Lite-On introduces 24x DVD burner

And how many DVDs can it burn at full speed before burring out?

24?

Originally posted by ddp:

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At this point, my Lite On's have been some of my favorite burners. I've had (almost) zero issues with any of them.

Don't know that i need a 24x burner though. :)

I just don't see the reasoning behind increasing the burning speed like this. Maby the every day consumer likes this. But everyone that I know that is concerned with conserving data and and burn quality. They always burn their discs at around half the drives stated max speed. DVD's @ 8x and CD's @ 24x Sometimes faster or slower depending on disc quality and time constraints.

Originally posted by 7thsinger:

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At this point, my Lite On's have been some of my favorite burners. I've had (almost) zero issues with any of them.

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Originally posted by defgod:

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I just don't see the reasoning behind increasing the burning speed like this. Maby the every day consumer likes this. But everyone that I know that is concerned with conserving data and and burn quality. They always burn their discs at around half the drives stated max speed. DVD's @ 8x and CD's @ 24x Sometimes faster or slower depending on disc quality and time constraints.

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Originally posted by defgod:

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I just don't see the reasoning behind increasing the burning speed like this. Maby the every day consumer likes this. But everyone that I know that is concerned with conserving data and and burn quality. They always burn their discs at around half the drives stated max speed. DVD's @ 8x and CD's @ 24x Sometimes faster or slower depending on disc quality and time constraints.

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Perhaps its a way to maintain higher profits, if they kept release 16X drives then prices would have to fall sharply, if they update the product line every few months they can maintain a higher price and slow the the price fall.

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Originally posted by defgod:

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I just don't see the reasoning behind increasing the burning speed like this. Maby the every day consumer likes this. But everyone that I know that is concerned with conserving data and and burn quality. They always burn their discs at around half the drives stated max speed. DVD's @ 8x and CD's @ 24x Sometimes faster or slower depending on disc quality and time constraints.

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Perhaps its a way to maintain higher profits, if they kept release 16X drives then prices would have to fall sharply, if they update the product line every few months they can maintain a higher price and slow the the price fall.

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Well that makes sense in the business sense More Money More Money. Why not concentrate on Blu-Ray drives.

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I burn everything at the lowest speed possible. Your movies would not work burned at 24x.

the fastest i burn at is 12 X for Verbatim AZO discs which are stamped at X 16 speed. if i burn at X 16 speed it says successful and verifies fine but can still cause freezing when playing back on cetain drives sometimes.
surely they should wait until dvd media is capable and reliable of burning at 24 X speed before releasing the drive - I think we all know that 24 X media will probably never happen - certainly not in terms of 100 % reliability.

I used to sell Lite-On drive at a local computer store I used to work at, and very little returns came back, and that was in the days when DVD-RW drivers were still 4X-8X. Any improvement of a predessors drive is a good thing IMO.

From my experience with Lite-on CD and DVD Burners I have had no problems with them at all. I think they are one of the best brands out there after Pioneer drives of course:)

lol its a dvd cloaners dream come true hahah

I used to think the same thing of Lite on drives
But I always had problems ... sometimes I would burn coasters
Thought it was me
My Lite on drives would give me stupid intermitant problems like the door would not open
Anyway I recently built a new pc and decided on lg and samsung to replace them
I got the idea to burn a movie that had failed on the lite ons
Well it worked fine the first time and at full speed ...NO PROBLEMS
I immediately replaced the lite ons in my other pc and will never buy another

I have had others fail on me also but again I thought it was me and my luck
After reading posts here I see I am not alone