LiteOn LTR-40125S P-CAV Recorder - Page 6

Conclusion

For sure it was a very good surprise to see a company to change the writing technology for a CD-RW drive with a simple firmware update. The LiteOn LTR-40125S was one of the faster 40x recorders, and now with the new P-CAV writing technology it becomes the faster recorder in all speeds. There were some glitches at the writing quality but hopefully the final firmware will have its problems fixed. LiteOn already ships its new drives with P-CAV implemented (LTR-30125W and LTR-40125W). The other requested feature, Mt. Rainier is present and seems to work. Of course, the support level of this format is still in an early stage for all the drives.

Several other manufacturers plan to use P-CAV for their high-speed recorders. Sony with CRX195 and LG with the GCE-8400B will ship two more 40x P-CAV recorders, while Yamaha is around the corner with a new P-CAV recorder that promises to break the time limits. As for other manufacturers, we would like to see more P-CAV implementations in the near future...