Lite-On's new DVD Burners - Burning at 12x and with Dual Layers

Lite-On 1213S

- Specifications

ATAPI / E-IDE Half-Height internal DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM combination drive

SMART-BURN avoiding Buffer UnderRun Error, Automatically adjusting writing strategy & running OPC to provide the best burning quality

SMART-X function adjusts CD-DA / VCD / DVD data extraction to a fastest allowable speed according to both data request rate from host and disk quality

VAS system reduce vibration and noise during recording and reading

Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn

DVD read compliant : DVD single / dual layer ( PTP / OTP ), DVD-R ( 3.9 GB / 4.7 GB ), DVD-R multi-borders, DVD+R, DVD+R multi-sessions, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW

CD read compliant : CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM / XA, Photo-CD, Multi-session, Karaoke-CD, Video-CD, CD-I FMV, CD Extra, CD Plus, CD-R, and CD-RW

Support both 8 cm and 12 cm disc of CD and DVD family

Conform to Orange Book : Part 2 CD-R Volume 1, Part 2 CD-R Volume 2 Multi Speed, Part 3 CD-RW Volume 1 ( 1x, 2x, and 4x ), Part 3 CD-RW Volume 2 : High Speed, Part 3 CD-RW Volume 3 : Ultra Speed

Supported transfer mode : PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA mode 2

DVD Family:

Write DVD+R 12x ( 16200 KB/sec ) maximum by Z-CLV

DVD-R 8x ( 10800 KB/sec ) maximum by Z-CLV

ReWrite DVD+RW 4x ( 5400 KB/sec ) by CLV

DVD-RW 4x ( 5400 KB/sec ) by CLV

Read 12x ( 16200 KB/sec ) maximum by CAV

Access time 160 ms

CD Family:

Write CD-R 48x ( 7200 KB/sec ) maximum by CAV

ReWrite CD-RW 24x ( 3600 KB/sec ) maximum by Z-CLV in UltraSpeed disc

Read 48x ( 7200 KB/sec ) maximum by CAV

Access time 160 ms

Buffer Size: 2 MB

PC Required: Pentium III 450 MHz or faster CPU and 128 MB or higher RAM are required 650 MB HDD available capacity; and 5 GB free space for creating a DVD image file

Compatibility: Windows 98 / NT 4.0 / ME / 2000 / XP

MTBF ( Life ): 70,000 Hours

S/N Ration: > 75 dB

Environment:

Operating 5C to 45C; Relative Humidity : 15% to 80%

Non-Operating -40C to 60C; Relative Humidity : 15% to 95%

Dimension: 145.0 ( W ) x 41.3 ( H ) x 170.0 ( D ) mm

Weight: < 0.9 Kg

Voltage Requirements:

+5V +/-5% and less than 100 mVp-p ripple voltage

+12V +/-5% and less than 200 mVp-p ripple voltage

- The Package

The front of the box is quite nice and shows a picture of the actual drive as well as all the information as far as speeds go. If you didn't look at the specs you can see that the drive is capable of burning at 12X DVD+R, 8X DVD-R and 4X DVD-+RW.

The back of the box goes into a bit more details as far as specs are concerned. It gives you the details on the CD specs of the drive, supported media, dimensions, power requirements and so on.

Included with in the package are four blank DVDs, some screws, audio cable, instructions for installing the drive, Nero OEM suite and a copy of PowerDVD. The most useful part of the package would have to be the included media and burning software.

- A Closer Look

Looking at the top of the drive you get the model number, manufacture date, serial number plus all your normal approvals and warnings about it being a laser product.

This particular unit is beige but you are able to purchase face plates for it so if you do have a black case you shouldn't have any trouble getting it to blend in with the case.

The back of the drives shows all your normal plugs with the molex power connector on the right, the IDE connector just after that, the pins for setting the drive to slave or master and the port for the audio cable.