Originally posted by: Darth Mallwalker

Originally posted by: Jaiman Tuckuh
(Most LiteOn's will too, but they generally make mediocre or variable-quality burns. OTOH, they are excellent readers/rippers, for those crapped out discs you might get in trade. And they're often upgradable as all hell. You can often get 'em cheap and use them just for reading).

The "Slimtype" (LiteOn/Sony) burner in my laptop does a piss-poor job reading the thousand-or-so TY CD-Rs I've got, most of which were written by a Philips.

ROTFLOL! A triple disprove!

While I should normally feel a twinge, when I hear specifics that go against my generalities, that's freakin' awesome! (Not your situation, but the succinct perfection of the tripled contrary-example). My sympathies, by the way.

I'm not going to research it, but I seem to recall seeing some thread titles that griped about their slimlines being garbage. That would make sense, because tiny drives require top-notch engineering, and LiteOn's quality control & engineering standards are... well...

How is it with other cd's? Errors or speed?

I assume you've got the absolute latest firmware from CD Freaks. Might not help, last I checked, about a year ago, later firmwares, across all drive lines, had broken the cd reading speed (outrageous slowdown in the middle of the speedup curve).

There was a time that CD and DVD reading were two different animals, due to the different laser wavelength. (I ran into that, back then). But that would be beyond grasping-at-straws, because triple-beam is old hat...

Anyway, that reminds me of a thanks I owe you from a very old message, over in SW...

And, while I'm off the subject, I'm itching to try Linux, maybe you could help me over a couple of the rough spots, if I ever get around to it?

/brazen request from out of nowhere.