EXE

Also, since the TDK ...

I have a Binary and a Cue file which I am trying to burn to VCD or SVCD.
They both belong together but I don`t know in which format to burn it down in so that my DVD can read it. :-? At the moment under ISO burn the DVD is only reading MP3 and thats it! The vcd method is not recognising MPEG1 format, however, it ...

I was just thinking about flashing my Liteon drive to the 526S0A firmware and noticed that Liteon just posted a new firmware today - 526S0C. The description is again, "match more media." There is also a corresponding firmware upgrade for the 48X burner.

Here is the link:

http://www.liteonit.com.tw/english/engl ... rmware.htm

Anyone try it out yet?

CW5201 - 52/32/52 CD-RW
http://www.optorite.com/cw5201.htm

Writing Speeds: 52x Max
ReWriting Speeds: 32x Max
Read Speeds: 52x Max

CW5202 - 52/24/52 CD-RW
http://www.optorite.com/cw5202.htm

Writing Speeds: 4x, 8x, 12x, 16x, 20x, 24x (CLV), 32x, 40x (P-CAV), 48x, 52x (CAV)
ReWriting Speeds: 4x, 8x,12x, 16x, 20x, 24x
Read Speeds: 52x Max (Pressed CD and CD-R), 40x Max (CD-RW)
DAE Speed: 52x Max
8MB buffer with ...

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