detail information

• Supports DVD±R/+R DL writing at 16x/8x
• Supports DVD+RW/DVD-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Supports Bitsetting on DVD+R/+RW (Booktype to DVD-ROM)
• Supports Quality scanning
• Reads DVD-Video SL at 16x
• Reads DVD±R/±RW at 16x/12x
• Can read 99 min CD-Rs

Negative:

• Does not support Mt. Rainier
• Requires 8x certified DVD+R DL media to write at 8x
• Supports CD-RW writing only at 24x
• Reads CD-RW DVD±R DL/DVD-Video DL only at 32x/8x/8x
• Green LED for both reading and writing
• Supports DVD-RW 6x media with RiTEK MID at only 4x (with the current firmware)

Conclusion:

To sum it all up, this is what we would say:

'Even though the reading and writing performance on CD-RWs  is not 'up to date" '? the drive is still interesting - including the Bitsetting and quality scanning features.

All the Lite-On SHW-1635S written DVD media in this article achieved a quality score of 90 and above. "

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we did not find any offers and the same goes for the getprice feature. But at a local German PC-shop the drive is listed at 53.90 €. (2. October 2005).

You may discuss/comment this article below or in this forum thread. 

Thanks to: 

Ricoh Europe BV '? Germany for providing the media used is this article.

SVP Communication '? The United Kingdom for providing the media used in this article.

Conrexx Technology B.V./RITEK Europe '? The Netherlands for providing the media used in this article.

Verbatim (Germany & UK) - for providing the media used in this article.

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