Lite-On LTR-52327S

Manufacturer: Lite-On IT Corp. Part number: LTR-52327S

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CNET Editor rating:
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Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 16 reviews

Feb 2004

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Bottom Line:: If you're not in the market for a DVD burner, the Lite-On LTR-52327S's performance, documentation, tech support, and modest price make this CD-RW drive a must-have.

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Average user rating: 3.5 stars out of 16 reviews

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3 stars

It's crap!!!!

by on February 10, 2005

Pros: It's cheap. You get what you pay for.

Cons: Mine lasted a few months, then XP stopped recognising it. Try downloading a driver for this! Nearly impossible.

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3 stars

Doesn't let you burn 1 Gig per CD Like Plextor Premium

by on December 30, 2004

Pros: It doesn't cost much

Cons: You get what you pay for, Plextor Premium is much more feature rich and has an 8MB buffer, is Gigadisc capable and has password protection for CD

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10 stars

Astounding Value!

by on November 24, 2004

Pros: I bought mine from Other World Computing, which was the cheapest when you consider shipping. It was here the next day. It works, and it cost hardly any more than read-only CD's. The Nero software is drop dead simple to use. I burned CDs so cheap that

Cons: Some talk about the noise at 52X. It makes no more than other 52X drives that ship with PCs today. Dell sells these drives. The only fast and quiet CD/DVD that I know of is Plextor at twice the price.

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8 stars

So Damn Loud!

by on August 1, 2004

Pros: Although this product does well in all the above catagories - it does everything you could want it to, its the loudest cd drive i've ever used. It's louder than the rest of my computer put together!

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9 stars

Look No Further . . .

by on July 2, 2004

Pros: Speed, Speed, Speed . . . Nero Express software is excellent . . .

Cons: Tray seems to be a bit touch sensitive . . . (minor gripe)

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5 stars

Only Lasted 4 Months

by on June 30, 2004

Pros: It was pretty good when it worked. I also liked the Nero Express burning software that came with it.

Cons: When I play a CD Audio (music) CD, it puts a huge delay, or gap, between each song. This ruins listening to a CD where the songs run together. After 4 months, this CD actually ate a CD when I was installing software on my new hard drive. I heard a horr

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9 stars

Fast, cheap, and works like a Champ!

by on June 9, 2004

Pros: I found a "deal" for these on Got/Apex(I think). After rebate it was absurdly inexpensive. It comes with Nero, and it is really fast. I just finished burning ~200 CDs(regular + minis) for the girlfriend's business with no problems at all.

Cons: It may be a bit loud for some people; at 52X it is really spinning:-)

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5 stars

OK FOR PRICE BUT NOT THAT FAST

by on May 27, 2004

Pros: Have had for 9 months with orig firmware. Pros are inexpensive and never had a bad burn.

Cons: Cons are does not burn all media (cdr & cdrw) at rated speed, usually significantly slower, and Lite-on's website is not clear about latest dates for firmware, so it's not possible to know if your firmware is out of date.

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8 stars

Great Overall But Flimsy Tray

by on March 18, 2004

Pros: Since my internal CD/DVD burner is so slow when it comes to burning CDs, decided to pick up this unit just for that purpose. What used to take around seven minutes to burn with the SuperDrive now only takes a little over two! FYI, native support for Mac

Cons: The tray seems rather flimsy and when it slides in/out it's rather loud. This is comparison to the Pioneer DVD burner that is in my other optical bay, which has a whisper quiet eject mechanism and whose tray seems much sturdier.

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10 stars

bang for buck

by on February 27, 2004

Pros: Simple to use, fast and reliable. After I have got it cause my old Panasonic died on me after many years of service. This one outperforms my expectations, a must get

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Specifications

Manufacturer: Lite-On IT Corp.
Part number: LTR-52327S

General
Device Type CD-RW drive
Enclosure Type Internal
Interface IDE
Width 5.7 in
Depth 6.7 in
Height 1.6 in
Weight 2.2 lbs
Optical Storage
Type CD-RW - 5.25" x 1/2H
Supported Recording Modes Session-at-once, Track-at-once, Packet writing, Disk-at-once
Supported CD Formats CD-ROM
Supported Media Types CD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R
Media Load Type Tray
Features Headphone jack, Vibration Absorber System (VAS), Emergency disk eject hole, SMART-X, Volume control wheel
Compliant Standards Mount Rainier
Optical Storage (2nd)
Type None
Storage Removable
Type None
Storage Controller
Type None
Video
Video Output None

Expansion / Connectivity
Expansion Slots Total (Free) None
Interfaces 1 x Headphones - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x ATA-33 - 40 pin IDC
Compatible Bays 1 x Front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H
Compatible Slots None
Storage CD / DVD
Type CD-RW 5.25" x 1/2H
Read Speed 52x
Write Speed 52x
Rewrite Speed 32x
Access Time 80 ms
Buffer Size 2 MB
Buffer Underrun Protection SMART Burn
CD / DVD type CD-RW
Storage CD / DVD:Form Factor 5.25" x 1/2H
Miscellaneous
MTBF 70,000 hour(s)
Compliant Standards Plug and Play
Power
Type None
Software / System Requirements
OS Required Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Microsoft Windows 2000
Min Processor Type 166 MHz
System Requirements Details Windows 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP - Pentium - RAM 128 MB - HD 100 MB

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