Conclusion:  

Conclusion

Positive:

• Supports DVD±R/±R DL writing at 20x/8x
• Supports DVD+RW/-RW writing at 8x/6x
• Supports CD-R/RW writing at 48x/32x
• Can burn selected DVD±R media faster than its rated speed.
• Supports bitsetting (Book Type DVD-ROM) for DVD+R/RW/DL media
• Supports disc quality scanning
• Can read 100 minute CD-Rs
• Reads DVD±R/±RW/±DL at 16x/12x/12x
• Reads DVD-Video SL/DL at 16x/12x
• Good community support and third-party programs that work with the drive
• Good retail software package
• Good to very good writing quality on most DVD±R/±R DL media
• Supports LightScribe Technology

Negative:

• Does not support Mt. Rainier
• Reads CD-RW at only 32x
• Single LED for both reading and writing
• High lead-in writing time
• Slightly noisy when reading or writing at higher speeds

Conclusion:

Let us now summarise the most important positive and negative points below:

The Main Positive Points:

The Lite-On LH-20A1H is one of the world’s first DVD writers supporting 20x write speed on DVD-R/+R media, and one of the fastest drives we have tested so far.

The Lite-On LH-20A1H is an excellent reader. It reads most media groups at high speed and reads all media groups reliably.

The Lite-On LH-20A1H writes most DVD±R/±RW/±R DL media with good to excellent quality. We have seen much better quality burns with other drives, but we can still say that the writing quality is above average with this drive.

It has a very good set of features and supports many media formats. Lite-On drives also enjoy good community support and 3rd part programs here at CD Freaks.

Lastly, the drive supports LightScribe. The labels created by the drive were very crisp and nice looking, on different types of LightScribe disc.

The Main Negative Points:

The Lite-On LH-20A1H reads CD-RW only with up to 32x speed though the writing quality on these media is OK.

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: “The Lite-On LH-20A1H, overall, performed well. It has a very good feature set and is a good drive for enthusiasts and average home users alike.”

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