The days of monster entertainment systems have long gone; with the PC making its way from the home office and into the living room there is virtually anything you can do with a PC that a high end entertainment system can do, and for a fraction of the cost. LiteON has produced a new Bluray Burner/Reader which should make your home theater experiences that much better not to mention your ability to back up large amounts of data on a single disc should make the purchase of this product an easy one to justify. Let’s take a look at the burner, what’s included, and some of its key features:

Provided by: LiteOn

Price: $146.50

Closer Look:

Specifications and Features:

• 5 ¼", half height, SATA interface internal BD-WRITER drive.
  

• SMART-X Smart Monitoring & Adjusting Read-speed Technology for eXtraction

• Seamless Link function can avoid buffer under run as well as get the best writing quality by smartly adjusting writing strategy

• ABS system reduce vibration and noise during recording and reading

• Support Over-Burn and Raw mode copy

• BD read compliant: BD data, BD video of 12 cm diameter

• AACS compliant (incl. Rom mark)

• 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 Volume2: High Speed, Part 3 CD-RW Volume 3: Ultra Speed. Support Fixed packet, Variable packet, Disc-at-once, Session-at-once and Track-at-once

• CD read compliant: CD-DA,CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA , Photo-CD, Multi-session, Video-CD, CD-I FMV, CD Extra, CD Plus, CD-R , and CD-RW

• Support both 8cm and 12cm disc of CD and DVD
• Support LightScribe direct disk labeling to LightScribe media

Conclusion:

Overall the performance and the products that come with the LiteOn iHBS212 12x Internal Blu-ray Disc Writer is impressive. I have been running the burner for a week and I am very happy with the burn speeds, and the included software. I purchased a Blu-ray burner with the first iteration of software from Power DVD and when it came to Blu-rays it was buggy and even crashed on occasion. The Bundled software with the LiteOn iHBS212 12x Internal Blu-ray Disc Writer have reached a much better stability level and includes everything you need right out of the box. In my opinion for under $150 this drive should be in everyone’s rig that does a lot of movie watching and burning on their PC.

The sound dampening “ABS” system used really does cut down the noise of a typical drive, when the disc is spinning up to be read or your are burning the sound is a lot less noticeable which is ideal for a home theater setup or a small home office.

Would I recommend this product? Yes, it is well made, fast enough, quiet enough, and includes the best software bundle I have seen to date for any HTPC builders, budget.

Pros:

• Price
• Software
• Quiet ABS System
• 12X Burn on Blu Ray

Cons:

• Slower DVD Writing Speeds

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