LiteOn SOHW 1653 Write Quality
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 6:17 pm
Finally I got my so-long-dreamed LiteOn SOHW 1653... but...
Yes. I'm very happy how it writes CDs... quite low C1 errors (a lot less than my old 24102B), fast and not so noisy.
Then I put in a DVD and the story changes: Liteon says 16x reading speed but perhaps 16x with pressed media... certainly not 16x with burned media... tops out at 8x. Err... that's not what I was looking for so some cute toys like Omnipatcher helped me "solve" this problem... at least now it reads at 12x... not bad...
Then I burn my (first!) DVD... it's a DVD-R brand Philibs (ATIP reads FUJIFILM03)... great I've seen a review with the SOHW1633 and these disks that gave neat results... let's burn it @6x... just to make sure it writes well......
What?!?
"It isn't well written" says Kprobe and Nero CDSpeed... oh great... let's have a look down here... I don't think that seeing so much red in PIF is good... I was used to see screenshots with 1-2 max PIF errors... not 208...
PS: Despite the poooooor quality I am able to read it...
PS2: why the max. value for PIF is 208 and the average reads 564.80? Err... do I have to learn better maths?
However... any ideas?
PS3: No... I haven't messed up with strange settings in Omnipatcher......
Yes. I'm very happy how it writes CDs... quite low C1 errors (a lot less than my old 24102B), fast and not so noisy.
Then I put in a DVD and the story changes: Liteon says 16x reading speed but perhaps 16x with pressed media... certainly not 16x with burned media... tops out at 8x. Err... that's not what I was looking for so some cute toys like Omnipatcher helped me "solve" this problem... at least now it reads at 12x... not bad...
Then I burn my (first!) DVD... it's a DVD-R brand Philibs (ATIP reads FUJIFILM03)... great I've seen a review with the SOHW1633 and these disks that gave neat results... let's burn it @6x... just to make sure it writes well......
What?!?
"It isn't well written" says Kprobe and Nero CDSpeed... oh great... let's have a look down here... I don't think that seeing so much red in PIF is good... I was used to see screenshots with 1-2 max PIF errors... not 208...
PS: Despite the poooooor quality I am able to read it...
PS2: why the max. value for PIF is 208 and the average reads 564.80? Err... do I have to learn better maths?
However... any ideas?
PS3: No... I haven't messed up with strange settings in Omnipatcher......