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Lite-On LH-20A1L DVD Burner Review
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Posted by Wendy Collins
Posted on 21/01/08 22:31
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Manufacturer Lite-On
Product Lite-On LH-20A1L
Description 20x DVD burner with SATA interface and LightScribe
Menu
 Conclusion
 Introduction
 Features
 Reading performance
 CD-R/RW Writing performance
 DVD+R/RW Writing performance
 DVD-R/RW Writing performance
 DVD+R DL/-R DL Writing performance
 DVD-RAM Read and write performance
 LightScribe
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DVD+R DL/ R DL Writing performance

  

The Lite-On LH-20A1L supports the DVD+R DL/-R DL standard for writing Double Layer/Dual Layer discs with a size around 8.5 GB at a writing speed of 8x.

DVD+R DL:

For these tests we wrote a full disc with CD-Speed. We then used the Lite-On LH-20A1L along with KProbe to test the discs quality; we then finally ran a read-back test on our Optiarc AD-7173A using Nero CD-Speed.

Brand:

Ricoh – Thanks to Ricoh Europe for providing the media.

Manufacturer:

Ricoh

Code:

RICOHJPN D01 (made in Taiwan)

Disc Type:

DVD+R DL

Capacity:

8103MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x (Z-CLV)

Write Time:

17m:56s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

50.64

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec :

0.21

BookType

DVD-ROM

PI and PIF errors are extremely high on the second layer and our read-back drive had problems reading the disc. The writing quality could be improved.

DVD-R DL:

Brand:

Verbatim – Thanks to Verbatim (UK)
for providing the sample.

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media

Code:

MKM 03RD30  (made in Singapore)

Disc Type:

DVD-R DL

Capacity:

8103MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x (Z-CLV)

Write Time:

18m:42s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

136.80

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

22.23

BookType

DVD-R

PI and PIF errors are extremely high and out of specification. Our read-back drive was unable to fully read the disc. A poor result.

Summary:

The Lite-On LH-20A1L writing quality with our tested DVD DL media was very disappointing and requires some improvement.

Let’s head onto the next page where we will take a look at DVD-RAM performance….

DVD-R/RW Writing performance
DVD-RAM Read and write performance
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Posted by Paul B. (guest) on Tuesday 29 January 2008 11:13
Hi,
I have this DVD Burner and it does not recording on any media with drag-and-drop method on Windows XP.
Maybe some of you can help me with that? Maybe it is my fault and it needs some properly driver to install?
If so please write to me: p b o r k o w s k i (at domain) o2.pl
Posted by bloom (guest) on Monday 18 February 2008 01:41
What of the burn-features? (forced|online) HyperTuning, SmartBurn et al... and their multitudinous combinations?
Posted by Asd (guest) on Friday 07 March 2008 13:59
I have a LH-20A1L, i can not stand it, because it is very noisy. does someone have an application to reduce its noise????
i am also looking for its free region code
Posted by Akoi Meexx (guest) on Wednesday 02 April 2008 21:26
We purchased this drive for a machine I do media work on, and I have since pinpointed it as the cause of a major lockup in the system. Any time the drive is accessed or the tray changes states, Windows chops for at least five to ten minutes. Lite-On no longer supports (or even lists on their site) the BL05 model of this device, therefore no firmware updates were available to fix issues. Found an update on codeguys.rpc.org which helped immensely, and they linked to here. So, there's my two pints on the issue.
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