LiteOn announced the SOHC-5232K IDE combo CD-RW. The drive supports 52x/32x/52x CD-RW and 16x DVD-ROM. Estimated street price is expected to be less than 100 Euros. The drive features the LiteOn's SMART-BURN to avoid Buffer Under Run errors, automatically adjust writing strategy as well as the running OPC to provide the best burning quality. The SMART-X (Smart Monitoring & Adjusting Read-speed) technology ensures quality eXtraction while the VAS® system reduces vibration & noise during recording & reading.

The security of the recording procedure is also maintained with the 2MB buffer.

The ATAPI drive support Mt, Rainier, variable and fixed packet Writing, TAO, DAO, SAO and Raw wriitng modes, as well as overburning up to 99min.

Specifications

- Writing:
52x ( 7800KB/sec ) maximum by CAV
Rewriting 32x ( 4800KB/sec ) maximum by Z-CLV in Ultra Plus Speed disc
- Reading:
CD Family 52x ( 7800KB/sec ) maximum by CAV
DVD Family 16x ( 21600KB/sec ) maximum by CAV
- Access Time:
CD Family 120 ms
DVD Family 140 ms
- Buffer Size : 2MB
- Disc Formats :
Support formats of CD family both 8 cm & 12 cm discs
- Compatibility :
Windows 95 / 98 / NT4.0 / ME / 2000 / XP

Both exact price and availability are not announced yet.