Mitsumi CR-4809TE vs. Lite-On LTR-24102B
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| Posted by | Robin van Lieshout |
| Posted on | 22/02/02 18:45 |
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General usage:Both drives are relatively quiet in operation, the Lite-On tends to spin down very easily and then spin up again when accessed. None of the drives get very hot in use. The Lite-On tray motor is a bit noisier than the Mitsumi motor. Both drives are very good readers, although We find the Mitsumi to be a more stable reader. Overall we prefer the Mitsumi for general reading usage.
Let's sum it all up:Mitsumi CR-4809TE
- + ExacLink buffer under run prevention technology
- + Huge 16Mb buffer
- + Excellent reading performance for Data, music and CD-RW discs.
- + Excellent read quality
- + Good write performance
- + Good ReWrite performance
- + Nero Burning ROM version 5.5
- + Supports RAW-DAO 96
- + Should be able to backup most protected PC games
- + Supports CD-TEXT
- + Price
- - Does not support 'Correct EFM encoding of regular bit patterns".
- - 4X is the lowest supported write speed.
- - Limited amount of write speeds
- - Not the best media compatibility with non 24X certified media.
- - Problems with protected audio discs.
- + Smartburn and Smart X technologies
- + Nero burning ROM version 5.5
- + Good write performance
- + Good media compatibility
- + Good data read performance
- + Supports RAW-DAO 96
- + Supports 'Correct EFM encoding of regular bit patterns" which means it could backup as many games as possible.
- + Supports 90/99 minutes media and also funny format CD-R media.
- + Supports CD-TEXT
- + Price
- - Only 2Mb buffer
- - Not perfect DAE read speed
- - Very bad CD-RW reading performance.
- - 8X is the lowest supported write speed.
- - Problems with protected audio discs.
Both drives are very good, if we had an older computer we would probably pick the Mitsumi because of the larger buffer. If backing up your favourite games is the main usage then we would recommend the Lite-On. The Mitsumi is also best as a normal reader while the Lite-On have very good media compatibility, which may be important if you have much old media lying around. Read the review and decide for your self.
The Lite-On lowest price on Pricewatch is 80$, The Mitsumi is listed with the lowest price of 76$
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Posted by cyco_onyx on Monday 25 February 2002 19:54
Excellent review! I personally own a mitsumi 4809, and although i do love lite-ons for their excellent EFM burning(i still have my lite-on 12x), the lite-ons in my opinion are not as solidly build as the mitsumi's. One thing i'd like to note is that significantly better burning times were noted when using NTI's cd software. NTI's clock stops right as the drive stops burning(avg of 3:50 burn time for 700 megs), while nero keeps counting all the way until the cd ejects. Maybe some day you can try using NTI's software in your testing. Btw, you guys have the best overall analysis of cd drives on the web... just my 2 cents....
Posted by alex1970 on Tuesday 26 February 2002 15:00
Just one question: why don't you try to read also BAD discs, I mean discs with scratch, dirt and so on... I bought two weeks ago a nice Samsung SW-224. It seams that every horrible disc that I have (audio, CDR and also CDRW) is read as never before! Much better than the burners I tried before: LG 16x, Teac 16x, Artec 24x.
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Posted by OC-Freak on Tuesday 26 February 2002 15:12
Hey, it's my first review.... 
I'll see if I could include scratched media tests in my next review, to bad I don't have much scratched discs....:4
I'll see if I could include scratched media tests in my next review, to bad I don't have much scratched discs....:4
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