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Posted on 06/12/02 16:00
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In this part of the review we will check how the drive performs with low quality media and scratched discs. First up, the low quality media:

Low quality media

The bad disc is made by Digital Storage Technology It has been written in a Plextor 2410TA about one year ago and is continuously degrading. Compare the two scans:

In a LiteOn LTR-48125W:

And now in a LiteOn LTR-52246S:

You can see, there is not much difference. The Toshiba SD-M1502 does not recognise this disc (it never did, not even directly after burning). I also tried it in a Cyberdrive 058D. It recognised the disc, but that was all... reading was not possible.

Scratched discs

For my next test I simply scratched an existing disc. Let's see how well the LiteOn drive can read the disc:

LiteOn LTR-48125W:

LiteOn LTR-52246S:

Toshiba SD-M1502:

The two LiteOn drives performed very similarly, however, the Toshiba drive shows much more unreadable sectors than the LiteOn drives.

Next up in our LiteOn LTR-52246S review, write strategy and speed...

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Posted by AnOrO on Wednesday 11 December 2002 02:22
Very nice review A+ ;)
I'm just waiting for my LiteOn LTR-52246S to arrive. :4
Posted by on Tuesday 17 December 2002 11:57
where can i get any soft that checks the c1 and c2 errors on cds after they're recorded.

In other things . igot the CMC media and no way i can even burn it at 24x .. It gives me coasters. i have to use 16x. For some odd reason. With some 24x media .. im able to go up to 48x.

BTW, i've got s07 firmware.

Regards,

JamworkS
Posted by Scour on Sunday 22 December 2002 12:43
I´m very disappointed from the "terrific LiteOn 52x"

The writing quality with many media is very bad, i never buy a writer like this :r
Posted by kickinit on Saturday 01 February 2003 17:55
"WSES (Write Strategy Evaluation System) from Lite-On. This utility can test a disc for a variety of different things including the number of C1 and C2 errors."

quote is from c-d-r-labs
Posted by kickinit on Saturday 01 February 2003 18:33
I will get a Tx Uranus cos it has Uranus in the name. :+
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