Lite-On iHAS524 DVD writer review

 

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Review: Lite-On iHAS524
Reviewed by: Dee
Provided by: Lite-On Europe
Firmware: BL2J
Manufactured: October 2009

Lite-On was kind enough to send us the iHAS524 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 iHAS524 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 iHAS524 also supports DVD-RAM reading and
writing at 12x speed, and SmartErase features, and also the first drive we have
tested here at MyCE.com to feature LabelTag.

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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.

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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 iHAS524, 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 iHAS524 is nicely styled. We can
also see various logos including LabelTag, 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 October 2009.

On the rear of the drive we can see a 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….

 

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