Lite-On 16X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer DVD Writer

Rating:
Summary: Very Good Performance, User friendly
Review: I got this drive, in black, for Christmas this year. Let me tell you, I am so glad I did. I have a Dell Dimension and installation took a total of about ten minutes and I used nothing more than a pair of scissors, to get the package open, and a philips head screwdriver. Popped open the case, removed my old CD-RW and added my new DVD-RW and plugged it in to my IDE cable in the same position as my old drive. You then need to connect the wire that clips to the sound card. Then I just booted the machine. With WindowsXP Home there was no need to load any drivers, it was automatically recognized and configured. Everything worked on the first try. I have done these types of installs before so I never bothered to read the instructions until I was finished. However I can tell you that the instructions provided are very clear and detailed. But this is not a hard install to do, so if you have never done anything like this before, it is a good project to start with.

Now I have two DVD drives, since I had a DVD-ROM that came with the Dell. With the addition of the Nero software, which comes with the new drive, I am able to put a DVD in my reader, and a blank dvd in my DVD-RW and do a disc copy without writing an entire dvd to my hard drive, which saves a lot of time and space. But I am getting off topic.

This drive is very fast and does a great job with both DVD's and CD's. It is quiet as well and since it is so fast it doesn't have to run constantly as most slower drives. I have burned a number of DVD's since installing this drive and have had ZERO errors thus far. Not one problem or even slight bump in the road. For the money you cannot find a better burner. If you are even thinking of making this purchase, just do it.