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Review: Optiarc AD-7240S Reviewed by: Liggy Provided by: Sony Optiarc Europe GmbH Firmware: 1.01 Manufactured: February 2009 |
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Optiarc started as a joint-venture with Sony and NEC but since December 2008, Optiarc is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony and the AD-7240S is the first half-height DVD burner that was released by Optiarc since then.Drive Specifications
The drive
Drive front
The bezel of the Optiarc AD-7240S is nicely styled. We can also see a few logos, an emergency eject hole, a single green LED and an eject button.
Drive top
Drive bottom
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:g very pleased and i must say i always try to buy this make optiarc 
The last Positive kind of wipes out the first Negative thanks to the reviewer :B
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sorry for the double post. Not sure what happened
This message was edited at: 17-07-2009 13:08
This message was edited at: 17-07-2009 13:08
@bob If we had SL booktyping firmware for the 7241S or 7243S it'd wipe out BOTH negatives.
It appears to me that this review has been changed from when I read it initially.
Initially when I read it I swear it stated that one negative was that the writing performance on some DL media could be improved, but now that statement is missing. Also, on the DAE page, it previously stated it did not cache, but had a screenshot showing caching as YES (or vice versa). Finally, on the bottom of the DVD-RAM page, it states "Now let’s head to the special features page where we will check out LightScribe and SmartErase….." neither of which are available on this drive.
Initially when I read it I swear it stated that one negative was that the writing performance on some DL media could be improved, but now that statement is missing. Also, on the DAE page, it previously stated it did not cache, but had a screenshot showing caching as YES (or vice versa). Finally, on the bottom of the DVD-RAM page, it states "Now let’s head to the special features page where we will check out LightScribe and SmartErase….." neither of which are available on this drive.
After publishing the review, the only changes that have been made were spelling mistakes.
I used a previous drive review (LiteOn iHAS422) as a template for my review and that's where Lightscribe and SmartErase come from. Looks like you are the first one who noticed this
I used a previous drive review (LiteOn iHAS422) as a template for my review and that's where Lightscribe and SmartErase come from. Looks like you are the first one who noticed this
For burning audio CD's some CD-R jitter figures would be nice for all writer reviews!
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