The LiteOn 1693S supports 48X CD-R and 24X US-RW recording speeds.

• CD-R Format

The drive supports the following speeds for CD media recording, illustrated in the screenshot below:

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 48X speed. The test started at 21.59X and finished at 48.83X, having an average speed of 36.95X. Click on the image below for an enlarged view.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on several 700MB discs. The LiteON SOHW-1693S needed only 2:46 minutes to complete this task at the maximum 48X writing speed.

In the following graph, we can see the recording times the LiteOn 1693S produced with various CD-R media inserted.

• CD-RW Format

The LiteON SOHW-1693S supports 24X Z-CLV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW).

Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive starts the writing task at 16.02X and reaches a maximum of 24.04X having an average speed of 22.49X.