Home News Reviews Forums Shop


Which CD's to buy for Lite-on 52x32x52

Burn baby burn!

Which CD's to buy for Lite-on 52x32x52

Postby Leon75 on Mon Sep 15, 2003 6:49 pm

Hi, I just bought a lite-on 52x32x52 at newegg.com today for like $39.00. I bought it based on the good reviews found here on the forum for liteons. I was wondering what cd's were generally known for their quality and which cd's I should stay away from? From reading a few posts it seems Fuji (TY) are a good choice. Can anyone recommend a few other quality brands for Lite-on? Thank you.
Leon75
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:30 pm

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:06 pm

For Lite-On, the only great media out there is Taiyo Yuden, and unfortunetly, Fuji is starting to switch over to Taiwanese manufactures such as CMC and Prodisc.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby vsekh on Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:12 pm

I get the following speeds with QS09 and QS0A firmware:

Fuji TY 48x-->40x burns
Verbatim Datalife plus 48x-->40x burns
TDK 52x Ritek-->52 burns

Have not tried any other media yet.
I have heard other users getting 52x burns with both Fuji 48x TY and Verbatim Datalife plus 48x CDRs. :(
vsekh
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 381
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:37 pm
Location: Illinois

Postby CDRecorder on Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:39 pm

vsekh wrote:Fuji TY 48x-->40x burns


I'm getting 52x with the Fuji TY 48x discs that I bought last week. The writing quality is astoundingly good, too! :D
CDRecorder
CD-RW Recorder
 
Posts: 2335
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:28 pm

Postby Leon75 on Mon Sep 15, 2003 9:44 pm

How bout the Imation discs? Are they pretty good in general? From reading some of the posts, it seems they can be pretty good but tend to be inconsistent.
Leon75
Buffer Underrun
 
Posts: 5
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:30 pm

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:00 pm

Imation sucks. They are made by CMC.

EDIT: Deleted uncalled for comment.
Last edited by aviationwiz on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby Ian on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:11 pm

aviationwiz wrote:Imation sucks. They are made by CMC.

That LTR-52327S must really suck if your only getting 40x on 48x Fuji TY and Verbatim MCC media. Even my Plex gets full 52x on MCC media, and 40x on Fuji TY media.


aviationwiz, chill with the this sucks, that sucks. You are not helping. If anything, it shows your age.

Imation's are some of the better CMC manufactured discs out there. For day to day use, you can't go wrong unless you can find some TY's for the same price.

Check our review of the LTR-52327S. I tested the drive with a bunch of media. Most of which worked fine at 52x.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby vsekh on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:19 pm

CDRecorder wrote:
vsekh wrote:Fuji TY 48x-->40x burns


I'm getting 52x with the Fuji TY 48x discs that I bought last week. The writing quality is astoundingly good, too! :D


It must not like my Gigabyte GA-GKNXP motherboard.
:(
Luckily I still have the LTR-52246S. I am able to get 52x burns using Fuji 48x and Verbatim 48x media.
vsekh
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 381
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:37 pm
Location: Illinois

Postby aviationwiz on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:41 pm

Ian wrote:
aviationwiz wrote:Imation sucks. They are made by CMC.

That LTR-52327S must really suck if your only getting 40x on 48x Fuji TY and Verbatim MCC media. Even my Plex gets full 52x on MCC media, and 40x on Fuji TY media.


aviationwiz, chill with the this sucks, that sucks. You are not helping. If anything, it shows your age.

Imation's are some of the better CMC manufactured discs out there. For day to day use, you can't go wrong unless you can find some TY's for the same price.

Check our review of the LTR-52327S. I tested the drive with a bunch of media. Most of which worked fine at 52x.


Age doesn't mean anything. I am simply stating, perhaps not in the right manner, but I am simply stating, that I think Imation sucks. They are CMC manufactured, which is bad in itself, but I have also had a 20 pack, in which two disks have worked. I get errors on burns all the time, when I used them. My friend even had a 50 pack and said about 5 of them worked, on par with my expirience with them.
User avatar
aviationwiz
Plextor Fan(atic)
 
Posts: 4069
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 2:55 am
Location: Home of the Red Tail

Postby hoxlund on Mon Sep 15, 2003 10:56 pm

CMC based disks are just fine, there just not the media of choice with litey drives, deffently try TY, at least with my 48x12x48x, i found that they were the best
Thermaltake Core X5 Snow Edition TG Case
Corsair RM1000 Power Supply
MSI X399 Gaming Pro Carbon AC
AMD Threadripper 1950x @ 4.1GHz
Custom Loop w/ EK MSI x399 Monoblock
G.Skill 4x8GB DDR4 3200 RGB Memory
MSI 1080Ti Lightning X Video Card
User avatar
hoxlund
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 3708
Joined: Mon May 27, 2002 12:55 am
Location: Idaho

Postby rdgrimes on Mon Sep 15, 2003 11:37 pm

I've tested quite a few CDR's on the 52327S, the winners were Mitsubishi 48x (Verbatim DLP) and RiTEK TG 48x. Both will burn at 52x with very good quality. A lot depends on which firmware you use. QS0A has made big improvements for TY and it now burns slightly better than the first 2. QS09 is the best firmware thus far for RW media, QS0A is bad for RW media. For all-around good quality stay with QS09, but it will cause some media (like TY) to slow the burn speed near the end of the burn. QS06 does not do this. Your drive may vary in how it responds to media and firmwares. You've probably got the best drive ever made for flat-out fast burning on a wide range of media, but it will also limit the speeds on some media (which is usually a good thing).
rdgrimes
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 963
Joined: Fri Dec 20, 2002 10:27 pm
Location: New Mexico, USA

Postby CDRecorder on Tue Sep 16, 2003 2:28 am

I've had good experiences with Imation (CMC) media, but Fuji (TY) is certainly better!
CDRecorder
CD-RW Recorder
 
Posts: 2335
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:28 pm

Postby dolphinius_rex on Tue Sep 16, 2003 3:30 am

I like to use TY and Ritek on both my Plextor Premium and my LiteON, although the LiteON tends to like Ritek a lot more then the Premium does!
Punch Cards -> Paper Tape -> Tape Drive -> 8" Floppy Diskette -> 5 1/4" Floppy Diskette -> 3 1/2" "Flippy" Diskette -> CD-R -> DVD±R -> BD-R

The Progression of Computer Media
User avatar
dolphinius_rex
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 6923
Joined: Fri Jan 31, 2003 6:14 pm
Location: Vancouver B.C. Canada

Postby Bhairav on Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:13 am

Benq is nice too..

Image

Nasty spike in between, but nice burn overall. Burned and tested @ 52X in my 52327S.
Q6600@3.1Ghz | Asus P5Q-E | 4GB DDR2-800 | 8800GT | 4TB HDD | Viewsonic vx2025wm
Xonar DX | Pioneer DVR-212 | Pioneer 111L | Benq 1655
User avatar
Bhairav
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 1239
Joined: Mon Jul 22, 2002 5:44 am
Location: Bombay,India

Postby vsekh on Tue Sep 16, 2003 8:51 am

Ian used firmware QS04 for his review. Looks like this firmware allowed 52x burns on all the media that he used.

Anyone used this firmware and can post good/bad experiences?

Anyone knows where I can get a hold of this firmware so that I can try it out?
vsekh
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 381
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2003 2:37 pm
Location: Illinois

Postby rdgrimes on Tue Sep 16, 2003 9:14 am

QS04 will produce lower quality burns on most media than QS09.
rdgrimes
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 963
Joined: Fri Dec 20, 2002 10:27 pm
Location: New Mexico, USA

Postby Ian on Tue Sep 16, 2003 10:21 am

rdgrimes wrote:QS04 will produce lower quality burns on most media than QS09.


I agree. The quality with QS04 was pretty good, but the QS09 is even better. That's what I'm using right now.
"Blu-ray is just a bag of hurt." - Steve Jobs
User avatar
Ian
Grand Poobah
 
Posts: 15127
Joined: Sun Apr 08, 2001 2:34 pm
Location: Madison, WI

Postby TheWizard on Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:17 am

No, I like women.
TheWizard
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 2074
Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2002 6:56 pm

Postby VEFF on Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:10 pm

I have used hundreds of CMC made Imation discs (in addition to other brands of course), and they almost never produce coasters, no matter which burner I have used (various Philips drives, various LiteOn drives).

I read so many comments in forums (even from a few veterans that know a lot about CD-RW technology) all over the net saying this burner sucks or this media sucks.
I have yet to find a brand of writer that has issues, and have had luck with all my media choices except 1 brand out of about 15.
Maybe I am just very lucky :)
Burners only:
Pioneer DVR-115D
Pioneer DVR-111D
Plextor PX-716A TLA0304
Plextor PX-716A same TLA

LiteOn 52246S 52X CD-RW
LiteOn 52246S (another)
LiteOn 52327S 52X CD-RW
TDK 40X USB 2.0 CD-RW
TEAC CD-W540E 40X CD-RW
User avatar
VEFF
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 2025
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2002 9:36 pm

Postby rdgrimes on Wed Sep 17, 2003 3:17 pm

"Not pruducing coaster" is not really a measure of success for a drive or media. That's why we have C1/C2 checking utilities. Many people are finding that those discs that were once not coasters are now coasters. There's a whole range of quality (or lack of it) before you get to "coaster".
Last edited by rdgrimes on Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
rdgrimes
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 963
Joined: Fri Dec 20, 2002 10:27 pm
Location: New Mexico, USA

Postby CDRecorder on Wed Sep 17, 2003 5:07 pm

VEFF: You have definitely been "lucky", as you put it! I haven't run across any drives or discs that were truly terrible, but I've definitely seen (and owned) some drives that had pretty poor write quality with certain types of media or produced many coasters.
CDRecorder
CD-RW Recorder
 
Posts: 2335
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:28 pm

Postby cfitz on Wed Sep 17, 2003 6:39 pm

rdgrimes wrote:"Not pruducing coaster" is not really a measure of success for a drive or media. That's why we have C1/C2 checking utilities.

Even a good initial burn with no C2 errors and low C1 errors does not necessarily mean the disc is of good quality. Veff, take a look at my experience with Imation branded CMC discs:

http://www.cdrlabs.com/phpBB/viewtopic. ... 1074#71074

cfitz
cfitz
CD-RW Curmudgeon
 
Posts: 4572
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2002 10:44 am

Postby mrk1283 on Thu Sep 18, 2003 9:55 pm

currently im using datasafe black bottom cdr's , they are not speed labelled but with smartburn on it detects as 16x, with it off I can write them sucessfully at 52x with 708MB overburn.

I also found that on thes ecdrs with qs09 firmware burning a 702MB cdr (above ones) took 2 mins 37 sec in nero 6.0.0.11 whilst burning the same cdr with same data but at 48x took 2 min 38 secs, now is it me or is this a little odd! - I would rather use 48x for a cleaner burn than shave off 1 second at 52x :P but do those times seem good?
mrk1283
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 106
Joined: Fri Jan 04, 2002 11:56 pm

Postby CDRecorder on Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:01 pm

mrk1283 wrote:currently im using datasafe black bottom cdr's , they are not speed labelled but with smartburn on it detects as 16x, with it off I can write them sucessfully at 52x with 708MB overburn.


Have you checked any of these in KProbe, WSES, or CD Doctor to see how high the C1 or C2 error levels are?

mrk1283 wrote:I also found that on thes ecdrs with qs09 firmware burning a 702MB cdr (above ones) took 2 mins 37 sec in nero 6.0.0.11 whilst burning the same cdr with same data but at 48x took 2 min 38 secs, now is it me or is this a little odd! - I would rather use 48x for a cleaner burn than shave off 1 second at 52x :P but do those times seem good?


The burner might be dropping the speed at the end of the burn when you are burning at 52x. I have seen this happen with mine, particularly on older media.
CDRecorder
CD-RW Recorder
 
Posts: 2335
Joined: Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:28 pm

Postby rdgrimes on Thu Sep 18, 2003 11:21 pm

The 52327S drive is very sneaky, it'll downshift without telling you. (no yellow light). I seriously doubt that it would complete a burn at 52x on that media. Since it usually downshifts to a 40x CAV mode, the time differences are small. I too would like to see an error scan on that disc.
rdgrimes
CD-RW Player
 
Posts: 963
Joined: Fri Dec 20, 2002 10:27 pm
Location: New Mexico, USA

Next

Return to CD-R/CD-RW Drives

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests

All Content is Copyright (c) 2001-2024 CDRLabs Inc.