Lite-On IT announces new CD-RW drive, the SOHR-5238S

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Lite-On IT announces new CD-RW drive, the SOHR-5238S

Namoh reports us that Lite-On IT has announced a new CD-RW drive on their website, the SOHR-5238S. The drive can write CD-R media at 52x, re-write CD-RW media at 32x and read CD-ROM media at 52x. The main difference of this drive compared to Lite-On's other 52x CD-RW drives is that the SOHR-5238S has a shorter physical length of only 170mm:

Lite-On SOHR-5238S

The shortest physical drive length design, 170 mm only
Innovated SMART-BURN technology to automatically check media quality and set limit to burning speed to ensure successful writing sessions & data retainability
Buffer underrun error free & automatically adjust writing strategy plus running OPC to meet various burning condition
SMART-X supporting high speed DAE & VCD extraction for copying
VASÂ® (Vibration Absorber System) to reduce vibration & noise during recording & reading
Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn
Support formats of CD Family, CD-R & CD-RW discs (up to 99 min.)
Conforms to Orange Book Part 2, 3, Volume 2 : High Speed & MMC2 commands
Mt. Rainier Ready
Plug & Play Device with Emergency Manual Eject function

Specifications:

Speed:
Writing 52x CAV
ReWriting 32x ZCLV
Reading 52x CAV, DAE Maximum Speed 48x CAV
Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE, Support up to Ultra-DMA Mode 2 33.3 MB/sec (UDMA-33)
Access Time: 80 ms (typical)
Buffer Size: 2 MB
Compatibility: Windows 95/98/NT/ME/XP/2000
MTBF (Life): 70,000 Hours
Dimension: 145.8 (W) x 41.3 (H) x 170.0 (D) mm
Weight: < 0.9 Kg

You're welcome to discuss this new drive in our Lite-On Forum.

Source: Lite-On IT

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Posted by ernstblaauw on Friday 20 February 2004 13:06

It looks like this Lite-On has another chip dan the 52327S, because of the ending (7S vs 8S). Maybe it can copy protections better, or has other advantages to the 'old' 7S chip!
[edited by ernstblaauw on 20.02.2004 13:07]

Posted by MrJoshua on Saturday 21 February 2004 13:22

Yep looks like a series 8 chipset, hopefully can do SD v3.15 as my 48246S has no hope at all with SD v3.15, can anyone comment on these new drives capabilities?
cheers

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