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Lite-On to Ship 24X DVD Writer in May

Posted 02/12/09 at 03:50:00 PM  by Paul Lilly

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Earlier this week Lite-On announced a new line of internal DVD writers it says will be the fastest on the market with a 24X rated write speed. The new drives will come in three different versions, with all three sporting Lite-On's SmartErase data erasing feature. Lite-On's fastest model, the iHAS624, will be the only one to come with the company's LabelTag feature, which allows users to create label tags on the data side of the disc.

"PLDS is proud to manufacture the fastest 24X writers in the market, especially with included technologies such as LabelTag," said Christine Hsing, Marketing Manager at PLDS. "LabelTag provides a cost-effective and flexible method for professional disc labeling, a great solution for today’s busy professional, and people on-the-go."

Lite-On says that users can still add data after using its LabelTag technology, which works on any standard recordable media. Two of the drives -- the iHAP424 and iHAS624 -- will also support LightScribe.

The iHAS324 with SmartErase will be available in March, the iHAP424 with SmarErase and Lightscribe by the end of March, and the iHAS624 with SmartEarase, LightScribe, and LabelTag by mid-May. No word yet on pricing.

Image Credit: Lite-On via Electonista

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TAGS: optical, dvd, hardware, burn, Lite-on, build a pc, 24x
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Submitted by kgirlx on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 10:31am

i also have a smasung, one 22 & one 20. since i cant find anything faster than 16 either. whats the point of 24. by the way anybody know where to get the hacked firmware for the samsung drive that max pc said they used on it when they tested the plextor against the samsung drive . thanks

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avatarSpeed is not always good

Submitted by jeremy39 on Sun, 02/15/2009 - 6:42am

I've found that, even though my current DVD writer will write at up to 16x, I get better quality from 8X or less, so other than data storage what good is speed.

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avatarWhoop-Di-Frigging-Do! This

Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 12:21am

Whoop-Di-Frigging-Do! This is the age of the BD drive. We need to be innovating in Blue Ray and letting DVD go the way of the DoDo bird.

As long as manufacturers still invest time and money into DVD we will never see BlueRay BD-R/RW DL drives become fast and affordable and as long as the adoption rate remains low then the BD recordable media is still going to be stupid expensive.

There is no reason why BD media has to be so expensive. The only reason why it is is because there are but a few suppliers and since very few people actually purchase BD media it's going to remain expensive. In order for prices to drop we need companies to go all out and start churning out inexpensive BD drives and media. BD media shouldn't be anymore expensive than what DVD media costs today.

Damn it people quit putting up with old technology. Adopt BD already. We need to let the suppliers know that if they make them that we will buy them. And $50 bucks is about right for a DL multiformat BD writer drive. Anything with DVD in the name needs to be in a context as an extra feature to the standard Blue Ray formats.  

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avatarWell, considering I have the

Submitted by gatorXXX on Thu, 02/12/2009 - 2:12pm

Well, considering I have the Samsung 22x SH-S223 internal drive and I can't find any media around my area (including newegg) faster than 16x......I'll pass. Although with some memorex 16x DVD + R's, I have hit 18x, but it has been hit n miss and the new features of this lite-on drive look promising. But it's just not enough for me to shell out money  before my samsung goes kaput!!

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