LiteOn iHAS524

Review Pages

1. Features, specifications
2. CD/DVD reading tests
3. Reading of defected CDs
4. Reading of defected DVDs
5. About the IQB Omni CD DVD Analyzer by Quantized
6. CD-R burning - CMC Magnetics CD-R 48x @ 48x
7. CD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden CD-R 48x @ 48x
8. CD-R burning - Memorex (Ritek) CD-R 48x @ 16x
9. CD-RW burning - Verbatim CD-RW 24x @ 24x, verbatim 32x CD-RW @ 32x
10. DVD-R burning - Philips DVD-R (CMCMAG AM3) 16x @ 16x
11. DVD-R burning - Moser Baer India DVD-R (MBI 01RG40) 16x @ 16x
12. DVD-R burning - Verbatim DVD-R (MCC 03RG20) 16x @ 16x
13. DVD-R burning - Ridisc DVD-R (TTH02) 16x @ 16x
14. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden DVD-R (TYG03) 16x @ 24x
15. DVD+R burning - Philips DVD+R (INFOME R30) 16x @ 16x
16. DVD+R burning - Prodisc DVD+R (PRODISC R05) 16x @ 16x
17. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India DVD+R (MBIPG101 R05) 16x @ 16x
18. DVD+R burning - Verbatim DVD+R (MCC 004) 16x @ 16x
19. DVD+R burning - Taiyo Yuden DVD+R (YUDEN000 T03) 16x @ 24x
20. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim DVD+R DL (MKM 003) 8x @ 8x
21. DVD+R DL burning - Ritek DVD+R DL (Ritek S06) 16x
22. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim DVD-R DL (MKM 03RD30) 8x @ 8x
23. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim DVD-R DL (MKM 04RD30) 12x @ 12x
24. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim DVD+RW (MKM A03) 8x @ 8x
25. DVD-RW burning - Verbatim DVD-RW (MKM 01RW6X01) 6x @ 6x
26. DVD-RAM burning - Maxell DVD-RAM 5x (MXL16) 5x @ 5x, Maxell DVD-RAM 12x (MXL22) 12x @ 12x
27. Summary of CD/DVD writing quality tests, Booktype, overburning
28. SmartErase, LabelTag
29. Final words

-Disc Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 5x certified

- Writing strategy

- Reading

-Disc Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 12x certified

- Writing strategy

- Reading

The LiteOn iHAS524 DVD burner had not any reading/writing problems with both the Maxell DVD-RAM discs of this test (@5x and @12x)

DVD-RAM is a rewritable format supported by the DVD Forum. A DVD-RAM can be seen as a removable hard drive. However, as any other hard drive the DVD-RAM must be "prepared" (formatted) before the first use.A DVD-RAM disc must be formatted using the UDF (Universal Disk Format). Usually, a 4.7GB DVD-RAM should be formatted using the UDF 1.5 or the UDF 2.0 format.

Notice that in the above tests we showcase the maximum recording speeds supported by the drive with the specific DVD-RAM media. In case you are using your DVD-RAM discs as a removable hard drive through your Windows OS, you may experience slower burning. That because the DVD-RAM format features an automatic verification technology that results to safer but slower recordings.