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Liteon LDW-811s Review Part 1
The Liteon LDW-811s is a DVD-Burner by Liteon. I received the LDW-811s as a 2003 Christmas present. I decided to post the Liteon LDW-811s Review now, since I have spent a few months using the drive.

Liteon LDW-811s Specifications:
The Liteon LDW-811s is a 8x 4x / 4x 2x + 40x 24x 40x drive, this means that:
The LDW-811s writes DVD+R at 8x (10800KB/sec) CLV
The LDW-811s writes DVD-R at 4x (5400KB/sec) CLV
The LDW-811s writes DVD+RW at 4x (5400KB/sec) CLV
The LDW-811s writes DVD-RW at 2x (2700KB/sec) CLV
The LDW-811s reads DVDs at 12x (16200KB/sec) maximum by CAV
The LDW-811s writes CD-R at 40x (6000KB/sec) maximum by Partial-CAV
The LDW-811s writes CD-RW at 24x (3600KB/sec) maximum by Partial-CAV in UltraSpeed disc
The LDW-811s reads CD at 40x (6000KB/sec) maximum by CAV

The LDW-811s access times are as follows
DVD: 160ms
CD: 140ms

Liteon's LDW-811s has a buffer of 2 MB.

<li>ATAPI / E-IDE Half-Height internal DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM combination drive
</li><li>SMART-BURN
avoiding Buffer Underrun Error, Automatically adjusting writing
strategy & running OPC to provide the best burning quality </li><li>SMART-X Smart Monitoring & Adjusting Read-speed Technology for eXtraction
</li><li>VAS® to reduce vibration & noise during recording & reading
</li><li>Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn
</li><li>DVD
read compliant : DVD single / dual layer ( PTP / OTP ), DVD-R ( 3.9G B
/ 4.7 GB ), DVD-R multi-borders, DVD+R, DVD+R multi-sessions, DVD-RW,
and DVD+RW </li><li>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 </li><li>Supprot both 8 cm and 12 cm disc of CD and DVD family
</li><li>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 </li><li>Supported transfer mode : PIO mode 4, DMA mode 2 and Ultra DMA mode 2

Liteon LDW-411s Review Part 2
First, lets look at Liteon's LDW-411s under the microscope with "Nero InfoTool"
<img src="http://images.short-circuit.zapto.org/811sreview/neroinfotool.JPG">

As you can see, the only unsupported read feature of the LDW-811s is DVD-RAM. The LDW-811s cannot wite DVD-RAM or Mount Rainer.

If you pay close attention, you will see that the region protection for the LDW-811s has been removed. I will post an article in the <a href="http://short-circuit.zapto.org/forum16.php">Optical Drives Section</a> explaining how to remove region protection on all Liteon DVD drives.

Liteon LDW-411s Review Part 3

If you plan on using your Liteon LDW-811s for data backup, you can count on reliable data backup. Out of all the data dvd's I've written, none of them have had problems with any DVD drive. I have tested this with many types of media.

However, If you want to use your Liteon LDW-811s DVD Burner to "backup" movies, this is another beast. The most important factor in backing up DVD movies with the Liteon LDW-411s is the media used. You may have heard many complaints about the Liteon LDW-811s drive, but these are not true. 95% of these problems are the result of user error and nothing wrong with the drive. Every DVD Movie I have backed up with the Liteon LDW-811s DVD burner has worked flawlessly. If you are having problems with copying DVD Movies with you LDW-811s, click here-> <a href="http://short-circuit.zapto.org/ftopic53.php">How to Fix Your Liteon LDW-411s Problems</a>

Liteon LDW-811s Review Part 4

Liteon LDW-811s Overall Impressions:
Overall, I would recomend the Liteon LDW-811s to anyone who is interested in a low cost, high quality DVD Burner. It is a fast burner based of DVD burn standards and produces high quality burns. Liteon DVD drives are the only ones that I am aware that the Region Protection can be removed.

All in all, I give the Liteon LDW-811s 4 out of 5 stars

Pros:
Fast
Supports +/- R/RW
Creates high quality burns
Allows Region protection to be disabled
Inexpensive

Cons:
Some users may expiernce initial problems with this drive
Does Not Support Mount Rainer or DVD-RAM

nice review!