If gut feeling counts for anything, this drive didn't feel right. It seemed like a drive that was pushed quickly onto the market without all the kinks ironed out yet. Perhaps LiteOn was eager to get an 18x burner out, but at what cost. Of course, there's always the firmware upgrades on which we've come to rely on from all manufacturers, but I certainly wouldn't rush out to buy this drive unless major improvements are made. There were a number of discs that could either not be read after being burned, or not burned at all.

Since this review is a preview, more details will be made available soon in the upcoming full review which will include our usual array of tests.

Price for the drive is around US$40.