Solid Functioning Drive | Philips 20X DVD+/-RW LightScribe SATA Drive

Good deal! | Philips 20X DVD+/-RW LightScribe SATA Drive

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	• Philips 20X DVD+/-RW LightScribe SATA Drive Lite On Lite On average customer review:based on 4 reviews view larger image
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DVD Burner

Haven't used it much, but it seems like a winner. Apparently, this is manufactured by Lite-On, but it says it is a Philips. This annoyed me at first, so I ended up returning one of them, reordered it, and they sent me the same Philips burner. Regardless of who manufactured it, it should be called a Philips, not a Lite-On. It is Lightscribe, but I haven't even burned a DVD yet, let alone used the Lightscribe function. Aside from the naming issue, I wish the loading tray were a little smoother.

Solid Functioning Drive

This is my first SATA drive although my custom PC always had the capability and I must say I'm very impressed with the ease of installation (hardware and software). One important setback that I discovered however was that you need to make sure your BIOS and other drivers for your motherboard are up to date otherwise Windows XP will give you the blue screen of death and keep rebooting endlessly at bootup once you've connected the drive. That was an oversight on my part. Once I shutdown and disconnected the SATA cable, turned on my PC, updated my drivers and BIOS and then shutdown the PC, reconnected the cable and turned on my PC, Windows XP loaded up just fine and I was able to load in the installation CD. Burns both CDs and DVDs just great, low noise, and in satisfactory time. Haven't had the chance to use the Lightscribe feature yet, but when I do, I'll update my notes here. Excellent price for this drive, too!

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Good deal!

its quiet, very fast responce, SATA!. Nero it comes with is very basic.. and some functions of the software are only trial period. so buy your own software! Also it says Lite-On but the actual unit is a product Philps. (shrug)

other than parts of the software being trials its a good deal. going to test out the lightscribe feature soon :)

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FYI and System Requirements

First, make sure that your power supply has an available SATA connector. You may be like me, with a motherboard that supports SATA, but an older power supply.

Second, if you are looking for ANY DVD-RW drive that doesn't come with that infernal Nero 7 Essentials, well, you're out of luck again.

Third, it's advertised as being manufactured by Lite-on. The one I received was manufactured by Philips. I'm off-put by sales practices like that.

Even if my power supply supported SATA, I still would have returned it.

Take a pass on this one. Keep searching, I know I will. Someone, somewhere MUST have a drive that don't come with Nero.

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Lightscribe Direct Disc Labeling makes messy marker pens and awkward stick-on labels a thing of the past. Simply flip over your specially coated recordable or rewritable CD/DVD, re-insert into your drive and burn fantastic labels with the look and quality of professional silk-screened labels. You can mix text and personalized graphics to make finding your archived movies, music, photos and data files easier than before. Dimensions - Width 5.84 x Height 1.68 x Depth 6.6 Weight - 1.99 pounds