Customer Reviews

Lite-On 52x32x52 Internal CD-RW Drive ( LTR-52327S )

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

People might not know the Lite on name, but I'd be willing to bet you have used them. Dell, Gateway, Sony, Toshiba all used Lite-On to manufacture their drives at one point.

I've owned this drive, and installed half a dozen of them in friend's computers over the last year and I can say without a doubt Lite-On might very well be the best CD burner manufactures in the world.

I have burned about 230 Cds and ripped about 500 Cds with this drive and it has NEVER given me anything but perfection. Not only is it great for burning CDs, but it's outstanding at digital audio extraction (The process of extracting music from store bought CD). In fact its rated 3rd fastest in the world at pulling audio from Cds, and it does that while keeping the audio free of any noise. This is very important if you're filling that IPod with all those CDs you have.

Buy with confidence.

After my Yamaha EZ3200 bit the dust after a year (run don't walk away from any Yamaha cd-writer....they no longer manufactur cd-writers and will not provide any support for them), I needed a quick replacement. Enter this Lite-On CD-RW. Not only is the cost terrific, but it is was a breeze to install. I've been using this writer and Nero software for about 2 months now. I've just made it through my first 50-pack of cd-rs and have not burned one coaster yet! I would recommend this writer to anyone looking for a effective and inexpensive replacement for their old or burned out cd-writer.
****May 2008 Update....still burning strong!!!****

I bought this expecting to hear loud noise but was surpised at actually how quite it is. This drive will be great for extraction or burning of svcd's/divx. Smart burn technology is awesome!! I remember my first cd-rw was a sony 12x8x32. Man what a difference. Can you recall buffer underun ? Thats gone forever !! I even tried this on my old pentium 166 and nothing but ease of use. I think the 2mb buffer has something to do with it to. I would recommend this cd-rw to anyone !! Its the best out there in my eye's !!

What in the world... 5 people just happened to post gushing reviews for this drive on the same day.
Right.
AMZ, you may want to do some checking into these.

oh, yea, the drive is fine, although i thought it cost a bit more than it's worth. IMHO.

Worked reliably for approx. 18 mos. then click-blink-clink-blink nothin. I expected a lot more life for the price I paid for it at the time (This unit came inside a Lacie FireWire box).

I run a hotrod Mac G4, Big Audio files (Audio Restoration Work) . I Used it for Audio burns ONLY (of course). As for now, I must use my 2 yr old internal Pioneer AO7 DVD for audio; atleast till a replacement is delivered or locally purchased.

For the price, I will give Lite-On another try. Although I'm not Impressed thus far... I'ld give LACIE a 2star, because they should install only the HIGHEST quality in their boxes. Lacie patronizes High End Mac users at premium prices.

I was having playback issues with my CDs on the computer after burning them and finally realized it could be the old drive and not the software. It was skipping, but the CDs played troublefree on my other equipment.

I wanted another Lite-On product, similar to the old drive and purchased this used drive. My problem seems to be solved. So far so good!

Delivery was prompt and I have a 30 day warranty.

How interesting that "bergtkeller" reviews himself below praising the good service that he got from himself when he bought one from himself (somehow though it took him 3 days to deliver it to himself).

Well, you've got me sold bergtkeller. How can I resist a seller that has zero sale reviews, and isn't even smart enough to use a different screen name to promote himself. I'll take 3, and I'll send payment today, really. You can trust me; I do.

Lite-on has got to be one of the leading cd-rw makers around. I really never paid attention to this company till recently when i bought a cd-rw. If i ever get another optical drive i will go for lite-on first. Completely fast and no errors! cd's play beautifully and to comment on the noise factor... Dont let anyone freak you out about it. Not bad at all.

Lite-on really delivers high speeds on this one. A little noisy but for speed im definelty satisfied !!

I liked how fast my cd's got done but one thing caught me, the noise. But I guess you cant expect silence. Im new to computers so i guess it may be abnormal to me. Nice CD-RW though.