SilentRob Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I've been reading up on the latest hardware, and currently I'm looking at CD-RW's. I've had nothing but good luck with my Plextor 12x10x32, but I always need it harder, better, faster, and cooler. So, I've narrowed down my likely selections to the Plextor 48x24x48x and Lite-On's 52x24x52x. I've heard thatLite-On's drive has faster performance at a much cheaper price. On the other hand, reliability is a muchmore important factor for me, and I'm not sure how much I want to save 45 seconds on each burn if I'm gonna end up burning 2 coasters each week... kinda defeats the purpose. BTW... the $40 price differencewould be well worth it if Plextor's reliability is much better than Lite-On's. Also, I will have a separate CD-ROM drive (probably the Afreey 56x) for DAE and direct copying... so read-speed is also not important.So, in the end, I just want to know what you think: Is the Lite-On 52x24x52x reliable, or is it worth the extra cash to get the Plextor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Ive only made two coasters with my LITE ON and they where badly fragged movies on the hard disk. they where still readable (but not playable from CD.. too much stutter) this is from about 8 months useage, i burn a LOT. eg: yesterday i burned off 10gb of backups and no errors on any of the disks. one disk out.. one in until all 10gb was burned perfectly.in all the reviews of plextor compared to lite-on that ive seen, they have scored pretty equally but plextor sometimes get slightly more points for "support"Ask yourself how many times you have rung plextor up or sent them an email or whatever and weigh that against the $40 difference.LITE-ON are amazing drives.. excellent value for money i would recommend them to anyone.They have regular firmware updates too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentRob Posted January 12, 2003 Author Share Posted January 12, 2003 Well, ain't that nice to know? In the 2 years I've had my Plextor, I've never had to call them. So, I'm thinking that support is not much of an issue. So, I'd probably follow your advice for the time being.But, if anyone has experience favoring Plex over Lite, plz be sure to post it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstryker Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 i have never owned a lite-on.i have owned several Plextor drives and i've never had to call support.i havent burned a coaster in over a year (except for a dvd+r on my HP 200i) expensive coaster lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Ive owned both and 6 months after having my plextor it died on me. POS! I now stay away from plextor over priced crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 I've never had a Plextor but I am extremely pleased with my LiteOn 48x drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted January 12, 2003 Share Posted January 12, 2003 Plextor is best CD, CD-R, CD-RW in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vomit Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 I had a 24 speed plex go tits up on me, exchanged without question and i now have a 40X plex, very pleased with it, it is also bootable and that's handy for doing anything to XP,repair or instaling, 6 floppy boot up set without it and that sucks. I burn discs at 40 most of the time and have done so on discs rated at 24X and got away with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 17, 2003 Share Posted January 17, 2003 My Plextor 16/10/40 is still running after 1 and a half years.My LiteOn 24/10/40 is still running after a full year.My opinion... Get a LiteOn, they're cheaper, don't do coasters (coasters would be caused by user error tbh) and can copy mostly all protections that other CD-RW drives can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HybridMonolith Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 I would say Plextor for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 I have that same plextor.. loving it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildKat Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 My Liteon burns great at all speeds, maybe not a big brand like plextor but it does the job with lots of features and regular firmware updates at a cheaper price than a plextor drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I have a 52x RW LG Drive and the max I can burn right now with the CDs I have is 32x, but I still find it pretty fast compared to my 8x drive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipp51 Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 I have a Lite On 32x12x40 and Nero and it works great.Also just bought a Lite On 52x24x52 for my new gaming system which is almost complete.Good quality cheap price $50 is why I went with the Lite On's.Got it in black color too.Here's a pic of it with it's dvd rom brother.ViewHere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmon Posted June 10, 2003 Share Posted June 10, 2003 I got a Lite on and after about 2 - 3 mouths it Burns out so id Say ther other One dont get the Lite on best get a Good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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