Lite-on DVD Burner - £86

[neelpeel11]

£86 at Novatech.
Cheapest I've seen so far for an 8X burner.
Its dual format too...


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[Singh]

Its £60 at blankdiscshop.co.uk

http://www.blankdiscshop.co.uk/acatalog/Hardware_Section__.html

 

[GlennTheBaker]

Bought this baby a couple of weeks ago. Its basically an OEM version of the LiteOn LDW-811s. I've now force-flashed the firmware so it now IS an LDW-811s.

Lovely piece of kit and a steal at £60.

 

[Mitch2000]

Just bought one myself and IMO is great buy. By the way GlennTheBaker, how do you force-flash it? I'd like to do that myself.

 

[GlennTheBaker]

Hi Mitch2000.

Download a utility called FlashFix from HERE followed by the latest firmware for the LDW-811s from HERE. Follow the instructions on the FlashFix page and Bob's your uncle!

There are a couple of utilities from LiteOn which you may find useful. Follow the link from the firmware page.

Have fun!

 

[Mitch2000]

Hi GlennTheBaker,

Well that was easy. I'd already downloaded the firmware from Liteon last weekend and couldn't get it to work. With your help it took less than 5 mins.

Many Thanks

 

[GlennTheBaker]

No worries, Mitch. I can't take any credit for the info though - I found it on the forum pages of CDFreaks.com. There's loads of info and help for all manner of subjects.

All the best.

 

[DazJWood]

Is this DVD burner still available for £60 anywhere? and is it a good burner to get?

Does it cover all the formats at all?

Thanks,

Daz

 

[GlennTheBaker]

The place where I got it from appears to have sold out. The drive is actually called a DRW-1S81 so you might have some joy if you do a search for that on Google or whatever.

 

[Mitch2000]

Daz,
I've been using one of these for a couple of weeks and for me it has been faultless. I was bit worried it wouldn't work on my 3 year old 800AMD PC but it's fine. Burnt a few cheap DVD+R's and some dearer Ritek DVD-R's. CDR's are a breeze burning in about 4 mins.
If you can find one it's well worth it.