Liteon 20X External DVDrw + Lightscribe, Retail Pack

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 6.1 x 9.7 inches ; 3.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000WM1Z14
• Item model number: DX-20A3H-05
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 1, 2007

Product Description

Product Description
The DX-20A3H 20x external writer with USB connection is designed for true power users who not only care about speed but the quality and functions of the drive. The DX-20A3H delivers a maximum write speed of 20x on select DVD?R media, one of the fastest write speeds available on the market.The 20x optical drive features "SmartWrite", is a self-learning mechanism that automatically detects and decides the optimal "write strategy" for each DVD?R recordable media. The drive not only determines the best write speed strategy automatically, it also memorizes the writing strategy for every single type of media previously used for a faster, better quality DVD recording experience.In addition, the DX-20A3H includes the LightScribe labeling technology which allows users to silkscreen any type of artwork right onto the surface of the LightScribe-supported CD or DVD. Users simply burn content data as always onto any LightScribe-compatible media, flip the disc over, reinsert it into the drive and burn a beautiful label based on personal artwork, text or photographs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ambivelent about product., March 7, 2008

By	Daniel McGowen (Saint Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Lets start with the picture ... there are 3 pictures associated with this particular model. Unless I missed it I had no way to choose which one I received. I don't care so much about esthetics but there are some of you who might.

Set up was easy provided you don't read the instructions. The instructions on the quick start card differ from those in the manual. (I followed the instructions on the quick start card.)

I've burned 6 DVD's at the time of this review. The data on Disk 1 and 2 works fine. The light scribe process failed on both. Disk 3 & 4 burned fine. The light scribed labels on both look great and the data transfer went off without a hitch. Disk 5 ... the label looks great but the burner identified the disk as a blank CD rather then a DVD. Disk 6 had no issues. I used the same type of blank for each burn and made no adjustments to the settings. It seems unlikely that 3 of the 6 blanks in the same spindle would be bad.

Additionally, LiteOn, the manufacturer of these drives, provides no firmware for this model.

For these reasons I am ambivalent about my purchase. I'm excited when it works and unhappy when it does not.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars BAD TECH SUPPORT, March 6, 2008

By	Terrence P. Wood (BELLAIRE, MICHIGAN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this product a couple of days ago and had trouble with it from the start. When I would record a video project, and then choose to burn the same project again....with nero....it would keep ejecting the disk with error messages that said burn process failed. I had to keep re-closing the door to the drive and after about 5 or 6 times it would finally burn again. I called tech support and got someone who could barely speak english, and she couldn't help me at all. I played around with the drive trying to get it to function properly but could not. Seeing I could get no help from tech-support I had no other choice but to return the drive as defective.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Looks like a great product, Not Mac compatible..., June 4, 2008

By	E. Eelkema "engineer" (Pasadena, CA) - See all my reviews

This looks like a great product and, I'm sure it is. If and only if you own a PC. It completely failed to work on my Mac Mini (1.25GHz, G4) and MacBook Pro. If you have a Mac, make sure that the drive explicitly says Mac compatible, it'll cost you more, but it's worth it. I'm very happy now with a refurbed Lacie drive that only cost $10 more.