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Trying to locate some rebadged Lite-On cdrw at Best Buy
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 7:17 amby louisciper
What are some cdrw drives that Best Buy sells that are rebadged liteons? Also, with these rebadged drives, will I be able to use Liteon's own firmwares to update each specific rebadged drive? Thanks in advance.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 9:02 amby rdgrimes
The Sony is your best bet, currently that is the only LiteOn on the shelf at my local BB.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:20 amby CDRecorder
Memorex drives are usually (if not always) Lite-On, but I am not sure if Best Buy sells them.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:00 pmby dhc014
Get the Sony. At my local best buy they have CRX225's on the shelf behind the CRX220's
The CRX225 is smaller in size and rewrites *better* than the CRX220 does. I'm trying to get the firmware for this drive as I'd guess that it would allow LTR-48246K users to flash to 52/24/52
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 1:48 pmby CowboySlim
I have purchase two rebadged LiteOns at Best Buy: Memorex and Verbatim. Both were bundled with Ahead Nero software.
I've heard that the Sony has crummy software, the Ahead Nero is much preferred. If you have software that you are happy with and works with any brand burner, then Sony is OK. I don't have such, that is why I purchased the other brands.
If you update a rebadged LiteOn with the LiteOn firmware, the bundled (pre-mastering) burning software will not work. Again, if you have other software, you'll be OK.
Slim
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 5:22 pmby eliminator
Try Memorex, BusLink or Verbatim.
BusLink & Verbatim are also most likely to have the original LiteOn fware.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:01 pmby aviationwiz
Verbatim may use Aopen or Benq as well. Just FYI.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:23 pmby CowboySlim
My boxes look like those shown and the features on the front of the pictured drives are characteristic of rebadged LiteOns.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 6:29 pmby aviationwiz
Yes, but I had a Verbatim (48x12x48) and it pictured a Lite-On drive on the box and all the specifications were of a lite-on. In the box was actually an Aopen 48x12x50.
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Thu Jul 10, 2003 10:55 pmby CowboySlim
Condolences, wiz
I'm looking at mine right now. There is a label on the case that says LiteOn IT corporation. Model LTR-52246S. I'll have to install it tomorrow night and see what CDInfo says about it.
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Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:10 amby CDRecorder
Some Buslink drives are AOpen, too. My Buslink 52x is an AOpen.
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Fri Jul 11, 2003 1:27 amby aviationwiz
Buslink used to use only Lite-On. Then they started to use Aopen and maybe Benq.
I wish Buslink would have stuck with Lite-On, then we could all know that we could get a Lite-On in the buslink box. Oh well.
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Sat Jul 12, 2003 12:03 amby CowboySlim
BusLink & Verbatim are also most likely to have the original LiteOn fware.
Just installed and checked out my Verbatim rebadged LiteOn. CDInfo shows it at LiteOn Model LTR-52246S firmware version 6S0D. Same with device manager. No mention ov Verbatim whatsoever.
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Sat Jul 12, 2003 2:32 amby CDRecorder
I wish Buslink had stuck with Lite-On, too. My AOpen that came in a Buslink box is not too bad, but it's not as good as a Lite-On drive with the same specifications.
CowboySlim wrote:Just installed and checked out my Verbatim rebadged LiteOn. CDInfo shows it at LiteOn Model LTR-52246S firmware version 6S0D. Same with device manager. No mention ov Verbatim whatsoever.
Nice! I remember that Verbatim used to customize the firmware; it's nice to know that they're not doing this anymore.
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Sat Jul 12, 2003 3:10 amby dodecahedron
CowboySlim wrote:CDInfo shows it at LiteOn Model LTR-52246S firmware version 6S0D.
what's "CDInfo" ?
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Sat Jul 12, 2003 10:28 amby CowboySlim
what's "CDInfo" ?
Apologies, dode, it's Nero InfoTool that I used.
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Sat Jul 12, 2003 2:12 pmby dodecahedron
no problem
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Sun Jul 13, 2003 10:59 amby Reg-da-Ripper
Best Buy also sells the TDK burners (which are Lite-On based as well). By using either the FlashFix or MktWinFlash tools, they can accept the comparable Lite-On firmwares.
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Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:16 amby UALOneKPlus
aviationwiz wrote:Buslink used to use only Lite-On. Then they started to use Aopen and maybe Benq.
I wish Buslink would have stuck with Lite-On, then we could all know that we could get a Lite-On in the buslink box. Oh well.
Down with Buslink
