Consumers who are looking at getting their hands on fastest DVD writer available will be happy to know that Lite-On has unveiled its first 20x DVD writer, which Lite-On also claims to be the world’s first official DVD writer capable of writing at 20x. According to DigitTimes, Lite-On launched two 20x models, the LH-20A1P and the LH-20A1H, with the only difference being LightScribe support added on the LH-20A1H model. Both writers feature DVD±R/RW, DVD±R DL, DVD-RAM and CD-RW writing capabilities.
Both 20x models will be first made available to the retail market and volume production of the LH-20A1P model is expected to start next month, followed by the LightScribe model in the first quarter of 2007. Other optical drive makers, including Sony, NEC and TSST also have plans to launch 20x models, but with their recent launch of 18x writers, they are holding back to avoid making their 18x models look like in-betwen models already, since consumers would likely go for either a 16x or 20x model rather than an in-between model if they had the three to choose from. According to Hitachi-LG Data Storage, the difference between 18x and 20x is also very small.
From what I can see, unless one needs to do volume copying, such as a business that needs to hand out 100’s of brochures and catalogues on CD, for the average consumer, the difference between an 20x model and an 18x model is likely to be in the order of seconds, thus making the 20x speed more of a marketing gimmick for consumers.
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To have a drive that start at 6-8x and at the very end reach 20x is just marketing. Most popular headlines
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