Lite-On was kind enough to send us the iHAS422 for review. In this review we will be seeing how this drive from one the world’s best known electronics manufacturers performs in our tests.

The Lite-On iHAS422 supports 22x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, and 8x DVD+R/DL-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5GB to be written. The Lite-On iHAS422 also supports DVD-RAM reading and writing at 12x speed, LightScribe direct to disc labelling and SmartErase features.

Company Information

We are sure that most of you know Lite-On already, but for those of you wishing to find out more, you can read about it on the Lite-On website.

Drive Specifications

Packaging

Let’s now take a look at the packaging that the drive is shipped in.

The drive that Lite-On sent was the retail version and, we can see the package and contents below.

Box front

Box rear

 
Box left and right sides

Box top

What’s inside the box

Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself and what the drive came shipped with.

Our package was the retail version.

The package contained the Lite-On iHAS422, SATA cable, Silver bezel, software disc, fixing screws and bezel removal tool..

Now let’s take a look at the drive.

Black bezel

Silver bezel

The bezel of the Lite-On iHAS422 is nicely styled. We can also see various logos, an emergency eject hole, single green LED and an eject button.

Drive top

Drive bottom

On the bottom of the drive we found one label and we can see the drive was manufactured in China during September 2008.

On the rear of the drive we can see some unspecified jumpers, an SATA power connector and data connector.

Now let’s head on to the next page where we can take a look at the features of the drive….