Lite-On announces LTR-52246S - a 52/24/52X drive !


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While surfing the internet I saw that our friends from CDRLabs.com noticed that Lite-On has posted the specifications of their upcoming drive, the Lite-On LTR-52246S. This drive will offer the fastest recording speeds available today and will also support ultra-speed re-writing:

52x24x52x CD-RW Drive LTR-52246S

Features:

Half-Height Internal Design, Fastest CD-RW Drive in the world !

Innovated SMART-BURN? technology to automatically check media quality and set limit to burning speed to ensure successful writing sessions & data retainability (*1)

Buffer underrun error free & automatically adjust writing strategy plus running OPC to meet various burning condition

SMART-X supporting high-speed DAE & VCD extraction for copying and automatically decreasing speed to provide smooth & noise-free playback for CD Audio/VCD titles (*2)

VAS (Vibration Absorber System) to reduce vibration & noise during recording & reading

Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn

Support format of CD Family, CD-R & CD-RW media (up to 99min)

Conforms to Orange Book Part 2,3, Volume 3: Ultra Speed & MMC2 commands

Support Mt.Rainier

Plug & Play Device with Emergency Manual Eject function

E-IDE Interface, support up to Ultra-DMA mode 2

Use FlashROM supports internet firmware upgrade

Specifications:

Speed:

52x Write CD-R

24x Rewrite CD-RW

52x Read CD-ROM Speed

Interface: ATAPI / E-IDE, support up to Ultra-DMA Mode2 (33.3MB/sec)

Access Time: 80ms (typical)

Buffer Size: 2MB

Disc Format: CD/CD-R/CD-RW formats both 8cm & 12cm discs (up to 99 mins)

MTBF (Life): 70,000 Hours

I wonder how this new Lite-On drive will perform and if 52X writing is worth the upgrade from a 48X drive for instance... We'll have to wait for the first reviews to find out!

Source: CDFreaks

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