Lite-On SOHW-1633S

Reviewed by: alvamark

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: simple installation, easy to use; actually, its use is "transparent," in that you just put in a blank disc, tell the software what you want, and the burner just works

Weaknesses: none, really; the pop-out tray that holds the disc seems a tad bit flimsy, but that's really not a problem as long you don't do something stupid like use it for a cupholder

Overall Evaluation: Like I said before, you really don't even know that the drive is anything different, since it has done everything I've told it to do. I've used DVD-R, DVD+RW, CD-R and CD-RW, and it has done everything flawlessly. The speed for burning audio CD's is good, making data DVD's is pretty quick, also. Making video DVD's takes quite a while, but I suspect that's due to the DVD software, and maybe my computer, more so than the drive. I have absolutely no complaints. I will admit, I'm not a "master geek," but I easily recommend this drive!