Asus LightScribe Internal IDE 18x DVD R/W Drive (DRW1814BLBLACK)

by Asus

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.9 x 1.7 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000PT1X8Y
• Item model number: DRW1814BLBLACK
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 9, 2006

Product Description

Internal IDE 18x18 DVD+/- RW Drive with LightScribe capability! The ASUS DRW-1814BL is the Light Scribe drive enables CD images and disc labels to be burned onto disc using the same drive that is used to burn the data. Make a label wherever and whenever you want with your PC or burner. Simple, Compatible and Flexible

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, January 3, 2008

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This review is from: Asus LightScribe Internal IDE 18x DVD R/W Drive (DRW1814BLBLACK) (Personal Computers)

So far so good. Glad I got it. No major technical problems.

-great price for a lightscribe drive.

-its only single layer but these days thats enough and double layer disks are expensive anyway. Mostly i'm using it with dvd-r's since they're supposedly slightly more commonly recognized by most drives. (I dont think thats true anymore these days but whatever). I did not find any real functional difference between dvd+r and dvd-r. Dvd+r is supposed to be slightly better quality but for my purposes it did not matter.

-hardware installation a breeze. I had to yank the jumper on the back (and thus not have any jumper) before it was correctly recognized by my system as a secondary drive.

-quiet as heck. whisper quiet.

-Comes with nero 7 Essentials. Ran the update tool on it right away. Seems to be a full featured package with tools for photo and video editing (including creating clips from various video sources), cd and dvd burning, file management. It installed a desktop search engine (nero scout) which I disabled by going into 'my computer', you'll see an icon for it, right click, options, disable.

-burning a dvd movie took 20 to 30 minutes. (I have a medium strength PC, nothing extraordinary). 2ghz pentium 4, with winXP.

Probably the 1gb RAM helps.

-lightscribe: nice to have, makes the dvd look quite nice, clean, and professionally labelled. Lightscribe takes about 15 minutes to burn an image or title, and you need to use lightscribe capable dvds (which arent any more expensive than regular dvd's if you buy spindle). Basically you flip over the disc after you've burned your data on it, and then it can burn a title or image of your choice onto the top of the dvd. Comes with an application to help you do that and edit the title or image.

-"intel application accelerator" had to be uninstalled before lightscribe worked. There's a note about this at lightscribe.com. I had installed that utility many years ago and had forgotten about it on my PC. For good measure I installed the lightscribe update from the same site but I dont think i really needed it --Who knows. it installed some files. You can try it without this update first.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior performance at the right price!!, November 13, 2007

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ChrisB. - See all my reviews

This review is from: Asus LightScribe Internal IDE 18x DVD R/W Drive (DRW1814BLBLACK) (Personal Computers)

I have never been more satisfied with a product as I am with this DVD R/W drive. It was very easy to install and worked flawlessly from day one. I have not had one single I/O error in the 40+ DVD's I've burned so far.

The price also makes this purchase a great value. I thought that quality would be an issue compared to my expensive Samsung and Thomson drives, but Asus dominated them both. This is an excellent device. I still smile every time I use it.

I would also like to stress that I do not work for Asus and I'm not in the business of selling anything. I'm a full-time PC Tech for the government. I strongly recommend this Asus drive.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Basic IDE DVD Burner, works great, December 5, 2007

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Jeffrey Heaton "Jeff Heaton" (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Asus LightScribe Internal IDE 18x DVD R/W Drive (DRW1814BLBLACK) (Personal Computers)

I needed a DVD-burner to upgrade a used Dell that I just bought. So I bought this one due to all of its high reviews. Install is very easy, just plug in the IDE and power, just like any other drive you could buy. The computer detected it and I am now able to burn DVD's using Nero. Very good product!