Liteon iHBS112 BD-ReWriter Review

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Article posted 07 Aug 10 14:39

Reading performance

Reading performance

For these tests we will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed and Opti Drive Control to read various BD’s, CD’s and DVD’s, including audio discs and DVD-media.

CD reading performance:

CD-ROM:

For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing various programs and it’s close to 77 minutes in length. Below you will see the produced result:

The Liteon iHBS112 reached the max speed of 48.48x read speed. Let’s compare it with some other drives below.

CD-ROM
Pressed
Discs

Average
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

LG
GGC-H20L

30.70x

17.84x

40.70x

107ms

130ms

206ms

LG
GGW-H20L

30.28x

17.78x

40.36x

96ms

114ms

181ms

LG
GBW-H20L

29.97x

17.83x

39.43x

107ms

132ms

199ms

LG
GBC-H20L

12.06x

7.04x

15.69x

142ms

179ms

278ms

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

34.33x

19.79x

45.46x

110ms

130ms

211ms

LG
BH08LS20

36.56x

21.06x

48.41x

114ms

133ms

205ms

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

31.53x

18.35x

41.61x

144ms

167ms

309ms

Sony
BWU-300S

34.92x

20.16x

46.26x

143ms

157ms

289ms

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

31.22x

18.43x

41.32x

149ms

168ms

309ms

Plextor
PX-B940AS

30.12x

16.83x

41.60x

139ms

170ms

316ms

Liteon
iHBS112

34.01x

17.69x

48.42x

124ms

140ms

215ms

The Liteon iHBS112 is one of the fastest drives that we tested so far.

CD Recordable discs:

For this test we made a copy of the original CD that we used on our previous test. The disc we used was a JVC 52X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Taiyo Yuden.

The Liteon iHBS112 reached 48.82x read speed. Let’s compare it with some other drives below.

CD-R
Discs

Average
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

LG
GGC-H20L

30.43x

17.77x

40.31x

117ms

141ms

201ms

LG
GGW-H20L

30.50x

17.85x

39.56x

98ms

127ms

205ms

LG
GBW-H20L

29.76x

17.79x

39.08x

112ms

143ms

212ms

LG
GBC-H20L

11.95x

7.02x

15.67x

142ms

181ms

278ms

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

36.52x

20.85x

48.39x

117ms

130ms

200ms

LG
BH08LS20

36.74x

21.17x

48.68x

108ms

130ms

216ms

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

24.92x

14.66x

32.87x

154ms

178ms

317ms

Sony
BWU-300S

35.25x

20.18x

36.53x

159ms

166ms

300ms

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

31.07x

18.33x

40.42x

163ms

172ms

363ms

Plextor
PX-B940AS

29.74x

16.44x

43.52x

157ms

172ms

403ms

Liteon
iHBS112

34.56x

18.22x

48.82x

127ms

143ms

199ms

The Liteon iHBS112 was again one of the fastest drivers that we tested when reading our test CD-R.

CD Re-writable discs:

Again, we made a copy of the original CD, this time we used a Verbatim Ultra Speed (24X) CD-RW disc made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.

The Liteon iHBS112 reached 28.90x read speed. Let’s compare it with some other drives below.

CD-RW
Discs

Average
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

LG
GGC-H20L

31.15x

17.87x

41.47x

111ms

138ms

207ms

LG
GGW-H20L

31.51x

17.82x

39.53x

104ms

119ms

198ms

LG
GBW-H20L

30.44x

17.90x

40.09x

111ms

140ms

207ms

LG
GBC-H20L

12.24x

7.05x

16.13x

144ms

189ms

287ms

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

30.73x

17.52x

40.74x

116ms

134ms

199ms

LG
BH08LS20

30.63x

17.49x

40.52x

103ms

128ms

203ms

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

18.65x

10.99x

24.60x

154ms

175ms

314ms

Sony
BWU-300S

24.83x

14.45x

32.73x

154ms

166ms

299ms

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

18.15x

11.05x

24.45x

160ms

182ms

318ms

Plextor
PX-B940AS

17.86x

10.33x

25.09x

151ms

182ms

321ms

Liteon
iHBS112

28.90x

15.55x

40.56x

124ms

139ms

200ms

The Liteon iHBS112 was a very fast drive with great seek times when reading our test CD-RW.

Audio – Digital Audio Extraction:

To test the digital audio extraction performance of the Liteon iHBS112, we used Nero CD/DVD-Speed to measure the transfer rate. The audio disc we used is slightly larger than the disc used for the other tests, to be exact it’s nearly 79 minutes in length (78:53:31).

The Liteon iHBS112 reached 48.63x when reading our test audio disc. Let’s compare it with some drives below.

Audio
Discs

Average
Read
Speed

Start
 Read 
Speed

End
 Read 
Speed

Seek
Times
Random

Seek
 Times 
1/3

Seek
 Times 
Full

LG
GGW-H10N

26.10x

14.27x

29.68x

181ms

192ms

347ms

LG
GGC-H20L

30.91x

18.72x

41.08x

113ms

146ms

225ms

LG
GGW-H20L

29.43x

19.27x

37.98x

145ms

163ms

274ms

LG
GBW-H20L

30.91x

18.72x

41.08x

113ms

146ms

225ms

LG
GBC-H20L

12.18x

7.09x

16.20x

157ms

207ms

316ms

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

35.66x

22.27x

46.98x

116ms

128ms

200ms

LG
BH08LS20

29.88x

19.04x

39.21x

131ms

155ms

249ms

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

25.06x

15.15x

33.69x

181ms

212ms

352ms

Sony
BWU-300S

18.95x

10.91x

25.08x

158ms

175ms

309ms

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

31.03x

18.22x

41.90x

171ms

194ms

340ms

Plextor
PX_B940AS

36.71x

15.48x

48.63x

108ms

108ms

193ms

The Liteon iHBS112 was the fastest drive we tested so far when reading an Audio disc.

DVD reading performance:

Again, we will use Opti Drive Control to measure the reading performance, this time for various types of DVD discs. The drive should read pressed single layer DVD-discs at 16X.

Pressed DVD Video:

For our DVD reading performance tests we are going to start with single and double Layer DVD video discs. While only 1X speed is required to watch DVD movies, it’s useful to be able to read the discs at higher speeds if you’re going to extract (rip) the content of the disc to your hard drive.

DVD Video (single layer)

DVD Video (double layer)

The Liteon iHBS112 is not riplocked and is able to read our single layer disc at 16x and our double layer test discs at 12x.

We present the table below for comparison with other Blu-ray drives.

DVD
Video

Average
Read
Speed
(SL)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(SL)

End
 Read 
Speed
(SL)

Average
Read
Speed
(DL)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(DL)

End
 Read 
Speed
(DL)

LG
GGC-H20L

7.60x

4.26x

10.14x

6.11x

3.42x

8.05x

LG
GGW-H20L

6.05x

3.41x

8.07x

6.11x

3.41x

8.15x

LG
GBW-H20L

6.04x

3.43x

8.05x

6.08x

3.43x

8.00x

LG
GBC-H20L

6.04x

3.41x

8.05x

6.08x

3.43x

8.00x

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

6.14x

3.44x

8.20x

9.17x

5.08x

12.25x

LG
BH08LS20

3.67x

2.05x

4.90x

3.69x

2.05x

4.93x

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

11.95x

6.71x

15.98x

9.36x

5.30x

12.46x

Sony
BWU-300S

4.61x

2.58x

6.14x

4.57x

2.59x

6.08x

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

11.87x

6.66x

15.84x

9.39x

5.29x

12.39x

Plextor
PX-B940AS

11.32x

6.38x

15.91x

8.85x

5.15x

5.25x

Liteon
iHBS112

11.41x

6.44x

16.14x

8.60x

5.00x

5.10x

The Liteon iHBS112 was one of the fastest drives when reading pressed DVD-Video discs.

DVD – DVD+R/RW:

For this test we used a Verbatim 16X DVD+R and a Verbatim 8X DVD+RW with about 4.4GB of data. Below are the results.

DVD+R

DVD+RW

We present the table below for comparison with other Blu-ray drives.

DVD+R
DVD+RW

Average
Read
Speed
(+R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

Average
Read
Speed
(+RW)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(+RW)

End
 Read 
Speed
(+RW)

LG
GGC-H20L

9.23x

5.12x

12.35x

7.69x

4.24x

10.28x

LG
GGW-H20L

9.11x

5.12x

12.14x

7.53x

4.27x

10.05x

LG
GBW-H20L

9.11x

5.12x

12.14x

7.53x

4.25x

10.04x

LG
GBC-H20L

9.10x

5.10x

12.13x

7.53x

4.25x

9.97x

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

12.07x

6.70x

16.15x

9.18x

5.11x

12.27x

LG
BH08LS20

12.40x

6.86x

16.62x

7.73x

4.30x

10.34x

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

11.96x

4.87x

15.99x

9.39x

5.23x

12.55x

Sony
BWU-300S

12.32x

6.78x

16.49x

6.16x

3.43x

8.24x

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

11.97x

6.63x

16.04x

9.37x

5.17x

12.52x

Plextor
PX-B940AS

11.32x

6.28x

16.16x

8.88x

5.02x

12.57x

Liteon
iHBS112

11.43x

6.40x

16.23x

8.70x

4.94x

12.33x

The Liteon iHBS112 was above average when reading DVD+RW and DVD+R.

DVD – DVD-R/RW:

For this test we used a Verbatim 16X DVD-R disc and a Verbatim 6X DVD-RW disc filled with about 4.4GB of data, our test can be found below.

DVD-R

DVD-RW

We present the table below for comparison with other Blu-ray drives.

DVD-R
DVD-RW

Average
Read
Speed
(-R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

Average 
Read
Speed
(-RW)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(-RW)

End
 Read 
Speed
(-RW)

LG
GGC-H20L

9.23x

5.12x

12.33x

7.69x

4.23x

10.28x

LG
GGW-H20L

9.10x

5.12x

12.12x

7.52x

4.25x

10.03x

LG
GBW-H20L

9.10x

5.12x

12.12x

7.52x

4.25x

10.02x

LG
GBC-H20L

9.10x

5.12x

12.12x

7.51x

4.25x

10.01x

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

12.07x

6.72x

16.14x

9.16x

5.09x

12.25x

LG
BH08LS20

12.39x

6.88x

16.55x

7.71x

4.28x

10.31x

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

11.97x

6.64x

16.02x

9.37x

5.17x

12.52x

Sony
BWU-300S

12.30x

4.85x

16.46x

6.15x

3.40x

8.22x

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

11.96x

6.64x

16.02x

9.37x

5.17x

12.55x

Plextor
PX-B940AS

11.33x

6.31x

15.88x

8.86x

4.19x

12.53x

Liteon
iHBS112

11.43x

6.36x

16.26x

8.68x

4.87x

12.34x

The Liteon iHBS112 was again above average when reading DVD-R and DVD-RW.

DVD±R DL discs:

DVD+R DL:

The Liteon iHBS112 read our DVD+R DL test disc at 12x reading speed.

DVD-R DL:

The Liteon iHBS112 read our DVD-R DL test disc at 8x reading speed.

We present the table below for comparison with other Blu-ray drives.

DVD+R DL
DVD-R DL

Average
Read
Speed
(+R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(+R)

Average 
Read
Speed
(-R)

Start
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

End
 Read 
Speed
(-R)

LG

GGC-H20L

6.16x

3.42x

8.22x

6.18x

3.43x

8.22x

LG

GGW-H20L

6.14x

3.43x

8.14x

6.13x

3.43x

8.14x

LG

GBW-H20L

6.13x

3.43x

8.14x

6.13x

3.43x

8.14x

LG

GBC-H20L

6.10x

3.41x

8.11x

6.10x

3.41x

8.11x

ASUS

BC-06B1ST

6.17x

3.43x

8.22x

6.17x

3.44x

8.22x

LG
BH08LS20

6.19x

3.44x

8.26x

6.19x

3.45x

8.24x

Pioneer
BDR-203BK

9.47x

5.27x

12.64x

9.48x

5.28x

12.65x

Sony
BWU-300S

6.17x

3.43x

8.73x

6.17x

3.43x

8.23x

Pioneer
BDR-205BK

9.48x

5.28x

12.64x

9.47x

5.29x

12.62x

Plextor
PX-B940AS

8.95x

5.13x

5.26x

8.95x

5.11x

5.28x

Liteon
iHBS112

8.57x

4.95x

5.04x

5.83x

3.53x

3.44x

The Liteon iHBS112 was average when reading our test DVD±DL media and left mixed feelings, we hoped that it could also reach 12x on DVD-R DL, but unfortunately it didn’t.

Blu-ray reading performance:

BD-ROM SL

For our first test we selected a SL BD-ROM movie, Underworld.

The Liteon iHBS112 read our BD-ROM media at 8x reading speed.

BD-ROM DL:

For the second test we selected a BD-ROM DL disc containing the movie Quantum of solace

The Liteon iHBS112 read our DL BD-ROM media at 8x max reading speed.

BD-R:

Again the Liteon iHBS112 read our BD-R disc at 8x.

BD-RE:

The Liteon iHBS112 read our BD-RE at 8x reading speed.

Summary:

The Liteon iHBS112 is a fast reader of BD media, currently supporting the 8x reading speed on all media.  DVD media reading performance is also very good, and one of the fastest drives we tested.

Now let’s head over to the next page where we will test CD-R/RW writing performance……

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