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| Review: Lite-On SHM-165H6S |
Lite-On '“ USA was gracious enough to send us their Lite-On SHM-165H6S Super AllWrite DVD Writer. This drive supports 16x DVD+R/-R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, 5x DVD-RAM, 8x/4x DVD+R DL/-R DL writing and LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling.
Company Information:
Let us take a look at some of the company information found at the Lite-On Website:
Lite-On Technology Corporation's vision is to become a world-class excellent company. The company will accomplish this not only through leading global R&D and manufacturing technologies, but also through the quality and distinctiveness of its products.
To reach these levels of excellence and become the leading navigator in 3C convergence, Lite-On plans to generate between five and six billion US dollars in annual revenue while establishing itself as a global market-leader by mastering all of its product-line industries. The company's ability to generate profits will guide the industrial circles in which it competes. While accomplishing these goals, corporate management will continue its policies of absolute financial transparency, independence, and impartiality.
The company's pursuit of excellence does not end there. To create better lives for people, Lite-On will also continue to develop advanced and integrated digital products while furnishing customers with innovative values that lead to true, beneficial relationships. Lite-On wants to be the best strategic partner for each of its customers.
Led by a professional team with promise and lofty ethics, Lite-On will also strive to be an excellent corporation with peak efficiency. The company will provide shareholders and investors with an appealing return-on-investment. Additionally, Lite-On will supply employees with an optimum work environment that helps them learn new skills and grow professionally for the future. Lite-On seeks to become one of the best corporations that people in greater China can choose for a career.
Facts & Figures:
- Lite-On Technology reported its global consolidated June revenue of NT$13.7B, increasing 4% on a YoY basis.
- Accumulated revenue in 2005 totaled NT$75.6B, growing 2% on a YoY basis.
If you are interested in reading more company information, please visit: Lite-On
Drive specifications:
Now let's take a look at the specifications of the Lite-On SHM-165H6S, found at the Lite-On USA website:
| DVD-RW Drive (16X8X8X/16X6X4x/5X/16X/+48X24X48X DVD-DL Drive) |
| Features |
| * ATAPI/E-IDE Half-Height internal DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD+R9 / DVD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM combination drive |
| * Support Double Layer DVD+R DL Recording Function |
| * SMART-BURN® avoiding Buffer Under Run error, Automatically adjusting writing strategy & running OPC to provide the best burning quality(*1) |
| * SMART-X® function adjusts CD-DA/VCD/DVD data extraction to a fastest allowable speed according to both data request rate from host and disk quality(*2) |
| * VAS® system reduce vibration & noise during recording & reading(*3) |
| * Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn |
| * DVD read compliant: DVD single/dual layer (PTP, OTP), DVD-R(3.9G/4.7G), DVD-R multi-borders, DVD+R, DVD+R multi-sessions, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW |
| * CD read compliant: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, Photo-CD, Multi-session, Karaoke-CD, Video-CD, CD-I FMV, CD Extra, CD Plus, CD-R, and CD-RW |
| * Support both 8cm and 12cm disc of CD and DVD family |
| * Conform to Orange Book: Part 2 CD-R Volume 1, Part 2 CD-R Volume 2 Multi Speed, Part 3 CD-RW Volume 1 (1X, 2X AND 4X), Part 3 CD-RW Volume 2: High Speed, Part 3 CD-RW Volume 3: Ultra Speed |
| * Supported transfer mode : PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 and Ultra DAM mode 4 |
| * Support LightScribe direct disk labeling to LightScribe media |
| * 1 SMART-BURN® : Smart Monitoring & Adapting Recording Technology for BURNing. |
| Specifications | |
| * DVD Family: | Write : |
| * CD Family: | Write : |
| *LightScribe Labeling | CDR Media: 1.6X |
| * Buffer Size : | 2MB (MAX) |
| * PC Required : | Pentium 4 1.3 GHz or faster CPU, 128MB or higher RAM are Required |
| * Compatibility : | Windows 2000 SP4/XP |
| * MTBF (Life) : | 70000 Hours |
| * S/N Ration | >75dB |
| * Environment : | Operating 5°C to 45°C; Relative Humidity : 10% to 80%, Non-Condensing |
| * Dimension : | 145.0(W) x 41.3(H) x 170.0(D) mm |
| * Weight : | <0.9Kg |
| * Voltage Requirements : | +5V +/-5% and less than 100 mVp-p ripple voltage |
What's inside the box?
On this page we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive and its technology.
Front
Back
Top
Left Side Right Side
Below you will see the contents of the retail box:
- The internal drive itself
- Beige replacement bezel
- Nero 6 OEM Suite
- PowerDVD 5 CD
- Blank LightScribe CD-R
- Owners Manual
- Audio cable
- 4 mounting screws
- Quick Setup Guide (not pictured)
- Warranty information (not pictured)
Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:
On the front bezel we see an eject button, an emergency eject hole and a LED (green - for read and write - we prefer a different LED color though for writing). The logos located on the loading tray include the DVD Alliance DVD+R DL logo, a DVD Forum DVD-Multi Recorder logo, a CD-RW Ultra Speed logo and the LightScribe Direct Disc Labeling logo.
Top
On top of the drive we found two stickers. From these stickers we can see it was manufactured in China in December 2005.
Bottom
Back
On the back of the drive starting from the left, we see a diagnostics connector, a digital audio connector, an analogue audio connector, pins and a jumper to set the drive to cable select, slave or master, the IDE connector and finally the power connector.
We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero InfoTool:
From the screenshot of Nero InfoTool we notice a lack of support for Mount Rainier and CD+G reading. The drive provided was shipped with firmware HS07 installed.
From the 'Choose Recorder' screen of Nero Burning ROM we also see that the drive supports Bitsetting to DVD-ROM:
Let's continue the review and see how the drive performs.
On the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, the drive features…………
