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• Lite-On SHM-165H6S Dual Layer DVDRW Writer

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: mister1larry

  Updated:12-06-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

  Strengths: Labels don't peel off and no Sharpies needed!

  Weaknesses: Lightscribe in "Best" mode does take some time to "burn" label

  Overall Evaluation: Reads. Writes Cd and DVDs. Also throw that sharpie out lightscribe burns the label directly on the Media! No peeling labels, nice neat look. Lightscribe does take some time to burn, worth the wait ~ 15 minutes for list of album tracks.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: codemann8

  Updated:09-27-06

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  Strengths: lightscribe, fast DL burner, 16x reader and writer

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: Not much to discuss with a dvd burner other than it works, and it does burn at full speed. And those who like lightscribe would like this burner. I recommend for anyone that burns media often.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: rrdeaver

  Updated:09-22-06

  Duration of ownership:3 Months

  Strengths: Reads and writes all media their specs promise. Fast drive. Excellent price, and comes with Nero 6.

  Weaknesses: None

  Overall Evaluation: I had a Plextor drive that died just after the 1-year warranty expired. The other reviews spoke favorably about this drive and the performance make it a steal at this price.

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  5 Star Review

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  Updated:08-14-06

  Duration of ownership:2 Months

  Strengths: Excellent price, performance, features

  Weaknesses: None really. Upgrading the LightScribe software improves label quality, at the risk of a longer write time.

  Overall Evaluation: This is my first DVD burner, and I'm glad I waited to buy. I've had good luck with Lite-on CD-Rs in the past (as have family members for whom I've built PCs), so I decided to go with a Lite-on DVD. Thus far I've burned roughly 30 discs of various formats--DVD-R/+R, -R DL, and a couple CDs--and I've had just one problem disc; a Panasonic DVD-R that failed during verification following the burn. The disc was readable, but some data was recognized by Nero as corrupt. I'm very pleased, and I plan on buying a second unit for my wife's PC.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: snow7771

  Updated:08-05-06

  Duration of ownership:24 Days

  Strengths: Works great with many media .I have not tryed Litescribe .But understand other people say works good .

  Weaknesses: I installed Nero software that came with Drive . and i find it does not work good with Roxio CDs i have Burner.

  Overall Evaluation: I think this is a very good Burner and wood make a great First time Burner for any one who wants to start Burning Cd's, & DVDs and have a lot of fun do so .

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: zhangsa

  Updated:07-24-06

  Duration of ownership:16 Days

  Strengths: Support DVD-ROM, LightScribe, fast and quiet operation, good price

  Weaknesses: None so far

  Overall Evaluation: Initially after I installed the burner and updated the firmware, it kept on generating errors (from event viewer). Also, it wasted my 2 DVD+Rs by reporting errors during the burning and quit. The worse thing was that it refused to play any DVD. But later on I found the new drive came without setting any region. So after I fixed it, it became doing its job sincerely. It burns 4.5G data in a DVD+R in just about 10 minutes and plays DVD correctly. If this is the point to set the new drive, the manual should have addressed it. Whatsoever, I highly recommend it. It really is a solid buy.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: openeddie

  Updated:07-22-06

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Inexpensive. Burn every CD / DVD I have. Relatively small size. Have not tried lightscribe yet. I am sure it will be great.

  Weaknesses: Included Nero software is very limited.

  Overall Evaluation: I have not updated the firmware yet because I have not encounted any problem. However, it is always a good idea to have the latest firmware. Highly recommend to get a full version of Nero or Easy Media Creator.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: kottisha

  Updated:07-17-06

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  Strengths: Quiet, fast

  Weaknesses: DVD software that comes with it is not the best choice

  Overall Evaluation: Arrived fast, was very easy to install - did not have to play with jumpers. Quiet and fast. Did not try dual layer so far, but single laet works good. The only annoying thing is the DVD-player software that came with the writer (simply did not like it). But the hardware works perfectly.

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  4 Star Review

  Reviewed by: elaznrey

  Updated:07-11-06

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  Strengths: ease of installationincludes softwarelightscribe utility

  Weaknesses: none

  Overall Evaluation: this device is wonderful. for the price, it is as comprehensive a writer as you can get. speeds for writing, rewriting and reading are comparable all other brands. very easy to install. and the lightscribe utility is simply amazing and very effective and usefull. two thumbs up.

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  5 Star Review

  Reviewed by: KTL

  Updated:07-11-06

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  Strengths: All formats supported, LightScribe v1.2, UDMA-4 interface, scanning capabilities with appropriate tools.

  Weaknesses: Can be loud at times, questionable DVD+RW/-RW burns, single-colored LED for reading and writing.

  Overall Evaluation: Have had this burner for over 4 weeks and so far it has been very good on write-once DVD media. However, with DVD rewritables, the quality is questionable, as the laser strength might have been tuned down. The LightScribe feature is very nice and it has the newer version, which will save a few minutes from burning the image. The drive is also supported in a few scanning tools that can check the quality of the burns. Although the results can be subjective to the drive, but overall, it has been very consistent.

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Lite-On SHM-165H6S Dual Layer DVDRW Writer

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