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Review: Lite-On iHAS324 |
Lite-On was kind enough to send us the iHAS324 for review. In this review we will be seeing how this drive from one the world’s best known optical drive manufacturers performs in our tests.
The Lite-On iHAS324 supports 24x 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 iHAS324 also supports DVD-RAM reading and writing at 12x speed, and SmartErase features.
Company Information
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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 iHAS324, SATA cable, software disc, instruction manual, and fixing screws.
Now let’s take a look at the drive.
Bezel
The bezel of the Lite-On iHAS324 is nicely styled. We can also see various logos including a Smart Erase logo, which is a feature that the drive supports, 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 April 2009.
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….
15 Comments
Saw two things:
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The Lite-On iHAS324 uses Z-CLV, (Zoned Constant Linear Velocity), to write at 10X. This gives an average speed of 6.23x and a total writing time of 18 minutes and 55 seconds. The Lite-On iHAS324 uses Z-CLV, (Zoned Constant Linear Velocity), to write at 10X. This gives an average speed of 6.36x and a total writing time of 18 minutes and 48 seconds. |
| Now let’s head to the special features page where we will check out LightScribe and SmartErase… |
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Summary: The Optiarc AD-7240S burns DVD+R media with generally good to very good quality and even at 24x burning speed the results were surprisingly good, however only one media type is certified for burning at 24x speed on the AD-7240S. On our tested DVD+RW media, writing quality was good too but there is still some room for improvement on the 6x writing strategies. |
Regarding the 24x writing speed.
I didn't author the Optiarc review, if i had, i would have called the 24x writing speed a gimmick on that drive as well (subjective opinion). as i did with the iHAS422 review with its 22x writing speed.
I'll also continue to call this feature a gimmick on any further reviews, where a drive burns a single media +R or -R at the highest speed, to simply add a 24x sticker on the box.
I see your Optiarc AD-7200A review didn't mention it and it only burns 1 DVD+R and 1 available DVD-R at 20x.
My comment about 24X burning on Taiyo Yuden 16X +R and -R was that in this case the "gimmick" is actually a pretty good one. It's fun to burn a disc in less than 4:00 minutes; for this "cdFreak" anyway.
In any case I like my new burner and I enjoyed your review, Dee. Thanks again for your efforts. If you have the time could you please send me a few more photos? If your avatar is any indication you're my kind of girl.
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/17787-d...a-gimmick.html
@Steven2874.
It's only an avatar.
I have dark hair, not red, and i'm rather flat chested.
I'm glad you took my comments in the spirit intended- with tongue firmly in cheek
I too have dark hair and am flat-chested so we have a lot in common. Well, my hair used to be dark...
But sofar no dice.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/f20/cdfreak...ml#post2414025
PS. Firefox's spellchecker thought I was trying to type "Smartypants" LOL!
@eyeman
I think both drives are about equal for quality when writing CD-R/RW. They are both able to burn good quality media with excellent writing quality.
The poorer quality media that both drives had some problems with, could probably be fixed with a firmware update. or better still, stick to good quality media.
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