The
list of internal Blu-ray burners
hitting the
test bench just keeps on
growing, and if you've been holding off on picking one up as prices begin to sink, here's yet another to mull over.
Lite-On's LH-2B1S Blu-ray writer doesn't deviate too much from its major competitors, sports a 2x maximum write speed to BD-R and BR-RE single-layer discs, and toasts up to 8x on certain formats of writable DVDs. The unit was tested using Nero CD/DVD Speed v4.70, and was primarily pitted against Sony's own
BWU-100A. During traditional transfer rate testing, the Lite-On lagged behind in average transfer speeds, random seek times, and full stroke times, while actually using more CPU power all the while. Interestingly, the LH-2B1S' write performance was better on vanilla DVD+Rs, marginally slower on DVD+R dual-layer, and a wee bit less quick than the Sony burning to BD-RE. As expected, reviewers weren't mauling crowds at their local retail shop in order to grab on of their own as the ho hum performance really wasn't groundbreaking, but if you've got to have such a unit this very moment in time, the comparatively cheap $499 pricetag still makes the LH-2B1S a viable option.
posted June 2nd 2007 5:46AM
Did you guys actually read the review? It was AHEAD in full stroke and random seek...
I am so thankful DVD+R speeds were tested. That's the first thing I will look into before my next BD-R drive purchase.
I will see *YOU in 2008 (when you're $49.95 at buy.com)
Maybe 2010 before I'll need one. I mean, want one enough to think I need one.
Lite-Ons have high failure rates. Why do they warrant such a story?
Yea Clearly even @ $499 its not worth it for me.......
I'll just keep using my DVD-R/DL to backup my harddrives........lol........besides a Dual Layer blu-ray burner isnt even worth it to me......I'll wait till there at LEAST 3 layers if not 4.........
oh yea and did I mention that it has to be under $200 ??
This drive is cool, also see this ROM only drive :
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CD-048-PO
Pioneer BDC-202BK 5x BD-ROM + 12x12 DVD±RW Serial ATA Dual Layer ReWriter - (Black) OEM
Only
£131.99
£155.09 inc VAT
Awesome price!
A company called Fastmac.com already sells a sub-$500 Blu-ray drive OEM-d by Pioneer. http://fastmac.com/slim_bluray.php
Oh boy!! 2x! Maybe by the time it finishes burning a disc, we'll have a burner with respectable speeds.
Remember that speeds don't translate between technologies. 16x DVD burning equals the data rate of 5x Blu-Ray burning. 2x Blu-ray is 7x DVD burning and 4x Blu-Ray is 13x DVD.
The data rate is actually pretty high even for 2x burning. It's just that you transfer much more data. But you won't find yourself burning a 50GB Blu-ray as often as a 4.5GB DVD. In this regard, I don't think these drives can be called slow...
Blu-ray is kick ass now that there's software that rules. If you buy a blu-ray burner, its $20, but retails for $150. google ArcSoft Total Media Extreme, its a player, a burner, and an authoring package for blu-ray.