Lite-On NL were kind enough to send us their latest slim line DVD writer for review, the eTAU108. The Lite-On eTAU108 is a top loading slim drive that supports 8x DVD±R, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 5x DVD-RAM and 6x DVD+R DL and 6x DVD-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written.

In this review will check out the performance of the Lite-On eTAU108.

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.

Package

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 eTAU108, USB cable, software disc, and instruction manual.

Now let’s take a look at the drive.

Drive front

The front of the Lite-On eTUA108 is a stylish drive, the green led is located on the top of the drive. We can see an open button.

Drive rear

We can see a power connector and USB connector. Note that the unit operates with the USB cable only.

Drive top

Drive bottom

On the bottom of the drive we found one label and we can see that the drive was manufactured in China during October 2009.

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