Following Plextor and Cyberdrive, LiteOn announced the upcoming SOHW-1213S ATAPI 12x DVD burner. The drive support 12x DVD+R (single layer), 8x DVD-R, and 4x DVD+RW/-RW writing. The drive Availability is expected in the middle of June. The burner also offers 12x DVD-ROM read and is a 40x24x40x CD-RW recorder.

Features

- ATAPI/E-IDE Half-Height internal DVD+R / DVD+RW / DVD-R / DVD-RW / DVD-ROM / CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM combination drive
- SMART-BURN avoiding Buffer Under Run error, Automatically adjusting writing strategy & running OPC to provide the best burning quality
- SMART-X function adjusts CD-DA / VCD / DVD data extraction to a fastest allowable speed according to both data request rate from host and disk quality
- VAS system reduce vibration and noise during recording and reading
- Support Fixed Packet, Variable Packet, TAO, SAO, DAO, Raw Mode Burning & Over-Burn
- DVD read compliant: DVD single/dual layer (PTP/OTP), DVD-R (3.9GB/4.7GB), DVD-R multi-borders, DVD+R, DVD+R multi-sessions, DVD-RW, and DVD+RW
- CD read compliant: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM/XA, Photo-CD, Multi-session, Karaoke-CD, Video-CD, CD-I FMV, CD Extra, CD Plus, CD-R, and CD-RW - Supprot both 8cm and 12cm disc of CD and DVD family

Specifications:

- DVD Family :

Write
DVD+R 12X(16200KB/sec) maximum by Z-CLV
DVD-R 8X(10800KB/sec) maximum by Z-CLV
DVD+RW 4X(5400KB/sec) by CLV
DVD-RW 4X(5400KB/sec) by CLV
Read
12X(16200KB/sec) maximum by CAV
Access time 160ms

- CD Family :

Write
CD-R 48X(7200KB/sec) maximum by CAV
CD-RW 24X(3600KB/sec) maximum by Z-CLV in UltraSpeed disc
Read
48X(7200KB/sec) maximum by CAV
Access time 160ms
Buffer Size : 2MB

According to the Sony allianced models ODD naming rule, the initialls for the new model's name stand for the following:

SOHW-1213S

SO = Sony Alliance
H = Half Height
W = ODD type, DVDRW
12 = Speed, 12x (Digits for major speed spec)
1 = DVD-Dual
3 = 3rd LiteOn generation
S = Pickup supplier, Sanyo DB11S

The "heart" of the new burner is the MediaTek MT1816B/1828, changed over the MT1816B/1818 used for SOHW-832S and SOHW-812S (MT1816B/1818). So what should we expect next? Let's say the SOHW-1613S..